Andor was great because disney didnt oversee the production. The Gilroy bros were allowed to just make. They filmed in real locations. Had actual characters with personalities. The bad guys seemed like a threat and not just bland targets.
When disney oversees production the entire set is CGI (“the volume”). All the characters are very bland and vanilla to appeal to the most amount of people. Antagonist are narrow and usually a joke in terms of a threat.
I haven’t really looked into this series and how much disney is forcing the hand of the director.
That, and it was a good story set in the Star Wars universe rather than a Star Wars story where entire universe is the same 3 characters and their friends - every. goddamn. time.
Please don’t be bad. All I have ever wanted is Star wars to delve into all of their rich lore. That isn’t surrounding that like 60 year Skywalker period. We are forced to consume. Please don’t fuck this up disney.
I loved that book as a kid! Tales of the Bounty Hunters, too. I’m excited for the possibility that Acolyte could be something like those, and branch out into some new territory. I also know Disney is terrified of the possibility of alienating even the most casual watcher, so I’m also emotionally prepared for this to turn into GONK: The Beginning or some other OT prop origin story.
My trust in Filoni and Favreau is absolute. those motherfuckers can do no wrong!
This series is some SWEU adaptation, and deals with (among other things) the rise of Palpy and related characters. It’s supposed to take place outside the timeline of The Skywalker Saga (finally!)
Grandpa wookie is the most badass character in starwars. “the space nazis are trashing my apartment looking for my renegade son. I should put on some porn in the living room”
Starwars was at its absolute zenith with the holiday special.
The Acolyte is set at the end of the High Republic era in a world of “shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers”,[1] approximately 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).[2] A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.
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