Not only did it take me back to the Star Wars in my head that existed before the prequels existed but it was the most sobering depiction of struggle that Star Wars has ever achieved on screen. The prison episodes were especially moving.
What do yall think about the show?
Totally agree. They portray the evils of the United States so well through the empire. When I went back to watching the Mandolorian it felt so much worse relatively (not that it’s not a decent show, it just can’t compare). It seemed rather unique within Star Wars.
I love this comment. It’s exactly what I kept dwelling on while I watched the episodes.
It really made me wonder why so many Americans refused to see the parallels between the US and the Empire after Order 66.
And I kept bringing it up to my friends and family over and over. Eventually, one of my relatives said, “Oh, I know! The Emperor is Putin!”
I realized then that our society might never come to see past the death grip our nationalist myths have had on us since birth about exceptionalism.
Americans only see ourselves as the Republic. Which even had its own corruption, but we can’t even see our reflection in that, for the most part.
The best part of star wars is that any genre can be used to tell a story in its universe. Andor nailed a gritty spy/intrigue story in a way I don’t think we have seen with star wars.
Mando is great but it is a very different genre and feels marketed to a very wide audience. I like the classic serialized, episodic form of Mando but I prefer the grit and passion of Andor.