Andor had it's three-episode premiere today. No spoilers but It's a good idea to watch all three episodes back to back because they are written as a first act. Spoiler A few minor observations I noticed, The moral conflict Andor had when he accidentally killed one officer, and then realized he had to kill the other one intentionally was kind of gut-wrenching, I actually felt sorry for that officer. They did something kind of clever to explain Diego Luna's accent (since Spanish accents are extremely rare in Star Wars) if i'm not mistaken, this show was the first time Star Wars showed something peeing The fascinating thing about the first three episodes is that the way the story is crafted the setting could have been literally anywhere. it could have been Victorian-era London, 1930s New Orleans, or modern-day Russia This show also features one of my favorite villain types, self-righteous rule sticklers. Also there was a guy eating blue chow mein noodles
good observations especially that last one Spoiler I was like they really do enjoy changing food to that color you forgot to mention that someone cursed for the first time ever in Star Wars hearing someone say SHIT! was kinda jarring but also funny then add in the first scene taking place in a brothel you can tell this one is very different I loved the scene where the villain who is obviously first time off the desk is giving his hype speech on the shuttle and the guys are all looking at him like WTF is dude talking about
Spoiler I missed that swear the first time I saw it, when I read about it I assumed it was one of their in-universe curse equivalent words. I didn't expect a real-world curse word.
James Earl Jones Signs Over Darth Vader's Voice Rights, Retiring from Star Wars After 45 years, James Earl Jones is saying goodbye to the galaxy far, far away by officially retiring from Star Wars. According to Vanity Fair, Jones has signed the voice rights to his character Darth Vader over to Lucasfilm and Respeecher. The latter is a Ukranian company that uses archival recordings and an A.I. program to create new dialogue with the voices of performers who have either aged out of their roles or have passed away. This method was recently used to recreate the voice of a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) for The Book of Boba Fett and to mimic Vader's voice, which Jones has now aged out of, for his scenes in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Matthew Wood, a sound editor at Lucasfilm, has recorded Jones' voice numerous times throughout his 32-year career with the company, the latest being for The Rise of Skywalker. When Wood showed Jones Respeecher's capabilities, the actor agreed to sign over the rights to his voice to keep Vader alive. "[James] had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character," Wood said. "So how do we move forward?" Though many studios recast voice actors when the original performer can no longer play the part, Jones' distinct sound has become synonymous with Vader. George Lucas first hired Jones to dub over the voice of David Prowse, the actor who played Vader on set, during post-production for 1977's A New Hope. Though the job earned Jones just $7,000 at the time, it turned the actor into a household name. Jones has since voiced the iconic villain in more than a dozen Star Wars-related projects. In recent years, there has been controversy surrounding the use of CGI and other digital techniques to de-age and posthumously cast deceased actors. The technique was used to recreate Grand Moff Tarkin and a young Princess Leia for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which audiences met with mixed reception. A main source of controversy is that actors who have passed away, such as Tarkin's Peter Cushing, are unable to give their consent for studios to use their likenesses in their projects. The fact that Jones has given his blessing for Lucasfilm to use his signature baritone in future Star Wars content, including those produced after his own passing, may ease these concerns for fans. Jones has enjoyed a career spanning more than 60 years and is among the few performers to earn the coveted EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). In addition to Darth Vader, he recently reprised his roles as Mufasa in Jon Favreau's 2019 remake of The Lion King and as King Jaffe Joffer in Coming 2 America.
I am generally shocked by how much I'm enjoying Andor. I never imagined I would like a Star Wars tv-show that is 95% character acting and subtle story development.
Are any of y'all watching the "Andor" show? It definitely seems like "Andor" is easily get the least amount of buzz compared to the 3 previous live-action "Star Wars" shows despite the fact that the trailers/promotional footage of "Andor" looked good.
I've heard good things about that show, especially seeing episode 6. I liked the first episode well enough, but I'm a binge guy. I'm waiting a bit longer to bank more episodes
Between Andor & Tales of the Jedi they've been giving some good backstory (the ground level workings of both the Rebellion & the Empire and Dooku's motivation for turn away from the Jedi Order). Did they ever mention in any of the Anakin Trilogy movies that Qui-Gon Jinn was Dooku's padawan?
In three short animated tales they've done more to flesh out Dooku & make him an interesting character than they did for him in the live action movies IMO.
I agree, his character kind of came out of nowhere in the movies. Speaking of fleshed out, I’m really enjoying the character development in Andor, seeing the Star Wars universe from these new perspectives is really refreshing.
