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#Andor S1E12, "Rix Road," is damn fine work.

The way we're shown the audience reaction to Maarva's speech is amazing. Are some of the Imperial troops having doubts? Luthen, the cynical bastard, seems moved.

Decided to watch S2E12 next week rather than going straight to "Rogue One."

Don't get me wrong: I do enjoy the action sequences in #Andor , but I find they can distract from the main storyline of Senatorial by-law procedure, lukewarm rhetoric, and vote lobbying. *THAT'S* how you defeat an evil tyranny!

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@Catawu thanks. It's been bugging me ever since I saw the episode last year. I was thinking about introducing the way modern drama compared to say, 70s drama (Sophie's Choice springs to mind) is lacking uncomfortable realism - what would you do - in the storylines. #Andor succeeded because its lifespan was short and wrote what it needed to work. If sci-fi is to be taken seriously — as a moral and emotional genre, not just speculative adventure — it needs to embrace that kind of honesty again.

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Also, if you're like me and was already Star Warsed out by the Disney era:

It bears repeating that #Andor was really. Really. REALLY. FUCKING GOOD!

It would have been the best thing I'd watched in years even if it had ZERO connection to #StarWars.

Yet /simultaneously/, it's easily the best Star Wars since the original trilogy. Just incredibly smartly made, gorgeously produced, fantastically acted, dripping with the setting while /never/ being irritatingly fannish about it.

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And that's a wrap on #Andor.

Reckon I'm watching Rogue One tomorrow night. Barely remember it, so it'll be fun getting all the presumed references the show made, but backwards?

Unpopuläre Meinung: Direkte Prequels (Filme *und* Serien) können sie bei Star Wars.

In other News: #Andor wird mit jeder Folge spannender und man möchte die zweite Staffel einfach durchsuchten und die nächsten beiden Kinofilme danach ebenso. #StarWars eben.