Andor’s second and sadly final season somehow managed to keep up the momentum from its stellar first season and keep that going all the way up to connecting to the already-great Rogue One film, making for a hell of a run of stories and moving Cassian Andor way up the chain of “great Star Wars characters”. Perhaps beyond all that though is it showed masterfully how you can blend real world messages and allusions into a great fictional show without jamming it in people’s faces, no guesses as to what show I’m referring to there… Anyway, let’s take a broad look, which means yes there will be some scenes and characters I don’t mention… I don’t have all day you know…

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As a big fan of Rogue One I was really excited to see the further adventures of Cassian Andor and was mildly annoyed as large (or at least vocal) parts of the Star Wars fandom who bemoaned the idea of the series. Well, now it’s over I can sit back smugly in my chair as it was fantastic! A more mature view of the Star Wars world, and mature as in well paced and not afraid to tackle more adult themes of politics and the grey area between right and wrong rather than excessive violence or swearing that some (mostly younger) people think adult content is. With several three-episode story arcs to look at, lets not waste any more time!

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