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  1. Roy Focker
    Unless the timeline has been changed there are 3 years between Episodes IV & V. Then a 1/2 year between V & VI. You could cover the 2nd Death Star, show how they captured the Imperial Shuttle, killed those Bothans, the move from Yavin to Hoth. They covered the years leading up to Yavin and a few years after Endor. The movies only covered the big battles. You still tell stories about smaller skirmishes in the war. I'm 100% sure all of it has been covered in some novel or comic book, but live action Star Wars is the most interesting when the good guys are the underdogs.
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    Star War is going to suck now. Andor, Acolyte & Skeleton Crew were all departures from the usual formula. Making each of them was a risk and results varied. As bad a the Acoytle was at least they tried to do something new. You don't get shows like Andor by playing it safe. The Filoni-verse is bland, functions like the cartoons it was based on, loaded with fan service and is creativity bankrupt. You might find a good scene here and there. They might introduce a really good idea but don't have the balls do anything meaningful with it. But this is the path they are going with for now because it is the safest.
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    At least they didn't kill off everybody.
  4. Roy Focker
    Remember in the 1980's that it wasn't unusual for 3 to 5 years to pass between sequels of your favorite films. I want another good Batman not the fastest.
  5. Roy Focker
    That's from the interview. It goes on saying how they tried to make everything work together. For that I say they didn't need to pay lip service to established canon. If bulldozing over canon makes your story better. Go right ahead. Star War was first live action. When it is appropriate retell key events in live action they should. I'm not saying Filoni, and his cartoons are that bad. They are good for what they are. What I'm saying is what works for one type of medium doesn't work for another. With a New Hope we have that Movie, a Radio Play, a Comic Book, a Novel and Video game all telling the same story. Each of them in their own unique way. Some do it better than others. With Movie being the best version. Since that's how it was intended. There are different requirements for what makes a good cartoon and what makes a good TV show. Filoni doesn't believe that or is simply too attached to his own creations. Everything doesn't have to be like Andor. I enjoyed Skeleton Crew, and it was nothing like Andor. Everything doesn't have to link back to cartoons. Third season of the Mandalorian really suffered in my opinion because of fan service to Filoni's clone wars. Lessons we learned in the season One and Two of the Mandalorian was that Din's clan was toxic cult. For the good of his adopted son, he would have to reject them. All that was ignored because in the cartoon a bunch Mandalorian running around doing things the Mandalorian way is super cool. When Mandalorian culture is shown in something closer to real life you think, these people need therapy. We then have Ahsoka. Where they solve interpersonal character conflicts the same way they would in a cartoon. I look at their solutions and think no that doesn't solve your issues. Filoni, if you want to write for grownups you will need to put away all cartoon DVDs back on the shelf. Write something new. Break your own canon if you need to. I'd like to see him try making something live action that isn't even Star War related. All the other directors that Disney hire to make Star Wars, or a Marvel movie first proved themselves by either decades of work or a something semi-recent that got people talking. Filoni's resume just reads that he made some fan favorite cartoons. That experience doesn't always translate to live action. Okay I'm done on this long rant. Really going to miss Andor when it over. I like seeing them try new things. How about a situation comedy based on Bea Arthur's bar tender character? Recast them all with living actors. Add Dexter as the cook. Jar-Jar can be a waiter. Each week they stay one step of head of both the Empire, Jabba's goons and health inspector. A terrible idea for the show but it would be something different.
  6. Roy Focker
    I tried watching that episode of Rebel for the first time. I just couldn't. The animation is ugly. Character designs are atrocious and nothing moves like it should. Dialog and story is too juvenile. I refuse to believe Andor is in the same universe as the cartoons or even the other Disney plus shows. Their tones are completely different. Their rules are completely different.
  7. Roy Focker
    Andor = The actual historic events of the Star Wars from eons long ago. Original Trilogy = The mythology legends of the Star Wars passed down through the eons to our modern day. Prequels, Sequels & Everything else = A modern reinterpretation of those Star Wars bedtime stories now for a new young and hip audience.
  8. Roy Focker
    I really wish this 2nd, and last season was actually 4 full seasons as originally intended. Each of these 3-episode blocks feel like an anime compilation movie. We just seeing highlights of things. Interesting plot points that you want to see expanded will be gloss over during the next block.
  9. Roy Focker
    I never really saw Mon Mothma as some great leader. Her first appearance in ROTJ she appeared to be more a figurehead. As an elder stateman she brought a sense of legitimacy to the Rebellion. Mon Mothma was part of the Senate when there was a Republic. It was people like Ackbar and Madine that really ran the Rebellion. As for her portrayal in Andor the years leading up to the Battle of Yavin. Mon Mothma contributions to the Alliance is her bank account, political connections and ability to freely travel about. She doesn't have to be a good senator to be of value to people like Luthen. Just being a senator makes her a valuable asset.
  10. Roy Focker
    I have theory. B2emo's brain will be installed in K2so. Like how Lando's droid was installed in the Falcon. It would explain how they override the deflaut Imperial programming from taking over and how k2so acts.
  11. Roy Focker
    I don't think they needed to release the episodes in batches like this. One of the complaints I heard from people who couldn't get into Andor was that is the start was too slow. First episode of this season was action pack and full of adventure and so were the other two episodes. There's action to keep people coming back one episode at a time. I'm fine with the episode being releasing in batches as only have to subscribe to Disney Plus for just 1 month this time.
  12. Roy Focker
    And this of course makes the situation between the New Republic and the First Order at the start of the Sequels even more stupid. Nobody in the Republic thought the First Order was a real threat. Leia and her private army took it upon themselves to try to stop them. The threat of the First Order in the Sequels could only exist if there we no major wars between the original trilogy and the sequels. With 30 years of peace, it makes the New Republic not treating the First Order as a real threat believable. Include a big war with Thrawn and that's no longer believable.
  13. Roy Focker
    The show was terrible because Filoni is a fanboy for his own stuff. It was all just fan service for him and the kids who grew up watching the cartoons. Whenever the show had a chance add some real meaningful drama he couldn't go through with it because he was too much of a fan.
  14. Roy Focker
    That has to be one of my biggest gripes about season 3. I thought the lesson of the previous seasons was that Mando needed to break away from that toxic cult. Then in season 3 it was like forget all that. Our marketing research shows that audiences responds well to baby Yoda and people dressed like Boba Fett saying "this is the way."
  15. Roy Focker
    Zero interest. Their story ended in season 2 finale. And the most interesting unanswered plot elements worthy of a movie was wasted in the book of Boba Fett and Mando season 3.
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