Andor

I like Star Wars. A lot. There is just something exciting about watching a world that could be. The space travel, the various galaxies, the different cultures, the numerous species, and yet the same people and tendencies.

Andor is the furthest from a classic ‘Star Wars’ universe. There are no jedi, no lightsabers, no Yoda, no Skywalker. It is just a marvelous story taking place somewhere in the grand universe. The deep story-telling keeps you focused on the people: there’s heroes, anti-heroes, complications, love, pain, suffering, battles, preludes to war, and most of all, hope.

There’s quiet a few beautiful lines sprinkled through the show, but Nemik’s manifesto has stayed with me:

Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. […] Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks. It leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

It is a show that I think you should watch, regardless of how you feel about ‘Star Wars’.