Month: May 2025

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Andor Season 2

I almost want to put Andor ahead of Rogue One on my list of favorite Star Wars projects, but as I still leave the original 1977 film at the top because everything afterwards came from it, we don’t get the Andor show without Rogue One.

That said, Andor‘s two seasons was an amazing piece of Star Wars storytelling.

And as awesome as the third arc (Episodes 7-9) was, this fourth arc was quieter but told as good a story.

The backstory of Luthen, the rescue of Kleya, the final chapter all hold up to the rest of the series.  And while I expected some bittersweet endings, there were some moments of satisfaction with the fate of certain characters we’ve followed since Season 1.

As for that final shot, that was probably the most satisfying of them all, as a couple of characters who I was most concerned about were shown to be at peace and safe.

When the series ended, Disney+ popped up ‘You may also like: Rogue One‘ and I immediately pressed play to start watching what’s jokingly referred to as the 2 hour 13 minute post credits scene to Andor.

I got about a third of the way through before it was about bedtime for me, but I also decided that instead of finishing the film soon, I’m going to watch the entire Andor Saga from Season 1 to Rogue One, probably over the rest of the month, and then celebrate the anniversary of Star Wars on the 25th with a viewing of the first film.

As for my overall review of Andor Season 2, I’ll just say that it joins Season 1 as the best Star Wars content since The Empire Strikes Back.

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Episode 6

As I type this, it’s been maybe a couple of hours since I finished watching Tales of the Underworld, the latest animated offering from Star Wars.

And I’m still a bit of a wreck.

The first three episodes featured fan-favorite Asajj Ventriss, while the last three episodes featured another fan-favorite, Cad Bane.

All the episodes were good, but when I got to the final episode and realized what they were doing, I simply could not believe it.

Minor spoiler here, but basically they were paying tribute to High Noon.

Which is one of my Dad’s favorite movies.  The one that both of us would stop what we were doing and watch if we found it playing on some TV channel.

There so many scenes in the episode that echoed the movie.

By the end, I was tearing up, but smiling, and about an hour later, thinking back on the episode, I began to sob and totally lost it.

Dad’s death anniversary is a week away, a day before Mother’s Day this year, so that combo would inevitably do me in emotionally, but of course it triggered a week early because of Star Wars.

While watching a reactor’s first viewing of the original Star Wars today, I was reminded of something I asked my Dad when I was 10:

“What was your favorite part of Star Wars?”

Dad told me that he liked the part where Luke blew up the Death Star.

I think he would have liked this episode of Tales of the Underworld, even though he didn’t watch much of the animated shows.

And to be totally honest, I felt him there, watching that episode with me, as we always did with High Noon.

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Thunderbolts*

This one felt more like a Marvel film that most of the recent Marvel films.

I liked it, it was much better than Brave New World.

The characters were good, the plot was good, and the villain was better than Sidewinder and Sterns.

For me it was worth it JUST for the post credits scene, which was hinted at if you paid attention to the MUSIC part of the credits.

My nephew said that he wouldn’t mind another stand alone movie/Disney+ special with this team, but we both know that that’s not going to happen.

It was a fun time at the movies, even with the heavy themes they hit throughout the film.

Thumbs up!  Go see it!  In the theatre!  Or wait for streaming!