ICYMI on KPBS Midday Edition: New Star Wars series gives back story to Diego Luna's Cassian Andor from 'Rogue One.'
People often try to convince me to stick with a show because it is a"slow burn" or it is just"taking its time.""Hereditary" is a slow burn;"The Godfather" takes its time."Mind Hunter" and"Squid Game" did both.
I was about to give up on the series because it was feeling formulaic and thin. Then Fiona Shaw's Maarva and Stellan Skarsgard's Luthen Rael entered the story in episode three and the show finally came into its own. Now we start to feel the swell of rebellion and the passion of a cause. The series could have started right here and it would have been stronger, and I don't feel anything would have been lost.
Another interesting addition to the show is Genevieve O'Reilly's Mon Mothma, a senator with a hidden agenda. The one weird thing about coming to Star Wars at this moment in time and to the idea of a rebellion sparked by both the people and by those within the government, is how for President Donald Trump and his supporters have perverted the the kind of idealistic sense of rebellion that I grew up with in the 1960s.
The series has not included the participation of Gareth Edwards, who directed the feature film"Rogue One" but rather is in the hands of Tony Gilroy and Toby Haynes . Aside from the weak opening two episodes, they seem to now be steering the show in a solid and engaging direction.Luthen Rael and Mon Mothma in Lucasfilm's"Andor,", exclusively on Disney+. ©2022 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
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