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ANDOR Begins

Published: Sept. 20, 2022, 11:40 p.m.

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The newly premiered\\xa0Andor\\xa0is the biggest and most ambitious Star Wars Disney+ streaming series yet. Created by showrunner Tony Gilroy, who oversaw the rewrites and reshoots that salvaged the theatrical release of\\xa0Rogue One,\\xa0Andor\\xa0is a prequel to a prequel: beginning five years before that film, it will bring its principal characters to the events of\\xa0Rogue One, which itself leads directly into\\xa0A New Hope\\xa0and the Original Trilogy. The first season of\\xa0Andor\\xa0includes 12 episodes, with 12 more planned for a second (and final) season that enters production later this year. From the trailers, interviews, press conference, and other promotion, it seems clear that\\xa0Andor\\xa0is intended to mark the entry of the Star Wars franchise into the \\u201cprestige television\\u201d space alongside series such as\\xa0The Crown,\\xa0Game of Thrones, or\\xa0The Expanse.

For its premiere on September 21, 2022, however,\\xa0Andor\\xa0released a trio of episodes focused almost entirely on the titular character, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), and the immediate desperate aftermath of a particular incident. In this episode of Hyperspace Theories, Tricia Barr and B.J. Priester discuss how these episodes reintroduce Cassian to the audience at a very different point in his life compared to the seasoned Rebel Alliance operative from\\xa0Rogue One. The episodes also make effective use of flashbacks to reach even farther back in his past \\u2013 before, we learn, he even went by the name Cassian Andor \\u2013 to lay the groundwork for the character arc that begins to develop in these early episodes of the series. In addition to the core story about Cassian, we consider the many new characters introduced in\\xa0Andor, some of whom appear destined to play important roles in the series beyond the initial episodes.

If you missed it during the early rounds of publicity and promotion in late August, be sure to catch up on the\\xa0Andor\\xa0coverage at Fangirls Going Rogue and FANgirl Blog now that series has launched into its weekly release schedule for the remaining nine episodes of the first season.

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