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Star Wars Needed This
Andor’s second season doesn’t just cement the series as the best of the franchise, it also deepens the saga surrounding it.
That its showrunner was Tony Gilroy, the venerable writer-director behind thinky films like Michael Clayton, who was responsible for Rogue One ’s rewrites and reshoots, wasn’t necessarily evidence for greatness, either; many distinguished filmmakers have had their visions ground down by the Star Wars machine before. The premiere picks up some time after where the first season left off, with Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) now a key player in Luthen Rael’s (Stellan Skarsgård) spy ring, carrying out missions to disrupt the Empire and lay the foundation for what will become the Rebel Alliance. Indeed, it’s genuinely stunning that Disney — which continues to deal with doubts about its long-term health, succession plan, franchise future, not to mention its capacity to navigate a contentious political environment — proceeded to spend all that money on a show that almost certainly has a hard cap to whatever viewership it can generate.
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