Andor: season 1 just might be the best Star Wars television show on Disney +. Maybe not, but it is definitely right up there with Mandalorian. Starring Diego Luna, it is the backstory of Cassian Andor and how he got involved with the Rebellion. There are no lightsabers, no Force users, essentially this show is about the birth of the Rebellion without the Jedi. It’s pretty much an Espionage show, which is not hard to believe considering the writers also wrote for the show, The Americans. If it weren’t for season 1 of House of the Dragon, Andor might have been our # 1 show of the year. It had a phenomenal cast and really showed us all of the political intrigue and intelligence gathering that went into the Rebellion. It’s a spy show and it works on all levels. The biggest complaint we had is they tell kind of a short story over the course of 12 episodes. They didn’t really need 12 episodes to tell this particular story in season 1, but you definitely get to know the main character a lot more especially what drives him. You get to see many of the faces behind the scenes in the Rebellion, It doesn’t have any connection to the Skywalkers or Jedi. Some of the best stories in Star Wars have been about the Rebellion. The stories that lead up to episode 4.
The Obi-Wan Kenobi series was a great series that showed some of the beginnings of the Rebellion with people helping Jedi Escape, but the story is really connected to the Skywalker Saga more than anything. The first season of Andor gives us characters that are just as important to the Rebellion and who really kickstart it five years before episode 4. In a lot of ways, they’re more interesting than the Skywalkers and Obi-Wan Kenobi. It may not be as popular as the Mandalorian or Obi-Wan Kenobi, but if you’re a Star Wars fan, you should definitely check out the first season. Cassian Andor is one of the most fascinating characters in Star Wars and we only got a glimpse of that in the movie Rogue one which turns out to be the best Star Wars movie Disney has ever made. But what the show really proved is there’s so much more to the Rebellion then the Skywalker Saga and if we’re being honest there are much better stories. Star Wars Rebels started to show us that, Andor: season 1 just confirms that fact. Yes, it was one of the best shows of 2022 and we have no doubt that season 2 will be one of the best shows of the year it comes out.
