Episode Comparison: Andor vs. Ahsoka - Episode 1

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  @Tier1Diabetic · 2 years ago

  One thing I keep thinking about in the vein of “what if Filoni wrote Andor?” is the scene with the character of Davo Sculdun, the “thug” that is going to help Mon Mothma hide her finance trouble from the Empire. &nbsp;If Filoni wrote it, he would be Jabba the Hutt and she would have met him in his palace on Tattooine. &nbsp;<br>She would have said “I need to hide my money from the Empire”<br> and he’d say in Huttese “Ah. You need to hide money. Perhaps I can help”<br>Mon: “How much would it cost?”<br>Jabba: “Ho ho ho. Ha ha ha. I will ask you for a favor later. Ho ho ho ha ha ha” and Boba Fett would be there then the scene would end

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• GR

  @gregv2k · 2 years ago

  Great observations! Andor single handedly set the bar for Star Wars and destroyed all other Disney Star Wars shows. Especially Ahsoka.

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• CO

  @Covaxe · 2 years ago

  You&apos;ll miss out on Andor&apos;s best episodes by only comparing 1-8 but I don&apos;t mind the tear down of ahsoka regardless

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• PA

  @paradoxworkshop4659 · 2 years ago

  One is genuine, novel, and deep.<br>The other is fan service for a cartoon.

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• HI

  @hideousruin · 2 years ago

  I assume Filleto&apos;fish wants the audience to root for Sabine.<br><br>So I naturally have to ask, does Felony consider things like not being willing to suffer a few minutes of boredom in order to honor beings who fought and died fighting tyranny the type of thing Baloney considers an admirable trait?

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• JA

  @jackransom. · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m kind of befuddled how people think Andor is boring. &nbsp;It was the most I&apos;ve had to pay attention to any Star Wars dialogue to understand what was going on, and I call that engaging. &nbsp;As much as I like Rosario Dawson, Ahsoka was a chore to get through. &nbsp;At the end of Andor, I wanted more, but at the end of Ahsoka, I was relieved it was over with.

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• TH

  @TheNorthie · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSZOt2etz0&amp;t=1630">27:10</a> when they show the gloves they are all out in the open. No lockers or lock boxes to keep them safe from would be thieves. It’s shows there is a lot of trust in the community, everyone knows each other and knows that no one would steal anything from anyone. Or that’s at least what I got from it

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• ZA

  @ZanderFoulner · 2 years ago

  K2-SO &amp; B2EMO are two of the funniest most interesting characters created by Disney. I would watch an IRL or animated series about them over Ashoka or Mandalorian ANY day of the week. <br>B2 has so many layers to his nervous, stuttering character.<br>&quot;I want Mmm Maarva&quot; would break your heart. I think of how terrified he &nbsp;would be leading the funeral procession, knowing he will need to project her hologram in front of the whole of Ferrix never mind the Occupying Imperial troops but he does it anyway, because his love for her is so great [as much as Cassian &nbsp;or Brasso] that he can suppress his fears. &nbsp;Just &nbsp;look at how terrified he is when he is tipped over by the Imperial soldier and is utterly helpless as a riot errupts all around him. - Nothing in the Kenobi series rises this level of pathos and meaning. &nbsp;<br><br>So too consider the sacrifice of K2-SO in Rogue One. He slams shut the vault to protect Cassian &amp; Jin. &quot;Climb&quot; he shouts as he is shot to death [And Cassian shouts out to him just as he would for any human friend] &nbsp;to give them a chance to complete their mission and escape. It brings a tear to your eye to watch this &apos;droid die. &nbsp;He is endowed with as much humanity and depth as any Sequel Trilogy character. I also loved his shock as Jin hands him a blaster. &quot;You continually surprise me Jin Urso&quot; as he looks at the blaster in his hand in bewilderment. &nbsp;It mirrors beautifully his warning to Cassian that Jin has &quot;found&quot; a gun. &quot;Do you know the odds on her using it against us? Its High... its VERY high.&quot;<br>These couple of scenes - we could look at a dozen others as well- have real depth and meaning. Im thinking a movie Trilogy about them would be as good as the sequels, or at least a few seasons on Disney + no? Seriosly the fact that Tony Gilroy&apos;s team that he assembled for Andor, or Gareth Edwards&apos; for Rogue One, give this much depth &amp; humanity to these droids speaks volumes for the respect they had for Star Wars&apos; fans. <br><br>We all loved R2D2 because although he spoke in beeps &amp; whistles we knew exactly what he was saying. &nbsp;When he is hit in Luke&apos;s mission to blow up the Death Star it bothers us as much as if he were human, &nbsp;and his appearance at the medal ceremony completes our enjoyment of A New Hope. <br>I admit that BB-8 was a masterstroke by JJ. in Force Awakens. The engineers who managed to make a sphere with a semi-sphere for a head that could roll in any diection and remain upright was by far the most original creation for that movie. &nbsp;<br>Sadly Ryan Johnson, who&apos;s head is also a round ball, turned BB-8 into a cartoon character - one who flies a spaceship and drives a 2 legged AT-ST [All Terrain-Scout Transport] to kill all the Stormtroopers in TLJ. making him into a joke. But still his beeps and whistles were easy to understand. <br><br>But givng K2 &amp; B2 normal voices gives them a new layer of humanity and we can relate to them just as deeply as if they were real people. <br>B2 especially is funny just because he is so nervous and childlike. When Maarva has died we are told this by the way B2 is shaking so nervously. His grief &amp; sadness feels real. His desperate appeal to Brasso not to leave him alone that night and how he convinces Brasso to spend that first night with him feels real and tugs our heart strings. &nbsp;&quot;I don&apos;t want to be alone I want Maarva&quot; is not comedic but rather the natural reaction of a son who has lost his mother. who among us hasn&apos;t felt the same loss and grief at some point. Andor is so good just because of this type of character writing, just like the costume designers, the set builders, the music score, the limited sfx, and thank god for the decent dialogue. <br>when you spend a couple hundred million on a show or movie it is inexcusable to not have the best dialogue writers like were involved both in Rogue One &amp; Andor. I dont think I cringed even once during these shows which I cannot say about any of the 6 films George Lucas made. But compared to Ashoka &amp; The Mandalorian they are positively Shakesperian. [by the way was it really James Earl Jones who shouted &quot;NOOOOOOOO&quot; at the end of Revemge of the Sith?] Sad that this was the final word he uttered in the six movies he voiced.

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  @Joe-Przybranowski · 2 years ago

  Haha I noticed the &apos;best friends for x years&apos; bit at the time bc just the day before I&apos;d had a conversation where I did exactly that!

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• M.

  @m.e.3862 · 2 years ago

  It’s a credit to the writers: tony and Dan Gilroy, beau Willimon, Stephen Schiff. Their credits include the Bourne films, House of Cards, Ides of March, The Americans- all political and espionage thrillers. You can tell that they are all veterans when it comes to writing drama and they have multiple awards among them to show for it. I recommend House of Cards and The Americans. Really interesting character studies of politicians and their machinations and spies so deep undercover that they sometimes question who they really are. Great stuff and you can see where Andor gets its inspiration.😊

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• ED

  @edwardthompson3377 · 2 years ago

  The funny thing is that Sabine being impulsive etc. is about the only thing consistent with her Rebels portrayal -- and she was only ever reckless with her own life. &nbsp;She never had a command position, and giving her the rank of Commander is ... bizarre.

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  @rogeriopenna9014 · 2 years ago

  Awesome video. Looking forward for your next comparisons. Must be a pain in the ass to review all of Ahsokha episodes.

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