Post Holiday Blues Streaming 25' - Andor - Season Two/Series Finale

Andor, has just concluded its two season run on Disney+. Part of the Star Wars franchise and a prequel to the film Rogue One (2016), which itself is a prequel to the original Star Wars film (1977). 

Across the two seasons, Andor follows thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) during the five years that lead to the events of the two films, exploring how he becomes radicalised against the Galactic Empire and how the wider Rebel Alliance is formed.

Alongside Luna, Andor stars, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgård, Fiona Shaw, Genevieve O'Reilly, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Ben Mendelsohn, Benjamin Bratt, & Alan Tudyk. 

The second season (launched around May the Fourth day) covers the next four years leading up to Rogue One, with three episodes a week for four weeks.

Concluding May 13, I have now caught up with the final 12 episodes. I do remember back in 2016 really enjoying Rogue One. So I was always gonna watch Andor.

Receiving critical acclaim for its writing, performances, cinematography, production values, themes, and its darker, more mature and grounded tone compared to other Star Wars properties. While, the first season was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series.

So we have seen the movie, the first season, how'd this show wrap up? Spoilers ahead, be warned! However I know real Star Wars nerds have already smashed this over the brief four week run!

K-2SO kills Heert and his team, but Kleya is wounded. Cassian, Melshi, and K-2SO take her back to Yavin IV where they are grounded by Bail for their disobedience. 

Much of the Rebel leadership including Bail do not trust Luthen's intel, but Mon Mothma is willing enough to hear Kleya out. 

Vel talks with Cassian, who convinces her of Luthen's integrity, and they toast their fallen comrades.

Partagaz commits suicide upon realising he is to be arrested while a weeping Dedra is imprisoned in a prison facility similar to Narkina 5. 

As a Rebel informant associated with Saw contacts Yavin IV begging to talk with Cassian, the Rebel leadership realises that the evidence is too great to be a trap, and agrees to let Cassian and K-2SO fly to Kafrene to meet with the informant.

Kleya accepts her role on Yavin IV with Wilmon, Mon, and Vel. On Mina-Rau, B2EMO plays with another droid while Bix cradles a baby (Cassian's and her child) and looks wistfully toward the horizon.

So did the show give me anything additional to the wonderful Rogue One film? Well not really, however I can see why everyone is hooked on it.

I feel old, but in the olden days, a Star Wars film was a once in a while film. Star Wars films, then TV series on Disney+ are a regular thing now. For content, for the fans, however for older viewers (like me), it's no longer a special occasion, it feels like porn now. There is so much on tap at any given time, you can watch a series, a movie or know something new is coming soon to the Star Wars universe sometime soon.

Either way, the fans love it, it's well made, it all streams on Disney+ right this second!