Support NeoGAF

[ecosse_011172]

This series and Rogue One are the best original Star Wars content since the first trilogy. Really enjoyed it, even more than I expected to. A focus on adult storylines, with grounded actors and no over the top woke elements.

Totally agree.
Quite depressing just how horrendous Episode 9 in particular (never mind the terrible TV stuff like Acolyte) in comparison.

 

[Zephyranthes]

Late to the party, but finally got around to watching Season 2. The first three eps were a bit weak overall, but it quickly gets better from there, and the back half of the season is uniformly great. Episode 8 is unsettling in how well it depicts a manufactured riot. You can easily imagine a real-life tyrannical government provoking something similar as a pretext for some violent act of suppression.

I also think the whole imperial bureaucratic hierarchy is fascinating to see in action. A guy like Orson Krennic scares the living hell out of anyone whose station is beneath him, but as we know from Rogue One, he's far less intimidating when dealing with the likes of Tarkin and Vader. And then you have Partagaz, who seems like a pretty fair guy to his subordinates, but then you have the heinous stuff on Ghorman that he's directly authorizing.

Hopefully this isn't the last we see of this kind of storytelling in Star Wars.

 

[Jinxed]

Just binged watch the two seasons in the last week.

What is the best star wars and why is it rogue one and andor

Damn

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

This pair of disgusting, pathetic, and filthy idiots are opportunistic and pathetic.

Direct accusations were leveled against them, alleging they stole money from the film trust...

Making garbage movies that served as propaganda for a corrupt government... Even in 2018, President López Obrador put a stop to their scams...

These two idiots went crazy when they didn't get their cut the money

And it's a good thing they left, because those two idiots in the photo are thieves.

 

[daffyduck]

 

[EviLore]

This pair of disgusting, pathetic, and filthy idiots are opportunistic and pathetic.

Direct accusations were leveled against them, alleging they stole money from the film trust...

Making garbage movies that served as propaganda for a corrupt government... Even in 2018, President López Obrador put a stop to their scams...

These two idiots went crazy when they didn't get their cut the money

And it's a good thing they left, because those two idiots in the photo are thieves.

Be less weird pls

 

[AJUMP23]

Be less weird pls

Impossible.

 

[EviLore]

So I just powered through season 2 after bouncing off of it when it first aired.

Open spoilers.

The first half is a serious slog. Pointless lesbian romance, Les Miserables in Space Paris, Cyril and his mom, relationship melodrama, resistance fighter standoff, wedding. Most of it is filler.

The second half finally gets the plot moving and drops most of the bad TV, a major improvement.

Cyril's plot resolution really leaves a lot to be desired. His character arc ended up being largely pointless.

Bix…the series ending with her satisfied smile after she pushed Kassian back into the fatal life he wanted to escape from, strange perspective for the writing. I can see how she felt trapped as damaged goods Kassian wanted to protect, and she was miserable and getting addicted to narcotics sitting around, but it's still hardly the feel good note being portrayed given the circumstances. The child, yes, I suppose.

For the climactic rescue, could there have been something other than the droid walking in and crunching everyone? Unsatisfying after all the buildup and the tac squad making their way in.

I guess it's a thumbs up, but with significant reservations.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I'm still in season 1 and while I see people and understand them when they say it's good, I'm just finding the whole series a slog. I like the prison scenes and it really shows the sterile horrors of Imperial detention centers.

But man the show is boring. This just doesn't feel like Star Wars to me at all almost.