Timelapse: Rebel U-Wing Starfighter (75399) #Unboxing #review #LEGO #StarWars #Andor #RogueOne #timelapse

#Superman, #Andor, #SydneySweeney's Jeans: Can #Media Really be Radical? (w/ #JaredBall)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5mMG4dF2Do

On #Andor, #revolution, and #characterbuilding in #nowadays #storytelling:
"In these universes characters and settings are monetary assets, to be exploited, protected, and manipulated according to the owner’s wishes. Understanding them requires understanding what the owner wants: how this story fits not just with the other stories to which it is connected but into the ever-proliferating network of brand identity and profit opportunities of which it is a part. (This is one of the things that differentiates such corporate storytelling from mere sequels, and from the more familiar dictates of genres and adaptations.) It takes so much #metatextual awareness that it can feel, at times, like watching Hollywood movies made under the Hays Code, or like reading novels written under strict censorship. The best works of corporate storytelling are, in a sense, acts of quiet resistance, written in the blank spots of the #enforcednarrative."

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/07/24/the-revolution-will-not-be-star-wars/

Desde luego, Cassian Andor le ha dado a la saga Star Wars lo mejor que ha tenido desde los años 80, tanto en Rogue One como en Andor. No es que sea Breaking Bad, pero sí, está muy bien. Lo mejor que he visto de Star Wars en televisión, con permiso de The Mandalorian.

The relentless waves of bigotry, Fascism and ignorance have been hitting me hard today, so this is giving me particular strength, some of you may recognise it....

The idiots who think Star Trek is too political these days will also completely miss what Andor was about.
But the rest of us, who read and understand narratives get just how fucking important that show is, I know I've been feeling a bit 'Andor' these days....watching my back...

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/andors-warning-how-fiction-unmasks

#Andor S1E1-3: ok yup pretty good.

Good:
- well produced (mousedollars)
- snappy writing
- great acting/direction
- more of the space fantasy we know/love (brick buildings & space-age-yet-old-timey bell tower of Ferrix are chefs-kiss)
- usual blink-and-you'll-miss-it references to rest of franchise

Bad:
- tons of props have irritating theme-park "obviously new thing made to look old" feel
- usual SW plot holes like "why tf everyone park-n-ride"
- computer tech varies WILDLY scene to scene

Finished #Andor and straight into #RogueOne - which I haven't re-watched since it came out. This is great.

As part of my. #StarWars continuation after finishing #Andor, today it's time for the first of the #Ewoks films; #CaravanOfCourage. I should've watched it before #ReturnOfTheJedi, but I didn't even realise it existed until I was looking for the Ewoks animated series. Better late than never

Star Wars’ Least Watched TV Show Gets High Praise From Creator of Its Best #StarWars #SkeletonCrew #Andor
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/tony-gilroy-comments-star-wars-skeleton-crew-dawn-of-the-jedi/

I have friends everywhere.

Do you?

Finally finished #Andor. Time to rewatch #RogueOne.

Finishing up our season one rewatch of #Andor because -- even though it's always the right time -- this is the perfect day to remember the importance of resistance against a fascist empire.

"I'd rather die taking them down than die giving them what they want."
-- Cassian Andor