Andor Season 2 Takes Star Wars to the Darkest Place It's Ever Gone Before (And Earns It)

New York Times Retcons Star Wars Spinoff Into Anti-Trump Resistance Tale

Fighting Trumpian fascism in the Star Wars universe! That was the angle taken by James Poniewozik, chief TV critic for the New York Times, to mark the second and final season of the Star Wars streaming spinoff Andor, on the front page of Thursday’s Arts section: “Building a Resistance, Brick by Brick.” The online headline deck: “‘Andor’ Shows How a Resistance Is Built, One Brick at a Time -- In the best of the Disney+ “Star Wars” series, returni…

The second season of the Andor series plunges us into the darkest corners of the Star Wars universe, a territory previously unexplored, and it deserves it largely.

The latest season of Star Wars: Andor has led the franchise in a gloomy direction that shadows even the darkest moments of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story". "Rogue One is known for its serious and dramatic story about the rebels who steal the plans of the original Death Star while losing their lives. The series Andor, which serves as a prequel for this movie, puts one on it and shows the early days of rebellion in a light that surprises even the m…

Andor Season 2 Takes Star Wars to the Darkest Place It's Ever Gone Before (And Earns It)

Bix looking concerned in Andor. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is arguably the darkest movie set in a galaxy far, far away, focusing on the group of Rebels who steal the plans to the original Death Star and die before they can see the fruit of their labors. However, since it’s one of the better-received films in the Disney era, it’s no surprise that its prequel series, Star Wars: Andor, follows in its footsteps and operates in the shadows. Andor g…