‘Andor’ Puts ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ To Shame

The latest Star Wars live-action show to come to Disney+ is called Andor.

This is the kind of Star Wars that you would want to see more of. The seedy underside of the Star Wars universe can be found in Andor, unlike The Book of Boba Fett, which was a TV show.

The first three episodes were released as three separate episodes. They should have been released as a single, long episode instead of forming one coherent chapter in this show. This would have been better for the audience. People who stopped after the first or second episode might feel let down.

If you watch all three of them, you will get a pretty fascinating storyline that gives us some top-notch action and suspense. In the third episode, there is a shoot out in a factory warehouse with giant metal beams falling as the good guys and bad guys engage in a tense gunfight.

At this point, Andor is not much more than a thief. He owes money all around town and seems to be constantly cooking up a new scheme, even though he is not a fan of the Empire.

The young thief got himself in trouble for the first time. In the first episode, he goes to a cyberpunk club and is harassed by two hostile security guards. They're looking for trouble, he's looking for his sister. Andar accidentally killed one of the guards when they followed him after he left. He killed the second guard because he couldn't leave a witness.

We are already seeing a darker version of the Star Wars. Rarely are Star Wars protagonists willing to kill someone.

There is a murder investigation and a setup for Andor's introduction to the rebellion in this film.

We learn that Andor comes from a planet that was destroyed in a mining accident many years ago. He is part of a primitive culture that seems to be entirely comprised of children, and the location of the adults is unknown. When he was separated from his friends and knocked unconscious, a woman named Maarva Andor took him with her off the planet and adopted him as her son.

Andor is betrayed by his friend Bix and soon Timm Karlo and his goons are after him. There is a fascinating clash between the fascistic security forces and the workers. The entire workforce comes alive when the security guards start searching for Andor, banging on anything that will make a noise to alert everyone to the danger.

The action sequence in the third episode is top-notch, a far cry better than the Obi-Wan Kenobi scene, in which Darth Vader and Obi-Wan fought with lightsabers.

It's very odd that everything in Andor is better than everything in Obi-Wan. Even though Andor himself is a relatively unimportant character in the big scheme of things, this is a TV show that has been given a lot more skillful and loving treatment than the famous Jedi's own Disney+ outing. The script is far, far superior to the clunky, confused Obi-Wan show. There is a huge gap in quality between the two.

Andor doesn't feel cheap. The cinematography and original score compliment one another. The sets are well-realized and filled with aliens. It doesn't feel cheap or rushed.

The story is not as bad as Obi-Wan's. It is a little slow at times, only picking up in the third episode, but at least it is not a messy mess.

This is a show called Andor and it makes sense that it is very much Andor's story. This wasn't the case in Obi-Wan Kenobi, where Obi-Wan was used like a prop more than anything, and passed along between characters. The show was more about the characters of Reva and Leia than it was about the Jedi master.

It's well. There is nothing left to do. The Star Wars franchise has had its ups and downs over the years, but Obi-Wan Kenobi will be remembered as an embarrassment. In its first three episodes, Andor has been as good as could be. Each week there will be 12 episodes. The fourth episode comes out on September 28th. You should follow my review on my website.

My video review of Andor can be watched below.

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