The Star Wars Thread

[Julius]

8 minutes ago, Happenstance said:

 

Kind of funny to me how it's been nearly 2 years and a lot of the key shots in this trailer - thumbnail included - were in the Andor S2 trailer shown at Celebration in London 

Been feeling the call of an Andor rewatch lately, I'm taking this as the sign that I should go ahead with those plans. 

I've loved a lot of Star Wars shows - live-action and not - and have mixed feelings on some others, but if Andor S2's quality is in line with S1's and the ending can deliver, I think it's safe to say that I might have a new favourite when this is all said and done. 

Feel sorry for any of you who have struggled to get into it when trying to in the past, because once you push beyond the first couple of episodes, the show goes on to show you the very best of what Star Wars could be like in this day and age. And it's glorious. 

[Julius]

More info from the official site, as well as the official poster. We will be getting an arc/three episodes dropping every week! 

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Creator and executive producer Tony Gilroy has shared that this season will follow Cassian’s journey in the four years leading up to the events of Rogue One, with the 12 episode story unfolding in four weekly chapters of three episodes each.

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Andor Season 2 stars Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, and Alan Tudyk, with Ben Mendelsohn and Forest Whitaker. The series was created by Tony Gilroy, who also serves as an executive producer along with Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna, Luke Hull, and John Gilroy.

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Tony Gilroy wrote the first three episodes, with Beau Willimon writing episodes 4-6, Dan Gilroy penning episodes 7-9 and Tom Bissell putting pen to paper for episodes 10-12. The directors for the series are Ariel Kleiman (Eps. 1-6), Janus Metz (Eps. 7-9) and Alonso Ruizpalacios (Eps. 10-12).

A chapter/arc consisting of three episodes per week is the exact perfect way to release this. Hell. Yes. 

I'm so ready 

[Julius]

Revenge of the Sith will be back in theatres from 25th April to commemorate the film's 20th anniversary:

Poster is lovely as always from Matt Ferguson:

Got to imagine they're given away at Celebration – wonder if they'll be given away at viewings too? I'll be looking to cop one for sure...still need to look out for TPM's from last year still for the 25th! Can't wait to see what TFA's looks like later this year for the 10th?! 

Elsewhere, THR are reporting that Kathleen Kennedy is looking to step down as President of LFL and retire:

A lot going on all of a sudden – and we've still got 2 months yet until Celebration! 

[FalcoLombardi]

Apparently she isn't retiring?

Also, I ended up going to a coffee shop that had a Star Wars theme/memorabilia this morning. Kaibur Coffee. Good coffee and breakfast sandwich. Cool owner too.

[Julius]

Special look at Andor S2:

And the poster: 

 

Andor S2 might just be about to cement Andor + Rogue One as the defining achievement of the Disney era. I can't believe we're getting the Ghorman massacre! 

Edited March 5 by Julius

[Hero-of-Time]

 

[Julius]

Started my Andor rewatch on Sunday, figured I'd take it slow and just watched the first episode. 

So anyways, I got up to the end of Episode 6 last night. Yeah, I stand by everything I've said before in terms of glowing praise for the show. It's tough to determine how I'd rank it personally amongst all of Star Wars purely because of nostalgia for other shows and films, but I'm definitely rewatching this time asking myself "this is the best made Star Wars since Empire, right?" It's just that brilliant. I'll be honest, it's also probably the only time outside of Rebels that I've cared about the Rebel cause – and there's so much more nuance and depth added to that cause in Andor. 

Now, I do agree with the sentiment that the first arc (Episodes 1-3) is a slow build, but I think it's super important that it is because of how clearly it defines the characters and state of the galaxy. By the end of Episode 3 it feels like the stakes have been raised and there is a sense that there's something special to the show. 

The second arc (Episodes 4-6), though, for me, is when the show seriously finds its footing and is incredibly blatant in both how Star Wars and un-Star Wars this show is going to be. A New Hope? What hope? You seriously feel the struggle and the stakes starting from this arc, in a way which I think is similar to how they were felt in the final act of Rogue One. There's a desperation and chaos and seriousness to what is happening which adds much-needed depth to the GFFA at this point in the timeline. Some wonderful visuals in these episodes, too. 

To anyone who hasn't watched the show, or has tried to and bounced off the first few episodes, I urge you to stick with it or return to it as and when you have the time and curiosity to sit through it all – yeah, I'm saying commit to the whole thing, not just the start, because I'm saying the show is simply that good. Just trust me on this. 

Can't wait to get back to it. S2 is going to be awesome 

Edited 17 hours ago by Julius