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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stalker0" data-source="post: 9680142" data-attributes="member: 5889">Just finished it up myself. Overall, pretty happy with Andor overall and season 2, but it had its flows my quick take.The Good1) We saw a "real" rebellion that was complex and interesting and messy. Just like in real rebellions, there are divergent factions that often fight with each other, people not following the chain of command, and people that have to do really dirty things....the kinds of people that in a normal circumstance would be criminals...but in a rebellion you take what you can get. I saw earlier people discussing if Luthen was a fallen hero or a dispicial villain, and that is PRECISELY the point. Luthen wasn't a good man....but he was what the rebellion needed.2) Andor still spends the most time on its actual characters, giving them a chance to breath and life and feel like actual people rather than caricatures. One of the best things that elevates this show over other Star Wars products.3) The ending felt solid, a good enough summary that got us right into Rogue One.4) I think the work with Ghorman and Bix's personal tragedies really help to sell the evil of Tyranny. The empire has always been "evil" in a more cartoonish kind of way (we just blew up a whole planet!), but now we get to see the subtle personal evil that really resonates.The Bad1) The season spends way too much time on plotlines that ultimately have no benefit to the story. Cassian's time being held by the other rebel faction...that's a solid scene to show splinters and divisions between rebellion factions. It did NOT need to be run across two episodes.Same with the wedding...again a nice way to showcase how Mothma navigates her day job and the rebellion, and the tension with her friend was a nice touch. But again...way too long.I don't mind that Andor has scenes whose sole job is to set up characterization and background...that is one of the reason that Andor is good, it actually gives itself time to breathe. But again we need scenes not entire episodes dedicated to some of these topics.2) The season also feels a bit disjointed and scattered, between the divergent plotlines and the time skips I found it hard to keep track of at times.3) I don't mind that Syril's characters dies the way he does (again showcasing that in war people just sometimes die).... but then did we need to invest so much time in his character this season? Again a lot of time for little payoff. Having him is fine, but we don't need to invest that much just to kill him off like that.</blockquote>

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