No, Andor wasn't "so good and interesting" because "it lacked jedi and lightsabers". It was good because it was very well written, had tremendous acting and had much fresher perspective than other SW media
Andor is among my all time fave series but im tired of all the pretentious fans (many of whoem havent even watched SW but only watched andor becuase they wanted to jump on the bandwagon hype) talking about how andor was such a hit and was loved since it was more "realistic" and didnt have any jedi or lightsabers or very less amount of aliens. I've even seen people saying that future SW projects should be more andoer-esque in terms of having no jedi, lightsabers etc which is so ridiculous in itself
Andor was so good and beloved because it was made by talented people who actually cared about the story and acting instead of hoping on using the star wars IP popularity to churn out mediocre gulp sh/tto slop. Andor was so good because almost all characters were amazingly written and had great moments and arcs, because it's dialogues were actually hard hitting, because the world building and set design was fabulous and because for the first time it showed us realistic and more gritty portrayal of the oppressive empire outside of the big bad gestures like blowing up planets etc
Yes removing the jedi and lightsabers and badass weapons increased the stakes alot which heavily contributed to andor's success but i bet that if writers of any other SW series put as much effort and care into writing their stories and characters and the directors knew what to bring out of the actors, even SW media containing all the sci fi elements of jedi etc would be as beloved as andor
And the idea of star wars being better without the stuff which makes star wars *star wars* (jedi, the force, light sabers etc) is laughable. These people acting like they are too mature or cool for jedi and lightsabers etc look embarrassing demanding it from the jedi and lightsabers franchise
I do hope that whoever is calling the shots at disney learns from andor and puts in more effrot in the writing of the future projects. Star wars isnt a dead horse. If they put out good and well written content, people WILL show up even if the content if full of jedi and lightsabers etc #video #movies source