Review by C.J. Bunce
The first three episodes of the Rogue One prequel series Andor have arrived on Disney+. Unfortunately writer/creator Tony Gilroy squandered the first hour and a half. With only twelve 40-minute episodes for the season, the time typically allotted for an entire movie is wasted on set-up and backstory instead of delving right into the action of a younger Cassian Andor, played again by Diego Luna. The series is missing the tight direction and breathless scene-by-scene build of its source material, director Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the movie that re-ignited the possibilities for Star Wars after George Lucas sold it all to Disney and laid the groundwork for the Lucasfilm tentpole series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. With nine episodes arriving weekly this Fall, Andor has some ground to make up if it wants to match the excitement of those series.
