Rogue One: The Andor Cut

Outside of having an intro taken from Andor, what's happening here?

I just finished a rewatch of Andor last week. (1 or 2 episodes a night after the wife fell asleep)

Hot take: Cassian Andor is a top 5 Star Wars character behind only Luke, Han, Vader, and Sheev.

Less Hot take: Andor is the best Star Wars since the OT.

It’s everything I want my Star Wars to be. Real people. Real action dynamics. (Stormtroopers are dangerous. A nerdy accountant beat the brakes of the main action hero. No superhero bullshite)

Rogue One was ok. Not bad. Not great. Kinda boring in spots, and I’m still torn about the flaw being a purposeful, man-made design. Still, I love the dirty, WW1 & 2 and British vibe of early Star Wars. It had that in spades. Mustaches galore.

I’ll definitely watch this cut.

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if I did a Mt Rushmore of Star Wars, it’s Anakin/Vader, Han, Palpatine, and Obi Wan. Luke doesn’t make it

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Well that’s just silly. Despite George Lucas’ lies and revisionist history, Star Wars is Luke Skywalker’s journey. Not Vader’s.

Obi-Wan is cool. I prefer characters with conflict and growth though. Luke, Han, Vader all have a set arc they travel through, be it boy to man, scoundrel to hero, or evil to good. Obi-Wan has no such arc. He’s just always the wise Jedi.

I know Sheev doesn’t change either, but he’s just so fun and silly. The only thing from the sequels I accept as cannon is that he was getting down making babies. Probably all over the galaxy. No way does someone embrace the dark side and not have a harem.

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Well that’s just silly. Despite George Lucas’ lies and revisionist history, Star Wars is Luke Skywalker’s journey. Not Vader’s.

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I said unpopular opinion. Though the existence of the prequels and ending with Vader’s death actually does make Star Wars Anakin’s journey, not Luke’s. And even throughout the OT, we get bits and pieces of Anakin’s story as Vader that continue to develop him

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Obi-Wan is cool. I prefer characters with conflict and growth though. Luke, Han, Vader all have a set arc they travel through, be it boy to man, scoundrel to hero, or evil to good. Obi-Wan has no such arc. He’s just always the wise Jedi.

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Ok now I think you’re just ignoring the prequels. If so, Obi Wan is a static character. But if you include the prequels, he has a great arc

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Well that’s just silly. Despite George Lucas’ lies and revisionist history, Star Wars is Luke Skywalker’s journey. Not Vader’s.

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ooh my nerd is gonna show on this one. The saga is about Anakin and his journey to balance the force and his redemption.

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Obi-Wan is cool. I prefer characters with conflict and growth though.

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Obi Wan is in fact somewhat of a dick, he sends Luke on a suicide mission to face Anakin because Obi Wan knows that Luke is the only thing that can remind Anakin of his love for Padme, if he died, he would have sent Leia next.

ETA: I understand that Lucas changed many things after the fact

Hot take: Solo was a decent movie that suffered because of TLJ backlash.

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Solo was a decent movie that suffered because of TLJ backlash.

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The third act was really good.

Rogue One is still better IMO though.

Ill watch this fan edit just to watch the Andor stuff again haha

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We only care about two scenes in the movie.

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This is true.

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Rogue One if it was made as the conclusion of Andor.

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It is. I don't have a problem with the framing at all.

Bump.

This is live now. I'm out of town but plan on checking it out when I get back.