Sunday, November 13, 2022

I'm a middle-aged woman and Andor has rekindled my passion for Star Wars.


I was born at the very beginning of 1978. By the time I came into the world both of my (young at the time) parents already loved Star Wars. I remember being given Star Wars toys as a very young child. I remember being so entranced with Return of the Jedi that I took a toilet paper tube and colored it to look robotic and wore it on my wrist so I could pretend to be Luke Skywalker with his mechanical hand. As I got older I always loved the movies, but I wouldn't call myself obsessed. I got married and my (now ex) husband really loved Star Wars and we went to see the prequels in theaters. I thought they were fine, but felt different to me than the original trilogy. I especially like Revenge of the Sith, though I felt it could have been even better.As time went on, I found other things to fuel my passion especially fantasy like Lord of the Rings. The the new sequel trilogy came out and by this time I was divorced and was a single mom. I didn't go to see any of the movies in the theaters, but I did watch them all at home. And again, I found them fine popcorn entertainment, but little else. By this time my youngest son started really getting into Star Wars, especially the expanded universe which I know little about. When the Mandelorian came out he really liked it and wanted to watch it with me. We watch the first few episodes together and I thought it okay, but didn't feel any burning need to watch the rest.All along my thoughts were, Star Wars is a fine franchise for what it is, a lot of fun at the movies and skewing a bit juvenile. I didn't hate any of the installments that I had seen, but I didn't really love them either. Yet I couldn't shake the feeling that this was a universe that could hold a more mature story really well. The idea of an entire galaxy held under fascism and what that means for the average person and the people who eventually choose to fight it, that is a very dark idea and lends itself to adult story telling. So I didn't hear of Andor until I started reading the high praise for it on other Reddits and forums I am a part of. A couple of days ago I binged the ten episodes that were out and I can't stop thinking about it since. This is what I have been looking for in Star Wars. I'm so invested in this masterpiece. I know Star Wars is supposed to have this kind of legendary epic storytelling, but it just feels so good to have this realistic story of what it would actually be like to live under the Empire. The only maybe tiniest of nitpicks that I have is I would like to see a few more aliens. Like the prison was made up entire of humans and if the Empire is separating prisoners according to type, I would have liked to seen that at least alluded to. Perhaps the alien races are imprisoned in even more horrible conditions. Anyway, I just really wanted to tell my story. Thank you for reading. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/BcM6jqt

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