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Three more episodes of #Andor gone. I still can't believe this has to be the final season of such a perfect series. It's been a long time since I’ve been this captivated by #StarWars. I think this story arc about the origins of the Rebellion, leading up to #RogueOne, is the best part of the saga since the original trilogy. Stunning.

We didn't deserve "Rogue One".

We definitely don't deserve "Andor".

A rebellion standing up to a tyrant. A tyrant who controls the military and the propaganda machine. A tyrant who tries to obscure and rewrite the truth.

A ragtag group of people who believe that there can and should be more. Who know that they must work together to overcome the seemingly impossible odds. You might even call them rebels.

I still have hope. I just pray that it's not an epic battle that's needed to unseat the current tyrant. He's just a weak little man and not a Sith Lord so I have hope.

What a weird world we live in.

#Andor is just a cut above the rest of #StarWars. And it's an excellent prequel to #RogueOne, which was the best Star Wars movie to come out since the original and prequel trilogies.

I understand why not all Star Wars fans like it (though that bunch never agree on anything), but it points to an alternative path for this tired franchise.

Obviously its themes of tyranny and oppression should resonate with a lot of American audiences.

Ein neue Woche, ein neuer Abschnitt der 2. Staffel von #Andor und diese Serie wird immer besser, es fühlt sich (leider) so ungewollt aktuell an, ich bin sehr gespannt auf die finalen drei Folgen nächste Woche und glaube dass sich #RogueOne dann nochmal ganz anders anfühlt als bisher.

I watched #RogueOne (2016) last night as part of a community #StarWars Day event. I have to say, I think that even on its own merits it might be my favorite Star Wars film; it's certainly in the top 3. Great sets and set pieces, strong acting all around, and solid themes of rebellion and sacrifice (even a thinner environmentalist trend I haven't picked up before).

With the additional context of #Andor, serving as the end to Cassian's arc, I'd say it's easily my favorite film in the series.

It’s interesting how closely the actors who play characters on TV & in film become associated with their characters. I think this is an artifact of the age of photography, film & video. After all, Hamlet is a well-known & beloved character. No one gets upset when it’s not Olivier.

#StarTrek now has at least 3 different actors (counting back to TOS) playing Kirk & Spock, including SNW & Prodigy, if I’m not mistaken (probably am). It hasn’t spelled the end of the franchise, as far as I can tell, especially since the passing of Nimoy.

#StarWars seems to have a hard time letting go of original actors. Tem Morrison & Hayden Christensen will have work into the 22nd century if they can hang on that long. Lucasfilm has notoriously produced pretty remarkable results with AI (Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in "The Book of Boba Fett"), though I believe another actor played him in S2 of #TheMandalorian. And in #RogueOne & #TheRiseOfSkywalker, other actors were cast to play #Tarkin & #LeiaOrgana. Notably Billie Lourd, Carrie Fisher’s daughter, who played Lt Connix in the ST, played a younger Leia, with a helmet, in a training flashback.

I recall a remark on Twitter about the #JamesBond franchise. George Lazenby played JB in only one film: “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.” In part this was because he was not well received by the audience as a replacement for Sean Connery. But he successfully destroyed the idea that Bond had to be played by Connery & paved the way for Roger Moore to own the role for a generation, or at least until Remington Steele had gone off the air.

Though Abrams Trek has a mixed reputation in the fandom, it successfully broke the TOS cast barrier & paved the way for some of the new material on P+.

Star Wars is more conservative than Star Trek. Maybe that’s why fans have a harder time letting go. When Carrie Fisher died, I thought: Can’t they just cast someone else in the role? But the fandom would show up at Skywalker Ranch with pitchforks. I thought: Isn’t there anyone else with the fan cred to be Leia? Maybe Natalie Portman? Or Pernilla August? These actors played Leia’s mother and grandmother, respectively. Surely Portman is actor enough to play a character a bit older than herself. Leia (not Fisher) died around 54. I think Portman was about 40 when they were making TRoS.

It’s still hard to see the fandom letting go until they successfully release, say an OT remake with new cast or something. Until there’s a series about Luke Skywalker’s temple post-Endor starring Sebastian Shan (once rumored to be playing Luke in the Mandoverse) or something like that, I fear we’re in for deepfakes & de-aging technology for a while.

@allstartrek @starwars

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NPArevolutionnaires📢 Andor, un Ovni dans la saga Star Wars ?: Depuis le rachat de la franchise Star Wars par Disney pour 4 milliards de dollars à George Lucas, les moments où la saga Star Wars a impressionné sont rares. Rogue One avait néanmoins été un énorme succès, ce qui a donné l’idée à Lucasfilm de développer une série autour de l’un des personnages du film, […] npa-revolutionnaires.org/andor 📢NPA-R #StarWars #Andor #Disney #RogueOne #Lucasfilm