By Chris Snellgrove
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Andor was an incredibly successful Star Wars television program, and he succeeded in this success without Dave Filoni, the man that many fans consider the creative heir to George Lucas. As for Filoni, he essentially took glory as a man behind the immensely successful gap Clone wars Cartoon that introduced the favorite character of Ahsoka fans. Although the man does not work on Andor he himself, however, is clear that this program learned a crucial lesson in Clone wars: namely that fans are too ready for a deep dive in characters that this science fiction franchise has failed to dress before.
What learned for Dave Filoni
To understand how Andor was influenced by Dave Filoni Clone warsIt is important to remember what made this cartoon popular in the first place. The show greatly expanded characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker who were not really developed in the prequels of Star Wars while adding depth to things like Order 66 and the Machinations of Chancellor Palpatine. Almost a decade and a half after Clone wars created, Andor The showrunner Tony Gilroy used this same formula in his show to expand the character Cassian Andor who appeared before in Snape One.
Previously, this character appeared to be very unidimensional … a pragmatic soldier who made the kind of hard calls that heroes like Luke Skywalker would never have to do. But he did not have many arcs in Snape One. He is fundamentally a gruff guy with a heart of gold from his first scene until his last. Oh, and in his last scene (spoilers, my darling!), He dies, so there was never a chance to get a suite to expand his character.
Fortunately, Andor did for his title character what Dave Filoni Clone wars Made for the heroes of the prequel trilogy: the dimensionality added to the characters by developing their history and their motivations. For example, many fans have noted how the final revenge duel of the Sith becomes much more significant after having looked at all Clone wars And see how the relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker has developed. The prequelles have never really developed this relationship thanks to their time jumps between each film and a relatively short operating time; The cartoon, however, had 133 episodes which covered years of these Jedi as Battle Brothers.
Andor will end after the second season, it will not have as many episodes as the classic cartoon of Dave Filoni. Nevertheless, he uses the formula of the previous show to expand the way someone as brutally pragmatic as Cassian Andor ended up with idealistic rebels … In particular, a simple quest to find his sister finally landed in the cogs of an imperial machine that he now stops to destroy. He is described as a character motivated by the spite, which means that he can have the most realistic motivation of any heroes in a galaxy far, far.
While AndorThe second season has not yet been broadcast (although the trailer seems phenomenal), it is sure that it will follow Dave Filoni Clone wars In another important way: radically recontextualizing the noble death of Cassian Andor. Of course, his final scene in Snape One is already in movement, but the blunt truth remains that the death of a brand new character who was only part of a great casting can only have an emotional impact. But after watching a few dozen episodes of AndorThere is a good chance that his final scene in Snape One Will move fans to tears when they see the culmination of his long journey.
None of this means that Andor It would have been a better show with the participation of Dave Filoni, however. The showrunner Tony Gilroy had a career by telling more realistic stories of Star Wars, and the particular brand of Filoni mything fannish would be moved Andor. However, it’s just to say that Andor would never even have been do If Gilroy did not realize how wise Filoni was to create a prequel television show that has expanded one -dimensional characters in a surprising life.
And considering the failure of Disney + emissions entirely original as AcolyteThe Maison de la Souris would be very wise to invest in prequel television programs built around other underdeveloped characters, such as a comedy Finn and Poe Dameron Buddy would be leaned over the endless speculation of the fans on the question of whether these two would connect. Returning the consequences retroactively while leaning on the strike of Booktok? I’m going to take money or check this idea, Disney!
