I started watching Andor yesterday. Gosh that first episode is terrible at setting up the premise, isn't it? If you were coming to this without having seen Rogue One it must be baffling; coming to it as a casual Star Wars fan, or as someone following the hype, it must be incomprehensible. But I will stick with it, as I am told by everyone that it is very good indeed.
In truth, it will be a bit of a struggle, not least because I can't take the villain Syril Karn seriously. He's basically Arnold Rimmer.
With the protagonist -- opening scene aside -- being portrayed as a cheeky chancer, the whole thing has a UK sitcom feel, which isn't helped by 90% of the cast having appeared in UK sitcoms. We'll see how far I can get.
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