Season 2
12 Episodes
8.5/10
I watched the complete 2nd season this past Tuesday when I was home. My oldest son watched it with me.
The season was split into 3 parts starting 4 years before the Battle of Yavin. It jumped 1 year every 3 episodes.
The first episode kicked off in high gear with Cassian doing a “Firefox” acquiring a new Tie Fighter. This Tie Fighter brought up the first question for the franchise cuz it was never seen after and no information was given on what Cassian did with it.
A Force Sensitive character was introduced. Cassian just saw her as a batshit crazy lady. It showed he was unaware of the Jedi/Force.
There was basically 3 high suspense scenes after the opening episode that had me glued to the screen. Majority of the season was full of “Blah Blah Blah” talk. The talking was informative and didn’t bring the season down, but it proved to me that know way I could sit weekly waiting for a new episode. My TV ADHD would have sent me to the psychiatric hospital. HaHa!!!
The season gave more insight on Cassian and his views on what was going on with the Empire. The season explained a lot on statements he made in “Rogue One”.
I was surprised my Luthern. I had suspected he was a former Jedi/Sith or Force Sensitive. But that didn’t happen. His backstory was presented along with how he hooked up with Kleya. His backstory was done well showing the effects of War along with how harsh the Empire was to people. They did this without showing anything and was highly effective.
Another question came up about whether Palpatine actually knew what was going around thruout the Empire. This question brings up a possible origin of The First Order in Episode 7 film.
Ben Mendolsin did a fantastic job with Director Kerric. Saw Gerrera returned. Still no depiction on how he lost limbs and was using the mask as we saw in “Rogue One”.
A number of surprise deaths happened thru the season. The ending montage was done well showing the status of the surviving characters and possibility of some returning in future projects.
Seeing Benjamin Bratt as Bail Organa was a surprise. It looks like Jimmy Smits was held up with other projects when I looked into it. The origin of K-2SO and how Cassian acquired him was shown
No information was given about the 2nd Death Star on when exactly it started construction. It is possible it had already started during the two seasons and the characters with the information they had did not realize there were two being built. Hopefully we find out in future projects.
After finishing it, me and my son went directly into rewatching “Rogue One”. Besides the opening scene with Director Kerric and Galen, when Cassian debuted after, it went perfectly with Andor.
Overall, it was a fantastic season and the series itself was top notch. I would say this is one of the best Star Wars that Disney has put out since acquiring the property along with “The Mandalorian”.
I do plan rewatching this series in full in the future when new Star Wars material comes out that is directly connected with this series.
yea he was like you got one opportunity to tell the truth; it was a good episode though; i thought episode 9 was even better!
