Star Wars: Andor (April 22, 2025)

[jaztermareal]

Nobody sets out to make something bad. So much time, work, effort, and money goes into making a tv series or movie. It’s just unfortunate that they were so out of touch with the core audience they didn’t see that the Acolyte wouldn’t do well. Star Wars can be different than what has come before. It may even be essential to it surviving. That doesn’t mean they need to rewrite what we’ve known and try change core things about the universe.

Andor is building on what has come before it and is enhancing it. Many didn’t think Rogue One was needed but it turned out to be one of the better films in the saga. It didn’t try to change A New Hope by making think we didn’t understand it before. It enhanced A New Hope by making us appreciate the effort that went into getting those plans and solving some long criticisms about the exhaust port flaw. It made Star Wars better. If they can keep the mindset of enhancing the universe rather than trying to redefine it, they still might be able to save it. At least Andor in good hands.

Precisely. Rogue One and Andor add to and enhance the saga, the sequel trilogy/Acolyte/BOBF/Kenobi/Ahsoka/Mando either subvert it or water it down.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nobody sets out to make something bad. So much time, work, effort, and money goes into making a tv series or movie. It’s just unfortunate that they were so out of touch with the core audience they didn’t see that the Acolyte wouldn’t do well. Star Wars can be different than what has come before. It may even be essential to it surviving. That doesn’t mean they need to rewrite what we’ve known and try change core things about the universe.

Andor is building on what has come before it and is enhancing it. Many didn’t think Rogue One was needed but it turned out to be one of the better films in the saga. It didn’t try to change A New Hope by making think we didn’t understand it before. It enhanced A New Hope by making us appreciate the effort that went into getting those plans and solving some long criticisms about the exhaust port flaw. It made Star Wars better. If they can keep the mindset of enhancing the universe rather than trying to redefine it, they still might be able to save it. At least Andor in good hands.

Very well said.

 

[jye4ever]

Nobody sets out to make something bad. So much time, work, effort, and money goes into making a tv series or movie. It’s just unfortunate that they were so out of touch with the core audience they didn’t see that the Acolyte wouldn’t do well. Star Wars can be different than what has come before. It may even be essential to it surviving. That doesn’t mean they need to rewrite what we’ve known and try change core things about the universe.

Andor is building on what has come before it and is enhancing it. Many didn’t think Rogue One was needed but it turned out to be one of the better films in the saga. It didn’t try to change A New Hope by making think we didn’t understand it before. It enhanced A New Hope by making us appreciate the effort that went into getting those plans and solving some long criticisms about the exhaust port flaw. It made Star Wars better. If they can keep the mindset of enhancing the universe rather than trying to redefine it, they still might be able to save it. At least Andor in good hands.

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[Mondragon]

Nobody sets out to make something bad.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Rian Johnson. Still baffled at his choices.

 

[JAWS]

Nobody sets out to make something bad.

sure seems like Disney doesn’t really want to set out to make a good show.

I mean some of this stuff is so bad I actually feel that is the goal.

Seriously though. Great post.

 

[JAWS]

Yeah I know but they’re very much advertising it as his “iconic” look.

It’s horrible.
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Krennic is coming back ????

 

[choombaz]

Money well spent if you ask me …

Fascinating article on the costs of filmmaking

https://www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...645-million-spending-on-star-wars-show-andor/

 

[jye4ever]

Money well spent if you ask me …

Fascinating article on the costs of filmmaking

https://www.forbes.com/sites/caroli...645-million-spending-on-star-wars-show-andor/

Was that just for S1 or S1 and S2?

 

[Wor-Gar]

Was that just for S1 or S1 and S2?

Article's first paragraph:

Disney has revealed that the cost of making Star Wars streaming show Andor has surged to $645 million (£504.8 million) after it spent a record $290.9 million (£232.1 million) last year on filming its second season which will debut in April 2025

 

[Wor-Gar]

So Andor has already made a $100,000+ profit...?

 

[jaztermareal]

So Andor has already made a $100,000+ profit...?


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hollywood accounting...

 

[jye4ever]

So Andor has already made a $100,000+ profit...?


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They forgot Workers Comp insurance!

Make that $15,000 profit lol

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'd like to see the above-the-line total in that $563,000,000+ production cost

 

[jaztermareal]

I'd like to see the above-the-line total in that $563,000,000+ production cost

Streaming shows are not very profitable in isolation anyway, so even after taking into account creative accounting that hollywood does it won't be very profitable thus far, howver, over time it may prove more profitable than the other shows outside of Mando as the show has legs, it will likely sell Blurays down the line along with other merch and potential spinoffs. If Disney is smart they will edit the seasons into a trilogy of movies and release them theatrically for extra money on the 5th anniversary of the show (do the same for Mandalorian etc for more income). Tie in merch could be released at those times too. Most Disney shows would work better as movies anyway (cut out all the filler and cringe you will be left with better flowing tight stories).

Streaming shows just don't make enough money. Stick to movies.