But the fears never materialized. Quite the contrary. rogue one It was a resounding success and today it is common to hear that it is the best film of starwars in the Disney era. And as such, people demanded more. A greater challenge due to the fate of all its characters and that forced Lucasfilm to look back in search of new stories. The dream finally came true Andor.
Andor: A Necessary Character
There was a time when the hobby of starwars she was seen as the most loyal in the history of entertainment, a label that changed over time. First with the prequel trilogy and then with the sequels. Today, some actors have described warsies as mostly toxic.
To be fair, getting to this point hasn’t been entirely the people’s fault. On the one hand, it is a complex phenomenon in which audiences want to continue to be surprised like the first time. To this we add the Lucasfilm factor, whose eagerness to get the most out of the franchise under the orders of the mouse led to oversaturation and the direct affectation of the legacy. Classic characters like Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, Darth Vader and Palpatine were, to a greater or lesser extent, touched during attempts to be brought to new generations. His replacements, Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren and Snoke, fell far short of emulating success as little more than lukewarm decals that never showed their potential.
The demands of the public for something new and groundbreaking only materialized with The Mandalorian which showed never-before-seen faces from the distant galaxy. Although Cassian Andor is a pre-existing character, his show goes along the same lines as he is a warrior about whom we know nothing, except that he did “terrible things in the name of the rebellion”, as he himself confessed in rogue one.
It is in this way, a character who does not live in the extremes of good and evil, but who wanders in between. He isn’t the perfect hero either, if we can even label him as such. He is rather a tormented individual, whose mistakes in an era dominated by tyranny and impunity plunge him into complex situations from which there is no turning back. Situations that increase their dramatic tensions, but also their humanity. And as such, its connection with the audience. Even more so in these times, which on more than one occasion seem dominated by the Galactic Empire. We do not live in a time where we need the old heroism, but hope. That is precisely what Andor and the rest of the characters rogue one represent.