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It was inevitable that, in a movie with the most iconic villain of all time in prime fighting form, characters like Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, and Bodhi Rook inevitably fell by the wayside. In Rogue One, familiar faces like Darth Vader, Leia Organa, and Grand Moff Tarkin distracted Star Wars fans from all the promising new heroes being introduced. There are even rumors that Ewan McGregor will appear in Andor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, on top of starring in his own miniseries.Īs much fun as it would be to see C-3PO or Wedge Antilles or even an exiled Yoda in the Andor series, this approach could lead to Andor making the exact same mistake Rogue One did with its central character.
STAR WARS A ROGUE ONE RUNTIME SERIES
Since the series focuses on the Rebellion and takes place midway between the prequel and original trilogies, pretty much every beloved character is fair game. However, this will only happen if the show keeps squarely focused on Cassian, and Star Wars fans are already lining up their wish lists of legacy characters they hope will appear on Andor. Creator Tony Gilroy can use Andor’s 12 episodes to flesh out Cassian’s character arc and give him some depth and pathos, like showrunners Jac Schaeffer and Malcolm Spellman did with the heroes of their Marvel series.
Wanda Maximoff and Sam Wilson were two of the MCU’s least interesting characters until WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier came along with extended runtimes and turned them into two of its most beloved icons.
STAR WARS A ROGUE ONE RUNTIME PLUS
From Tatooine crime lord Jabba the Hutt to cybernetically enhanced General Grievous to everywoman-turned-hero of the Resistance Rose Tico, the Star Wars universe has many more compelling characters than Cassian Andor who deserve their own Disney Plus series.īut Rogue One’s failure to make Cassian an interesting protagonist is an opportunity for Andor to round out his characterization. Luna is a terrific actor, Cassian was likable enough to sustain Rogue One’s two-hour runtime, and he had a handful of memorable lines and action beats, but he was ultimately pretty one-note, speaking mostly in soundbites, and he died at the end of the movie, so it didn’t seem like he had much of a future. That’s not to say there isn’t hope for the Andor series. RELATED: Star Wars: Rogue One's Production Was A Huge Warning Sign It’s hard to get excited about a show starring a character who’s already proven to be pretty uninteresting. He just disappeared into the sea of generic blockbuster protagonists with generic goals and generic personalities. The problem is that Cassian himself wasn’t particularly well-characterized in Rogue One. On paper, a series about the early days of the Rebel Alliance told through the eyes of a ground-level spy doing the dirty work so that top brass like Mon Mothma and Princess Leia can keep their hands clean sounds awesome. The fan base will still ravenously consume the series, but it’s nowhere near as highly anticipated as other upcoming Star Wars series revolving around beloved characters like Boba Fett, Ahsoka Tano, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. When Lucasfilm announced that it was developing a streaming series centered around Cassian Andor, Diego Luna’s Rebel spy character from Rogue One, to premiere on Disney Plus, Star Wars fans weren’t particularly excited.
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