Andor isn't just the best Star Wars has been in decades. It's also a show which fundamentally reinvents the way Star Wars understands history.

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P.S. I know a few viewers may object to the way this Andor analysis spends so much time talking about the larger franchise, and how it's affected by this new show - but I think it's clear that one major concern of this new show is a re-evaluation of the wider saga's values and perspectives. This video is my attempt to analyse this concern.

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Timestamps:
0:00 1977, A New Hope, and great men
4:18 Aristocracy, determinism, and the continuing saga
7:29 Historiographies
9:23 Andor is Star Wars from below
14:50 Homeric double motivation and reconciling the divide
18:59 2022

Andor, also known as Star Wars: Andor, is an American science-fiction action-adventure television series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is the fourth live-action series in the Star Wars franchise, as well as a prequel to both the spin-off film Rogue One (2016) and the original Star Wars film (1977). The series follows thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor during the five years that lead to the events of the two films.
Star Wars’ Andor tells the story of Rebel spy Cassian Andor's formative years of the Rebellion and his difficult missions for the cause.