The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>, particularly, felt like nothing more than a big-budget parody.<\/p>\nThat extends to the Star Wars TV shows, some of which have been good (if not great) like Ahsoka<\/em> and Obi-Wan Kenobi<\/em> and some of which have been pretty bad (like The Book of Boba Fett<\/em> and The Acolyte<\/em>). Andor<\/em> easily blew those other shows out of the water because showrunner Tony Gilroy effortlessly delivered more than just a fannish devotion to the franchise. He went the extra mile and delivered a series that would have been must-see TV without<\/strong> the Star Wars license, something no other franchise showrunners have managed to do.<\/p>\nAndor Proves Disney Could Make Good Star Wars Content, They Just Don\u2019t Want To<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nAndor<\/em> was a hit with audiences and critics alike, rightfully earning prestigious plaudits like the Peabody and a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy. But my cynical theory is that this show\u2019s success could effectively bite the franchise in the butt because fans will start increasingly asking why we can\u2019t have more shows and movies that are this good. Andor<\/em>\u2019s success destroys the typical narrative that Disney just can\u2019t make good Star Wars content, confirming instead that Disney spent $4 billion to acquire the rights but has almost entirely failed to hire creators who can do this franchise justice.<\/p>\nMaking matters worse is that Andor<\/em>\u2019s success is going to intensify already-bitter fan debates about what this franchise is supposed to be. Since the prequels, a cry among many disillusioned fans has been, \u201cThis isn\u2019t my Star Wars!\u201d Those cries intensified after the sequels came out, which is ironic because they tried to shift away from the goofy tone of the prequels to the more serious tone of the Original Trilogy. Both prequels and sequels tried to channel the high adventure spirit of the OT, but Andor<\/em> went in a different direction, delivering the kind of political thriller you\u2019d normally only find on HBO.<\/p>\nWhat Is A Star Wars?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\nNow, fans are debating whether Star Wars should be funny or serious, epic or simplistic, political or apolitical, and so on. Andor<\/em>\u2019s the best thing the franchise has given us in decades, and its success comes from the fact that Tony Gilroy threw out all the old rules for what Star Wars could be and decided to simply tell a great story. He succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, but that success may just ruin Star Wars altogether because the fandom may not be willing to wait a few more decades<\/strong> for another good show or movie and will simply move on to other franchises.<\/p>\nThanks to Andor<\/em>\u2019s award-winning storytelling, Star Wars will die the same way that Amidala said that democracy died: with thunderous applause.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been a prevailing narrative for many years that Disney doesn\u2019t know what to do with Star Wars thanks to the failure of the Sequel Trilogy and lackluster shows like The Book of Boba Fett and The Acolyte. 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