Star Wars: How Andor Changes the Way We View the Original Trilogy Forever

Andor has changed the way we view the original Star Wars trilogy.

When Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was released in 2016, it quickly became one of the most well-received Star Wars projects of the Disney era. The prequel earned an 84% critics score and an 86% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it's become an important part of the overall arc of Star Wars.

It's hard not to compare Andor to the other Star Wars shows that hit Disney+ this year, but The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi expanded on some of the franchise's most popular characters while Andor has done something unique by changing the way we view the original films. Since the series began, I have seen many tweets commenting on the fact that the Rebellion had so many heroes before Luke Skywalker came along at the very end and took all the glory.

Andor clearly isn't trying to undercut the triumphs of Luke and the rest of the franchise's original heroes, but exploring characters who fought on different levels adds a rich realism that you never expected from a franchise that started with the adventures of bickering robots . From Mon Mothma using her high rank in the Senate to Melshi's mission to reveal the truth of the Narkina 5 prison, the range of characters who helped take down Palpatine is vast.

One of the most powerful moments in the season finale of Andor was the voiceover from Nemik's manifesto,"The day will come when all of these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance, will have flooded the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: try." Of course, one of the most famous lines in Star Wars history is Yoda's"try not, do or do not. There is no try.

The characters in Andor are holding on for dear life, and we already know that most of them aren't going to live to see the war won. The show in no way diminishes the original trilogy but recontextualizes it in a powerful way that will change how we watch those movies forever. A hat tip to Tony Gilroy for creating a series that feels like a sincere and worthy Star Wars entry while also capturing a deeper essence that is unlike anything that's come before.

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