If you haven't seen Andor, YOU HAVE TO SEE ANDOR. It's like if in 1979 George Lucas decided to go all in with the Viet Cong allegory. I guess the evil empire being opposed being the stsr wars one got it through Disney, but it is genuinely the most leftist show ever maybe by accident but it explores the reality of forming a revolutionary insurrectionist rebellion in a very real and grounded way. It was made by libs but Andor is based on Stalin in his youth and cause it's star wars the libs let him be the hero. I cannot overstate how fucking good Andor is. I've tested the waters and libs don't see the stsr wars empire as a metaphor for any real empires, but for a leftist it feels weird this was even allowed to be aired. All it takes is the smallest amount of media literacy for it to be the best thing you've ever seen. It's by a wide margin the best thing stsr wars has produced period. The first movie and empire aren't even in the same conversation. Andor is a fucking masterpiece, the first 3 episodes don't feel it cause they're setup, but once things are going, I completely guarantee you'll not only like it but love it. It's that good

If that doesn't convince you, I'm a star wars nerd sociologist more than a fan. I only like the first 2 movies and even then I think empire isn't as great as people think. Buy I find star wars and everything surrounding it to be fascinatingly stupid. Andor isn't stupid. I'm being as adamant as possible, watch this specific show, there's no lore bullshit or fanservice and all you really need to see gor it to work is the 1977 original movie

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am 100% on board. I just watched a video essay about how it differs from the self indulgent star wars slop and the quotes they were using as examples just kept hammering me, like "Oh shit whoever wrote this gets it, there's no way they don't get how horrible and necessary revolution is". Rogue One had a really strong resonance for me, hitting what I always though Star Wars ought to be about. I've never understood a lot of SW fans, because to me the story was always instructional; This is what you're supposed to do when you're faced with the Empire. This is the military side of it, the fighting and dying, and here with the Jedi there's the spiritual, moral side of it, the ideals that keep you from getting twisted up inside. I'ma queue it up.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

You're in for a great time