I wonder if they would not have been as successful if their names were “Bald” rather than “Baldwin”. Perhaps the suffix was the lynchpin here.

This feels sinophobic…

Thanks so much! I’ll check it out.

back. I really like Rogue One but that suffers in area 3 a little bit. I feel like Andor is the only project I have watched that excels at all 3. I say all of this to hopefully give you a better idea of my tastes/what I look for (and to not let you have all the long thread fun lol).

for most characters but wasn’t great with the other areas. I enjoyed The Acolyte but it suffers in the 3rd area. As for the movies I’ve seen, TFA is pretty solid all around, TLJ even more so IMO. ROS takes a hard left turn and fails at all 3. Solo has some great execution on 1 and 2 but 3 holds it

Disneys Star Wars don’t tend to hit all of these and that usually ends up disappointing me. For what I have watched, Mandalorian S1 hits all 3 while S2 and S3 start suffering in the third area. Book of Boba Fett missed a lot of the mark for all 3, as did Obi Wan Kenobi. Ashoka did okay in category 2

Finally clarity of purpose would come down to whether a story has a good hook and delivery on its hook. This can get tricky when a story tries to include or do too much either through indecision or studio meddling/jarring cameos. It also suffers if the premise is poor to begin with.

Characterization gets hit in writing and acting usually. Either a character lacks depth, acts inconsistently with what we know about them with an out of left field decision or they just don’t achieve the emotional resonance intended through acting decisions/directing.

Emotional resonance gets undermined when creators miss the mark on making the audience feel what they hope someone feels in a given scene. This can happen with poor writing choices, odd acting decisions or not relatable circumstances. Basically anything that pulls you out of a scene will hurt here.

I would agree largely. I wouldn’t claim there is an objective measure of delivering on a vision, but my feeling is a story will have its goals and the path to achieving them usually come down to 3 things. 1 Emotional resonance, 2 characterization and 3 clarity of purpose. (Subjectivity implied)

I really appreciate you going in depth here but I think I should have phrased my question better. I was more wondering how it compares in terms of execution of intent. I feel like Andor is the gold standard in delivering on a vision for modern SW. It sounds like SC is in that camp too.

Considering watching it, but have been burned by lots of Disney Star Wars before. How would you compare it to Andor?