<em>Andor</em> Is <em>Star Wars</em> at Its Most Mature
The new series leans less on lightsaber showdowns and more on the messier interactions between good and evil.
When George Lucas first started envisioning the story of , he researched kids’ films to understand “how myths work,” he . He seemingly to build a sci-fi fairy tale, the kind with dichotomies—good versus evil, right versus wrong, light versus dark—that children could easily grasp. The heroes would be obviously gracious, self-sacrificing, and resourceful; the villains would be mean, ruthless, and destructive. The resulting blockbusters about the epic clash between the noble Jedi and the abhorrent Sith offered wholesome entertainment. And it all began with the idea to make “a real gee-whiz movie,” as Lucas put it.
