![]() ![]() Remember when Van Jones declared that Donald Trump had become president, and Megan Amram mocked him for years by tweeting, once a day, “Today was the day Donald Trump finally became president”? Today really was the day Andor finally became Star Wars, in the sense that it started looking the part. Just as crucially, the conflict at the center of the series has entered a new phase. Like the fledgling Rebel network, Andor “grows or it dies.”Īndor’s cast suffered more death than growth last week, but the surviving gang was all here this week, with a few new additions. “Turning back will be impossible,” Luthen tells Mon Mothma this week, and that forward momentum applies to this series as well. The seventh installment lacks the blaster bolts and bloodshed of the first two midseason “finales,” but it builds on the sense that the die was cast on Aldhani. Instead, “Announcement,” directed by Benjamin Caron ( The Crown) and written by Stephen Schiff ( The Americans), maintained most of Episode 6’s pace and scope. Had the series stuck to the pattern of episodes 1 and 4, each of which kicked off a mini-trilogy by the same writer-director duo, Episode 7 could have been a breather and retrenchment, introducing new settings and priming the pump for future highlights. The end of “The Eye,” however, was otherworldly and wondrous in a way I associate with more, well, scientific sci-fi.Īll of which is to say that the show could have gotten away with a brief refractory period. Celestially speaking, the galaxy far, far away rarely gets more exotic than a binary star system-the most common kind. For all the visual variety in Star Wars locales-your ice planets and lava planets, desert planets and jungle planets-live-action Star Wars series and movies often look like they take place on different regions of Earth. The last of those selling points sticks with me most. ![]() It had somber, emotional moments, it had a heist, and it had a heavenly light show. Episode 6 had set pieces, spectacles, and character deaths. Last week was the high point of the series so far-and in many minds, mine included, one of the high points for the franchise (and not only during the Disney era). He voiced the new Chucky in Child's Play (2019), taking over from Brad Dourif.Episode 7 of Andor didn’t have to go so hard. For the radio dramatization of "Return of the Jedi" (1996), the role was played by a different actor. He reprised the role of Luke Skywalker for the radio dramatizations of both "Star Wars" (1981) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1983), and then in a starring role in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). For both of the sequels, Hamill was honored with the Saturn Award for Best Actor given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Hamill also appeared in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) and later starred in the successful sequels Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). Released on May 25, 1977, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) was an enormous unexpected success and made a huge impact on the film industry. He then played a recurring role (Kent Murray) on the soap opera General Hospital (1963) and co-starred on the comedy series The Texas Wheelers (1974). He majored in drama at Los Angeles City College and made his acting debut on The Bill Cosby Show (1969). Hamill was born in Oakland, California, to Virginia Suzanne (Johnson) and William Thomas Hamill, a captain in the United States Navy. Hamill's extensive voice acting work includes a long-standing role as the Joker, commencing with Batman: The Animated Series (1992). He also starred and co-starred in the films Corvette Summer (1978), The Big Red One (1980), and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014). Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy - Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - a role he reprised in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019). ![]()
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