Andor Season 2 Takes the Sidekick Mistake and Does It Right

By Chris Snellgrove
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For Star Wars fans, it was almost impossible not to compare the failure of The Acolyte to the immense success of Andoreven though many thought the two shows had almost nothing in common. Now, however, they will have at least one shocking similarity: Andor season 2 will use time jumps to tell its story, something that The Acolyte tried to do in its first and only season. Fortunately for the fans, Andor only moves forward in time, which means that its second season will avoid moving back and forth in time from The Acolyte it just left everyone confused.

Time Jumps of Andor Season 2

What time is coming Andor But are we talking about season 2? Previously, showrunner Tony Gilroy confirmed that the second and final season of the series would have 12 episodes and after four episodes the story would move forward in time. In this way, the series will explore its main character's service to the Rebellion during four years leading up to the events of Thief One.

NOW, The Acolyte there were time jumps too, but this show approached them in a very different way that left far too many fans unsatisfied. While Andor season 2 will move forward regularly in time, The Acolyte used multiple time jumps in order to explain things like the origins of the mysterious Force-sensitive twins, Osha and Mae, and Sol's culpability in murdering the Force witches who raised them. The obvious intention was to The Acolyte to immerse ourselves in history in the media and leave us with many initial questions that were answered in later flashback episodes.

Why am I convinced that time flies Andor season 2 will allow for more effective storytelling than in The Acolyte? Personally, my main problem with The AcolyteThe flashback is that they killed the show's momentum.

The problem with sidekick time jumps

The series already had pacing issues, but the time jumps compounded that problem: just when audiences were starting to wonder why Jedi Master Torbin had willingly committed suicide, for example, we got an episode taking place 16 years ago which did not answer the question in any way. . Four episodes later, another flashback episode would answer it, the timing of which killed any interest in the growing relationship between Qmir and Osha.

Basically, The Acolyte did everything in reverse, using flashback time jumps to provide answers to mysteries that weren't all that compelling to begin with. Getting these answers meant destroying all the momentum of the narrative and destroying any interest the audience might have had in the current plot. Luckily for Star Wars fans everywhere, Andor season 2 is about to take The AcolyteThis is a mistake and correct it.

Indeed, the series will move forward in time, allowing us to see the progression of Andor's character once he has completed the major arcs. We won't lose any momentum because each arc will be over by the time we move forward, which means we won't be, say, suddenly taken out of a Mon Mothma subplot and into an episode dedicated to Andor's tragic childhood . And there won't be any frustrating mysteries to solve…unless, of course, you count the mystery of how Andor ended up jaded but with a heart of gold inside him. Thief One.

It's so simple, but Tony Gilroy's plans for Andor Season 2 reveals a harsh truth: Time jumps aren't a bad idea in and of themselves as long as they help shows tell a story without disrupting the narrative momentum. Jumps that don't really help the story, meanwhile, are nothing more than gimmicks… in the case of The Acolytefrustrating gadgets had a habit of slowing down the pace whenever things were going well. Fortunately, Gilroy discovered that there is “only one way” to make these jumps work: by simply telling a great story and letting everything else fall into place.