Did you see The Producers by chance? ;)

If he wanted a company where the only employees are indentured servants who can’t leave because either a) work visa handcuffs or b) they simply can’t afford to, then sure...mission accomplished.

The stash isn’t in full view of anyone. Go to episode 7 and scrub to about 11:00 to see him put it away. It’s hidden in a recessed area of the showerhead assembly, above line of sight even if you could see the box. And if you think the cleaning staff would have found it, you’ve never stayed in a hotel. They’re not…

I’ll start off by saying that I do believe Maarva is dead, and I agree with you that she wouldn’t want Cassian to return. However, she has been trying to use her remaining time to help Ferrix break free from the Imperial occupation, from recon walks past stormtrooper checkpoints to seeing if the old tunnel to the…

I spent last year working at a VR studio. Motion sickness is absolutely a thing:

There is a lot of deleted footage in the Rogue One trailers from early cuts of the film, but the TIE Fighter confronting Jyn, as well as Jyn in her imperial disguise turning around in the lighted tunnel on Scarif were made exclusively for the trailers.

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There’s nuance to this that you’re missing, namely that Whitta was second-guessing what Disney would allow. Source: https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/20/14983578/star-wars-rogue-one-alternate-ending

That isn’t true, but you are correct that their lore would need to be somewhat altered, just like it has been for every other pre-Disney character brought over, like Thrawn.

If you’re referring to the fact that they were once involved in the theft of the Death Star plans, they weren’t even the first. I was a child of…

It’s more than being good for the budget. It was an intentional storytelling decision by the showrunners, whether you agree with it or not is up to you. https://www.cbr.com/andor-aliens-humans-disney-plus/

It’s the execution of that concept that faltered, not the concept itself. How Luke shows up as a deus ex machina to save the Mandalorian cast in S2, and then we take up 2 episodes of Fett’s show to cover his training. It feels bolted on, not an organic part of either show.

The pandemic changed a lot of that, and BoBF was shot during the height of covid restrictions. How many D+ series had to alter their 3rd act or even lost an episode because of filming restrictions? Off the top of my head - Wandavision, Loki, FaWS, What If?, and BoBF were definitely impacted, some even lost an episode…

Andor has more DNA in common with the old EU books like the Zahn trilogy that really delved into the espionage and political machinations. That kind of storytelling is never going to appeal to a broad mainstream audience. One thing Star Wars fans need to get through their heads is that not every bit of Star Wars…

Regardless of whether Rogue One underserved it’s characters, Andor is all about character development and story, so it’s worth checking out if that was your major complaint about the film.

There’s still another season of 12 episodes before we get to the “go watch Rogue One” moment. It will span the remaining 4 years of time via 3-episode arcs covering 1 year each.

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No, and that’s a rather reductive take on it. See my comment above where Disney has been caught multiple times doing exactly what you’re describing. It’s still not ok.

AI art generators don’t clone art either, they just make it very easy to create something “in the style of” another artist. For many companies, that’s close enough.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/20/14983578/star-wars-rogue-one-alternate-ending

Yes, you can see it happen around 1:25 in this video -