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Andor, despite its place within the Star Wars universe, is a show made for adults... and I don't know about you, but as a grown human being, I am busy.

No, I'm not one of those freaks on TikTok who pretends to wake up at 3 AM to dump my face in bottled spring water (if you don't know what I'm talking about, good), but time is a precious commodity for me. I already struggle with finding time between my job and my other hobbies to find time to keep my D&D campaign going. This is precisely why the tried and true HBO method of releasing 1 episode every Sunday night works so well: at this stage in my life, appointment viewing can work with my schedule. 

Unfortunately, the release schedule for Andor season 2 has thrown a wrench in things. Season 2 has dropped 3 episode chunks each week, which might not be a problem, except for the fact that this is Andor we're talking about. It's a show with big ideas about topics like revolution, with plenty of subtext that it encourages you to ruminate on. And I want to ruminate on the themes of the show. Showrunner Tony Gilroy has provided us with a feast for the eyes, ears, and mind. I don't know, maybe I'm just Chinese and am used to eating delicious dishes over an extended period of time in a banquet hall, but I want to have space to appreciate the nuances of each episode.

(And yes, that includes me scrubbing through each episode to take a closer look at the Coruscant sets to see if there are any designer midcentury modern furniture pieces I can recognize - Syril's mother in season 1 had a Boby 3 rolling storage unit in her apartment, while Syril had a Kartell Componibili storage cabinet in season 2! The level of craftsmanship brought to Andor across all departments is astonishing.)

I never would have expected that my adult life would include periods where I would be drowning in new Star Wars media. Over the past week, one of my closest friends, in a state of rare aggression, has hounded me to watch episodes 7 through 9, and now 10 through 12. I am sorry, Jordan! I was preparing to go to PAX East, and then I went to PAX East, and now I am recovering from PAX East!

Andor demands our full attention, so why release three episodes at a time?

I refuse to watch Andor if I'm not prepared to dedicate my full attention to it, and its overwhelming release schedule has made that challenging. Because aside from the incredible furniture used on the show, Andor is dense for Star Wars. I need to be fully "on" if I want to take in all the subtleties of Stellan Skarsgård's performance as Luthen Rael. Would I roll up to a production of Shakespeare's Pericles with my mind in a different time zone? Would I binge-watch Ken Loach's entire filmography in one day? Never. And I wouldn't do the same for Andor. 

Andor's release schedule also has an uncomfortable effect related to consumption. Disney+ wants me to consume the show quickly to stay up to date, but the show itself is about the human costs of feeding a destructive, consumerist machine. Given that this show is more relevant than ever, given the state of the world we're in, this aggressive release schedule makes me feel gross. 

Let's also keep in mind that midway through the season, the show introduced the Star Wars equivalent of French people, language, and culture with the planet Ghorman. And it also broke my brain as a French speaker with a working knowledge of German to listen to the Ghormans speak their language. It was the ultimate experience of "everything is telling me that I should recognize what you're saying, but somehow I'm not." Whoever devised the Ghor language did an incredible job, and I want to know more. I can't just move on from that real quick, Disney! 

Anyways, I hope to finish Andor season 2 soon - time permitting, of course. 

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