by Chris Snellgrove
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to star wars Fans, it was almost impossible not to compare Failure assistant For the tremendous success you have achieved Andoralthough many felt that the two shows had almost nothing in common. Now, though, they would have at least one shocking similarity: Andor Season 2 will use time jumps to tell its story, which… assistant He tried to do it in his first and only season. Fortunately for the fans, Andor It only jumps forward in time, meaning its second season will avoid time jumps back and forth assistant This simply left everyone confused.
Time jumps of Andor season 2
Anytime he jumps Andor Season 2 are we talking about though? Previously, showrunner Tony Gilroy confirmed that the second and final season of the series will consist of 12 episodes, and that after every four episodes, the story will jump forward in time. In this way, the series will explore his titular character's service to the Rebellion over the four years leading up to the events of Rogue one.
now, assistant They also had time jumps, but this show approached them in a completely different way that left a lot of fans unsatisfied. while Andor Season 2 will regularly jump forward in time, assistant It is used several times to jump back in time to explain things like the origins of the mysterious force-sensitive twins Osha and Mai and Sol's responsibility in killing the power wizards who raised them. It was clearly intended to assistant To bring us into the story In media resolution And leave us with many initial questions that were answered by subsequent flashback episodes.
Why am I convinced that time jumps? Andor The second season will make the storytelling even more effective than it was in assistant? Personally, my main problem with assistantThe flashbacks are that they killed the momentum of the show.
The problem is with the helper's time jumps
The series already had pacing problems, but the time jumps made that problem infinitely worse: when viewers started wondering why Jedi Master Torbin would willingly kill himself, for example, we got an episode set 16 years in the past that did nothing To answer the question. . It will be answered after four episodes through another flashback episode, the timing of which killed all interest in the growing relationship between Qumair and Usha.
Basically, assistant He did everything backwards, using time jumps in flashbacks to provide answers to mysteries that weren't convincing in the first place. Getting those answers would have meant ruining all the momentum of the storytelling and destroying any interest the audience might have had in the existing plot. Fortunately for Star Wars fans everywhere, Andor Season 2 is on track assistantError and correct it.
That's because the show will be a time jump forward, allowing us to see Andor's character development after he completes the main arcs. We won't lose any momentum because each arc will be over by the time we jump ahead, meaning we won't, for example, suddenly be pulled out of a Mon Mothma subplot to spend an episode dedicated to Andor's tragic childhood. And there won't be a frustrating mystery to solve… unless, of course, you count the mystery of how Andor ended up jaded but with a heart of gold. Rogue one.
It's very simple, but Tony Gilroy plans to Andor Season 2 reveals a stark truth: time jumps aren't an inherently bad idea as long as they help tell the story without disrupting narrative momentum. Meanwhile, the jumps that don't really help the story are little more than gimmicks… just in case assistantthe frustrating tricks usually killed the right pace when things got better. Fortunately, Gilroy discovered that there was “one way” to make these leaps successful: simply by telling a great story and letting everything else take its place.
