I’m jealous of you. You’re one of the lucky ten thousand today. Andor is a Star Wars property, but it’s an adult look at fascism and building a rebellion against it. One of the top ten series of the 2020’s really amazing writing.

I mean, you could have either looked it up or assumed that people talking about something know more about it than you when you don't know anything about it.

I'm jumping on the dog pile to tell you to watch Andor. I am NOT a Star Wars guy but I got talked into this one by a friend who knows my general distaste for the franchise.

It's fantastic, I really have nothing bad to say about it. It's not campy like Star Wars, it doesn't feel rushed, and the stakes a lot more visceral.

It's also extremely relevant in 2026

The only terminal goal that corporations have is to make money. As much of it as possible.

Production of Andor was greenlit with the assumption that investing money in it would result in a positive ROI. Nothing more, nothing less. The same applies to them funding the fascist admin.

It's more about rewarding sociopath with more power than sane people

It's a partial truth. It's what makes storytelling villains great. If they didn't have an ostensibly plausible reason for being evil, villainy looks cheap and painted on. What is Thanos without his half-truth sustainability philosophy and ethics? What is Smith without this speech?

I've tried looking for it in the past, but unfortunately Comedy Central has managed to scrub those old clips from YT.

Now I only have the vague memory of it and the impression it left on me.

It was part of the Colbert Report's "Word of the Day" segment.