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202. Andor season 2 w/Gregg Beever

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Josh is joined by Gregg Beever; 1/3 of the I Have Some Notes crew, to review and discuss the themes from season 2 of the Star Wars spin-off series from Tony Gilroy; Andor

*SPOILERS AHEAD!

  • Intro and chit chat with Gregg (0:00)
  • Game Club Pod promo (6:02)
  • Josh challenges the Game Club pod (6:46)
  • Andor season 2 discussion begins (8:18)
  • Andor introduces the BBY system to general audiences (10:49)
  • How did we feel about the four 3-episode arcs for the season? (12:30)
  • Favorite moments in the first 3 episodes (21:50)
  • The Ghorman occupation (26:40)
  • The Syrill and Dedra relationship (28:06)
  • So much great acting (34:08)
  • Did Bix and Cassian need to be in a romantic relationship? (36:13)
  • Star Wars canon is always subject to change (42:58)
  • The Emperor's presence and lack thereof (44:09)
  •  The Bail Organa recast (44:09)
  • Andor season 2 shows us how bad the Empire truly was prior to A New Hope (51:12)
  • Fandoms and corporations promoting the bad guys is kinda gross (56:44)
  • Can Star Wars expand beyond the Skywalker space opera stuff? (1:00:01)
  • A quick dissection of the sequel trilogy (1:03:06)
  • Give us the thing we didn't know we wanted (1:08:17)
  • Goodbyes & social media plugs (1:14:08)

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