The “Andor” Season 2 Reviews Are In

After reactions the other day, the professional reviews for the second season of Lucasfilm’s “Andor” are now in and surprisingly are even more gushing than the early reactions and decidedly more positive than the first season.

That new season has pulled in a truly stellar 98% (9.3/10) on Rotten Tomatoes and a 93/100 Metacritic, higher than the 96% (8.4/10) and 74/100 respectively for the first season.

That rather astonishing Metacritic score makes “Andor” Season 2 the best reviewed TV of the year so far – beating “Adolescence” (91/100), “Hacks” Season 4 (90), “Severance” Season 2 (86), “Best Interests” (85), “The Rehearsal” Season 2 (85), “Dark Winds” Season 3 (84), “The Last of Us” Season 2 (82), “Dying for Sex” (82) and “The Studio” (80).

Here’s a sampling of some of the reviews so far:

“Andor has been a balm and a blessing. It really has been some of the very best storytelling to ever bear the Star Wars name. And it also feels like it should be the last live-action prequel.” – Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence

“Gilroy’s resolve to craft an earnest tribute to the unsung heroes who built the rebellion is only surpassed by his ability to deliver a ‘Star Wars’ story as aching and soulful, tragic and tenacious as this.” – Ben Travers, Indiewire

“This second season doesn’t just cement the show’s standing as the best Star Wars project ever made. It’s also the rare spinoff that deepens the best parts of the franchise around it.” – Nicholas Quah, Vulture

“Creator Tony Gilroy goes for highbrow political intrigue in a way that is complementary to the space-opera fun of Star Wars, rather than disdainful of it. He gives a long cherished galaxy a respectful weight; Andor takes this all very seriously.” – Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair

“If the new season serves as a devastating testament to the power of storytelling, both within the Star Wars reality and our own, it also doubles as a sharp reminder of its limitations.” – Angie Han, THR

““Andor” season two is counter-intuitively bold. It’s not gigantic and thrilling in a manner you might expect, but it is audacious in just how mannered, nuanced, and smaller-scale the narrative is without sacrificing engagement.” – Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist

“Season Two, and Andor as a whole, impresses with how effectively it uses the pieces of this hugely commercial brand to directly grapple with the ways that fascism rises, and the ways it can be fought.” – Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone

“Could a second (and final) season of Andor live up to the level and intensity of storytelling already set by Gilroy? To borrow the syntax of a franchise-favourite hero: largely, no, the answer is.” – Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

The first three episodes of “Andor” Season 2 will launch Tuesday April 22nd on Disney+ at 6pm US-PT/9pm US-ET, and on Wednesday April 23rd at 2am UK-GMT and 11am AU-EST. Each week will see the release of three more episodes at the same time, culminating with the finale on May 13th.

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