# Andor (starting September 21, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [September 18, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787 "2022-09-18T23:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/382 "2023-01-07T22:01:16Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > No, I meant ROTJ. I had the timeline all messed up in my enthusiasm. 😄 But ultimately, you aren’t wrong. It’s a common theme of Rogue One that the Death Star (Mark I) is badly behind schedule - so behind that Grand Moff Tarkin is sent to get things moving. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/383 "2024-12-23T00:19:31Z")
Holy crap. > **[Disney Reveals $645 Million Spending On Star Wars Show ‘Andor’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinereid/2024/12/22/disney-reveals-645-million-spending-on-star-wars-show-andor/)** > > Disney has revealed that the cost of making Star Wars show Andor has surged to $645 million after it spent a record $290.9 million last year on filming its second season. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/384 "2024-12-23T00:23:19Z")
After they admitted they spent too much money on _The Acolyte_, they don’t seem to have learned anything. I don’t mind a budget that is reflected on the screen, where you can really tell the money was spent on it for good reason. But that is becoming increasingly rare as the number gets astronomically higher and the visual quality does not change. Also the VFX studios are notoriously underpaid, so where the hell is the money actually going? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/385 "2024-12-24T00:09:20Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Also the VFX studios are notoriously underpaid… Is it the _studios_ that are underpaid, or the artists who work for the studios? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/386 "2024-12-24T00:13:59Z")
The studios underbid, so that leads to the artists being overworked for the same amount of pay. It all amounts to the same thing, that huge budgets do not necessarily mean crews get to see any of it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/387 "2024-12-24T06:51:44Z")
Cool. If anything on TV is worth spending that kind of money on, it’s _Andor_. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/388 "2024-12-24T18:46:42Z")
Andor was at it’s best when it wasn’t spending a ton of money though. I hope they don’t use a bunch of spectacle as substitute for good dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/389 "2024-12-25T00:41:16Z")
It seems like S1 was also a ton of money … ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/390 "2024-12-25T08:53:40Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Andor was at it’s best when it wasn’t spending a ton of money though. I disagree. The sets on the show - all built from scratch - were amazing, and contributed hugely to the story. Would the prison scenes have worked without the prison? Would the riot at the end of the season have worked if it hadn’t taken place in that completely convincing city? Part of what made the show so good was that unlike other SW shows, it felt like it took place in a real, tangible world. A world that was enhanced by great CGI, not beholden to it. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787/391 "2025-05-18T04:05:09Z")
SORRY wrong thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787.md?page=19)