Lately, for no particular reason (other than it’s very good) I’ve been rewatching the Star Wars show Andor. When the first season came out in the Fall of 2022, it quickly became my favorite Star Wars show and one of my overall favorite Star Wars stories (some of the — admittedly kind of bad — books still hold a special place in my heart).
In a setting that is, in my opinion, too often about special chosen people winning because they are special and chosen, Andor tells a grounded story about everyday people facing off against an inhuman, monolithic, and omnipresent empire.