Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The actress who plays Maarva played Petunia Dursley in the Harry Potter films.
The great stage and screen actress Fiona Shaw.
She's a legend in the UK and has played everything on stage, including Shakespeare's Richard II. As in...he was Richard. She's an incredibly versatile, highly regarded actress and the entire reason my husband wanted to see Andor. I love actors who are so skilled they can play Shakespeare or anything else but they're not snobs about enjoying roles in huge popcorn franchises like Harry Potter and Star Wars.
We haven't been able to get into any other Star Wars series (admittedly, we like the films but aren't hardcore fans) but those first three episodes of Andor sucked us in. The set-piece firefight where the huge engines were swinging around on chains and crashing -- Wow, what a fantastically designed and executed scene. The look of the series so far seems different. I read that this is the first (?) Star Wars series where they used extensive sets and locations instead of CGI and that accounts for a different (and better) look. Anyone know if that's the case?