Chris Taylor

5 days ago | mashable.com | Chris Taylor

You can't kill Doctor Who. That's the ultimate meta-lesson from "The Story & the Engine," episode 5 of Season 2 of the show's tenure on Disney+. Even if persistent online rumors that Disney won't renew its co-production for a third season turn out to be true, this 61-year-old BBC show will simply emerge in a new form. As the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) says in his first ever six-word memoir: "I'm born. I die.

1 week ago | mashable.com | Chris Taylor

The galaxy far, far away just watched a massacre on Andor. But did it understand what it saw — and will viewers in our galaxy? Andor season 2, episode 8, 'Who Are You?' isn't just the darkest moment in the show; it may be the darkest moment the Star Wars franchise has ever seen. Stormtroopers on Ghorman, a prosperous planet with a mineral the Empire needs to build its Death Star, attack a square full of defenseless protestors.

1 week ago | mashable.com | Chris Taylor

Whether you love the two-season Rogue One prequel Andor (we do) or hate it, one thing has so far distinguished it from all other Star Wars filmed entertainment. Not one single Force user is present in this increasingly dark story of the Dark Times. The Empire is ascendant, the Rebellion is threadbare, and years after the Emperor's Order 66 wiped out the Jedi, Force users are a myth. Right?

3 weeks ago | in.mashable.com | Chris Taylor

When the galaxy is going to hell, you're fighting with your daughter at her wedding, and you've just learned an old friend will die for the sake of the Rebellion you're leading, how do you shake it off? If you're Senator Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) in Andor Season 2, episode 3, here's your answer. You down some shots, hit the floor with other moms in a stunning gold number with shoulder capes when the DJ drops an EDM banger, and make like an X-wing: Lock S-foils in dance position.

3 weeks ago | mashable.com | Chris Taylor

Other shows give you a ticking clock. Andor, which just returned to Disney+ for its second and final season, gives you a ticking calendar. That's the meaning of "BBY 4," which appears on screen at the beginning of Andor Season 2, episode 1. Casual viewers may not remember all the way back to Andor Season 1, episode 1, when we were given another time setting: BBY 5.