# Andor

52 Hacker News commenters recommended Andor and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Praised as serious, well-written Star Wars drama with complex characters and tense, slow-building storytelling. Common caveat: uneven, not truly Star Wars, and not among TV's greatest.

## Why people recommend it

- Among the best TV shows (5 comments): "It's up there with the Sopranos and the Wire as one of the best TV shows in my lifetime" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209015)) "Andor is in a league of its own imo. Once in a generation kind of show." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50228221)) "Might even be one of the best shows I have watched." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48944579))
- Best Star Wars production in years (5 comments): "Andor is the now the gold standard for Star Wars productions - serious themes, adult oriented, great writing and top tier acting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353909)) "Andor I agree was the first Star Wars property I'd call genuinely excellent, after 'The Empire Strikes Back'" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884317)) "The Mandalorian and Andor shows are the best of the SW universe" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361576))
- Serious adult themes and writing (3 comments): "Andor is the now the gold standard for Star Wars productions - serious themes, adult oriented, great writing and top tier acting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48353909)) "The show, especially the second season, touches on the nature of propaganda under a tyrannical regime in chilling ways." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48011349)) "It looked amazing, was well written and acted." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986961))
- Flawed, complicated characters (2 comments): "Heroes who are flawed and morally complicated; imperials who seem more like real human beings than cartoon villains." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48391792)) "the excellent character development and the time spent building and shaping the universe" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46161929))

## What people warn about

- Not among TV's greatest shows (2 comments): "Andor was good, but let's not kid ourselves that it's in that same stratum of television greats." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50210974)) "Andor is in no way on par with those shows" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212770))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend
- [Star Trek: Strange New Worlds](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md): 34 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Andor", https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).