I like Andor. It’s one of the best political sci-fi TV series since Babylon 5 or Battlestar Galactica, and even sometimes feels like a version of Star Wars fused with Blade Runner and John le Carré spy novels. I don’t even mind the recasting of Bail Organa, and I can live without an onscreen appearance of Emperor Palpatine, even though the show does sure talk about him a lot.
However, since it's now common knowledge that Darth Vader will not appear on the show, I think it's okay for fans to have an opinion about that. It’s not so much a disappointment that we’re not going to get a glimpse of Vader through a gritty Andor lens, it’s that the reason showrunner Tony Gilroy offered — to borrow a phrase — was vague and unconvincing.
