“Andor” boasts a sense of realism perhaps never before seen in a “Star Wars” movie or show.
Sure, we get the occasional laser blast or TIE fighters ripping through the sky in the series debuting this week on Disney+.
Mostly, though, “Andor” is a gritty thriller and character study more concerned with crime, politics and spycraft. And it boasts seemingly few digital effects, the dialogue-dependent story unfolding mostly on elaborate practical sets.
