The Upstairs Lounge

The Upstairs Lounge is a deep-dive Star Wars podcast analysing Andor scene by scene in obsessive detail. I’m Jonathan, and I’m on a five-year mission to explore every scene of Andor and, ultimately, Rogue One, digging into the writing, character psychology, politics, subtext, symbolism, worldbuilding and visual storytelling behind them. This is not a recap podcast. I ask why scenes work, what characters are really doing beneath the dialogue, and how the smallest details connect to the bigger ideas shaping Star Wars.