I actually liked Andor for showing a bit more of how life was like under the Empire. I don't know now what they plan to do with Thrawn, but I wish the Empire would actually win for once, to show it to be a credible threat. Antagonists have to be actually threatening rather than a caricatured push-over, and it's hard to take them seriously when they lose over and over.
This is what made the TIE Fighter game so compelling. Instead of a megalomaniacally evil organization, the Empire was a functioning government, dealing with internal dissent not necessarily directly related to the Rebel Alliance, pirates/smugglers, local disputes, etc.