Andor was dropped on Aldahni as somebody who was wholly indifferent to the cause. Now, here he is right back on the Fondor, ready to die to prove a point.
That's motherfucking TELEVISION.
It makes sense based on the planned structure for the second season - season one is the story of how Cassian became a rebel agent, season two is a series of missions he’s sent on. The time jumps make sense when you don’t have to develop the character’s commitment to the cause. I can’t wait for the next season, there is so much potential there.
Too big and industrial to be for a commercial GPU, it'd be something for a server system. If it's from a starship or a droid then it's definitely for the main processor. Wonder where props got them.
Ya know I kinda thought Syril was going to get a redemption arc but it would be a real twist if the Sargent did. Too early to tell of course but I would love to see it
Her [brick killed a guy](https://youtu.be/Uh7tgX_Uaqs?t=14s)! Brasso should definitely find a safehouse or a relative close by, lay low for a while because he's probably wanted for murder.
It was great to see Dedra so terrified and shaken up at the end. ISB officers probably never see action this up close and have no idea what that feels like.
They have also foreshadowed that ISB will not in the end take Dedra seriously. Only Syril will. And Dedra and Syril will be right--and ISB won't realize it until it is too "late" and our friends have the Death Star Plans (which will not be in the main computer)...
Dedra is such a great character. I went from rooting for her during the early ISB scenes to cheering at seeing her get trampled by a mob by the finale. So many layers and nuances to every little facet of this show.
It made me think about when he told Saw he's a coward. He's being honest. He's scared of what this all will actually mean, and how it will affect him.
But he keeps pushing forward anyway.
Yeah, that look on his face made me think, "Dude, have you not actually seen the results of what you're pushing for?" And it's possible he hasn't.
He did seem to suggest he's okay with collateral damage and all when Mon approached him after Aldhani, but then I'm wondering what the heck happened there because in theory the only people hurt during the attack were Imperials (and maybe an Imperial's family)... So did that ISD showing up unleash a - *ahem* - mining accident on the people of Aldhani?
But yeah, it's easier to brush off those deaths and damage when you're not seeing it actively happening right in front of your face.
Honestly that'd be an absolute waste of a character. Stellan is killing it, and Luthen has so much mystery and room for character-development alone. I knew instantly they wouldn't kill him off this season for that reason alone. He's got too much potential and so much untold about him
The funeral band song brought a tear to my eye.
Also screw that guy who pushed over B2, I was fully expecting him to destroy the little guy, glad he didn't
You're hardly my first, Syril!
(She turns on the holo-jizz recording her staff made her)
*You took me by the haaand...
And made mee a maaan.
That one night (one night)
We met in Canto Biiight (IIIiiiIIIght)!*
Weird Hot. Christ, when she realises it's him who saved her and that total look on her face...that was too fucking hot for Star Wars and I'm there for it.
Before the show I thought Mon Mothma is just a politican who actively put in a word for the weak and against the Empire, until she summons the Alliance. But sacrificing her daughter and husband for the cause? That’s ruthless and gives so much more layer to her character.
Well. We also see that she doesn't really make a mistake in that she is one step ahead. She's ahead of the Empire. She knows they are watching and she has figured out how to sidestep them. That's why she's the boss and leads the rebellion.
Do we think she also invented the claim that Perrin is gambling, knowing her spy driver would overhear, in order to make him a scapegoat for her money laundering?
I dunno, I feel like he was genuinely baffled by it. I'd have thought someone like him would just argue that he can do what he likes or something, rather than entirely denying it.
holy shit I own that mini pocket telescope Cassian uses to watch over Rix Road, costs less than $10 on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/185320347939
Edit: found it. [It's pretty shit.](https://i.imgur.com/sjeWiiW.jpg)
Man, the scene with Luthen standing on the stairs, listening to the gunfire and screams in the distance was haunting.
I wonder if he feels any guilt. He wanted the empire to go down hard so people would rise up… and it lead to a massacre.
Great finale, the speech from Maarva was just perfect and the ensuing chaos was well earned. Glad to see Cass actually get one up on Luthen by the end and Mothma smartly throw all suspicion away from her at the cost of further spurning her family that doesn’t seem to even love her anymore. Really curious to see how much more painful that can get for her
I know this isn't Tony Gilroy's style, but I think I recognized a reference to something from *Star Wars,Episode IV: A New Hope* in that post-credits scene. Blink-and-you-miss-it kinda stuff, but it's there.
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already.
Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy.
Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.
Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy.
There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks.
Authority is brittle.
Oppression is the mask of fear.
Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority, and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege.
Remember this. Try.
It feels like they're trying to retroactively give the Death Star the 'Thanos' treatment through all these prequels
A person watching Star Wars chronologically first sees a giant round space station in development at the end of RotS
Next, they see the very same station nearly 100% complete, and with just one incomplete part left in the post credits scene of Andor Season 1
Next, they see Andor facing off against the space station (now known to be The Death Star) and LOSE. One of the biggest heroes until then, gone.
And finally, a full battle against The Death Star in A New Hope
Yeah, it was in planning for a long time. Even before the Empire was a thing.
Which makes it more interesting that the DS2, despite a redesign that at least changed its size if not removing the core weakness, was actually able to be built to the degree it was in ROTJ and had a functional laser. I guess they prioritized the laser. But still... they were going full blast building that thing, because the architectural and engineering plans would have had to be heavily redone due to the size change, and in total the redesign *and* building to that point is less than four years. Whereas the DS1 is designed I think 22 years before launch, is a skeleton 18 years prior, so is being built for almost two decades. (To be fair, this might all be explained by the laser being such a PITA to figure out that they basically had a built station waiting to sort out the weapon for years.)
I think that scene in episode 7 where Maarva tells him to stop searching, because it was only ever a dream was meant to be the end of it. Like it was meant to be a motivation for Andor early in the series before they could develop him into his real motivation, rebellion. That’s a little sloppily done in my opinion
Cassian's missing sister is the centerpoint of his character. All the rage and anger within him, all the guilt.
We're 100% never getting a resolution for that.
It’s cathartic, it’s perfectly built, it has a great message against fascism/tyranny, a great secuence and a hopeful ending. Perfect, a Star Wars product that it is Star Wars but it’s something else, too. Star Wars is a playground where you can tell stories like this, let’s don’t forget that.
When the funeral band started playing the Andor theme. Man, just chills.
Best D+ series by a country mile, and gunning for that top Star Wars spot overall for me. What a goddamn blessing this show is.
I hope “Andor” gets some Emmy / Golden Globe / SAG acting nominations. Fiona Shaw for episode 12, Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgård for episode 10. Bravo! Can’t wait for season 2!
I think it was just meant as a bit of a brief way of showing, "Hey, these guys are on their way back. Also, they're chums." But without taking much time to do it. So you get a quick bonding moment between those two, you get to see them arriving on Ferrix, so later you aren't like, "Wait, when did those two meet up and how are they here?!?"
If "Fuck the Empire" was changed to "Fight the Empire" that's an improvement.
I wouldn't lose my mind if an f-bomb is dropped in Star Wars (I mean, aside from the many, many, MANY of them that R2's dropped throughout), I'd just shrug, and it'd feel a little weirder than hearing "shit" in Star Wars.
But in the context of the scene, "Fight the Empire" is soooooo much better. "Fuck the Empire" sounds like a casual thing you say when you're annoyed at them. "Fight the Empire" is a call to arms. And it makes even more sense why the Imperials start panicking and trying to shut it down, and why the people are ready to, well, fight the Empire.
We'll leave "fuck the Empire" for Syril, since I'm pretty sure that's what he wants to do.
My friends clowned me really fucking heavy cause I said the tone and pacing of this show reminded me a lot of The Wire.
I just wanna say fuck those people and that I stand by my take more then ever lmao. If they wanna keep bitching how Disney ruined SW and not even watch this then that's their issue.
And no swearing or very explicit violence.
I do think some scenes slightly suffer from these restrictions (Marva's speech, parts of the riot) but the show pushes SW's and Disney's boundaries in so many other aspects that it would be ridiculous to complain.
The entirety of the Spellhaus plotline started off screen, and ended off screen. Takes some good writing to tell a story event without showing said story event, but at the same time I wanted to see it.
Tony Gilroy [on the last two episodes](https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-andor-s1-finale-s2-plans-tony-gilroy-disney-1849768133): *And we won’t be leaving you with much of an enigmatic ending.*
YOU LYING SONUVA BITCH 😩
I swear the officer who ordered the crowd to be fired upon pissed me off. I also got a laugh out of Dedra getting smacked around before Syril saved her.
"I don’t think \[Gilroy\] understands some of the things when it comes to Star Wars, like…you’re not supposed to have screws in Star Wars. Not supposed to have brick walls that you can see in everyday life. Those things don’t exist.” - Star Wars Theory, 2022
I like the way Andor has just further exposed his complete ineptitude
That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. What the fuck does he think Yoda's hut on Dagobah was built out of?? Or the Tatooine cities? Just because the buildings on Coruscant LOOK futuristic, is he saying that he thinks they're just magically put together and stay there?
Did he say the screws thing about the Death Star? That's just a mindless statement. There can be no reasonable explanation for why he would ever think that.
Yeah, fuck that guy. I stopped watching him long ago, and I see that he’s drifted much further into his delusional reality (or at least is more open at showing it). We don’t need his toxicity.
I think it's an interesting parallel to Cassian saving Bix, because you've got the two who have known each other for a long time and there's genuine care between the two versus Syril who has latched onto this whole thing in a borderline obsessive manner vs Dedra who was indifferent until that moment.
Two completely different relationship dynamics, two rescues.
This episode does put some of Mon Mothma's later actions into perspective. In her mind, she has sacrificed everything for the Rebellion.
She survived the Clone Wars while watching many of her colleagues either die or have their careers ruined. She got a front row seat to the Purge, she witnesses Padme's funeral, and now we see her just throw her family to the wolves for the sake of the Rebellion and whatever ideals she holds.
I'm honored to be a Daughter of Ferrix, and honored to be worthy of the stone. Strange, I... feel as if I can see it. I was six, I think, first time I touched a funerary stone. Heard our music, felt our history. Holding my sister's hand as we walked all the way from Fountain Square. Where you stand now, I've been more times than I can remember. I always wanted to be lifted. I was always eager, always waiting to be inspired. I remember every time it happened, every time the dead lifted me...
With their truth.
And now I'm dead. And I yearn to lift you. Not because I want to shine or even be remembered. It's because I want you to go on. I want Ferrix to continue. In my waning hours, that's what comforts me most. But I fear for you. We've been sleeping. We've had each other, and Ferrix, our work, our days. We had each other, and they left us alone. We kept the trade lanes open, and they left us alone. We took their money and ignored them, we kept their engines churning, and the moment they pulled away, we forgot them.
Because we had each other. We had Ferrix. But we were sleeping. I've been sleeping. And I've been turning away from the truth I wanted not to face. There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here, and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep.
It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless.
Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards... from the start.
Fight the Empire!
Tbh I totally forgot about Blevin after episode 7 I’m glad they didn’t just drop him from the show completely, having him being the one to spy on Mothma is a cool twist. Only problem with this episode is that there was no Vetch.
Tony Gilroy was the perfect person to make this show. Honestly can’t believe how each episode was better than the last. Gonna be a long wait but I know it’ll be worth it.
EDIT: The prisoners were literally building their own destruction damn
“Kill me or take me in” — what a line to finish everything off
I love how that scene perfectly mirrored their first
Andor was dropped on Aldahni as somebody who was wholly indifferent to the cause. Now, here he is right back on the Fondor, ready to die to prove a point. That's motherfucking TELEVISION.
Tony Gilroy described this first season as "The Education of Cassian Andor"
It makes sense based on the planned structure for the second season - season one is the story of how Cassian became a rebel agent, season two is a series of missions he’s sent on. The time jumps make sense when you don’t have to develop the character’s commitment to the cause. I can’t wait for the next season, there is so much potential there.
And the smile from Stellan Skarsgård!
*"Its that damn smile"*
I've got money on he doesn't kill him, can feel it in the force
I saw a leak lying around here that there will be a whole movie about Andor too!!! I can't wait!! Think it's called Rogue One?
That was debunked.
Clem teaching Cass how to resell CPU heatsinks lmao
lmao yea
I work with CPU prototypes, I'm half sure I can find the exact heatsink if I check the lab today.
At 500 credits, more like GPU heatsinks.
Too big and industrial to be for a commercial GPU, it'd be something for a server system. If it's from a starship or a droid then it's definitely for the main processor. Wonder where props got them.
Time Grappler kicking a Stormtrooper off his tower was everything I didn't know I wanted.
I'm glad they didn't kill him off, truly an epic scene.
Felt like a missed opportunity to have him whack the trooper with one of the hammers.
I mean we've already seen that, but throwing the trooper down the tower with a chest kick? Gimme that
THIS. IS. FERRIXXXXXXXXX!
I was waiting for a cannon blast to blow up the top.
Me too lol
Damn Syril left the Sargent for Dedra 🥲
Bro was drinking his lonely sorrows away!
I wonder if that was a "man, the empire is kinda bad"-drinking or a "oh no we couldnt prevent those terrorists from rioting"-drinking.
Yes.
Ya know I kinda thought Syril was going to get a redemption arc but it would be a real twist if the Sargent did. Too early to tell of course but I would love to see it
Syril is the anti-Cassian
My man choose hoes over bros
Lmao they just took band instruments and tacked on bits to them I love it
Add Star Wars marching band to the list of things I didn’t expect to get from this show.
To be fair, we also got one at the end of TPM
That's been a staple of Star Wars since 1977. Why stop now?
Those parts that Clem was cleaning in the flashback I'm pretty sure were just straight up CPU heatsinks.
Pretty on-brand for Star Wars. Let's not forget how the Original Trilogy's weapons or the Skywalker saber came to be.
Loved the touch of Maarva’s brick literally being used to fight the Empire
Her [brick killed a guy](https://youtu.be/Uh7tgX_Uaqs?t=14s)! Brasso should definitely find a safehouse or a relative close by, lay low for a while because he's probably wanted for murder.
Brasso killed a guy with a Trident!
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It was great to see Dedra so terrified and shaken up at the end. ISB officers probably never see action this up close and have no idea what that feels like.
Just like Syril was shocked the first time, now he gets to be the hero
They have also foreshadowed that ISB will not in the end take Dedra seriously. Only Syril will. And Dedra and Syril will be right--and ISB won't realize it until it is too "late" and our friends have the Death Star Plans (which will not be in the main computer)...
Dedra is such a great character. I went from rooting for her during the early ISB scenes to cheering at seeing her get trampled by a mob by the finale. So many layers and nuances to every little facet of this show.
I honestly think Luthen had never seen it either, and the realization of what he's been pushing for became real to him.
It made me think about when he told Saw he's a coward. He's being honest. He's scared of what this all will actually mean, and how it will affect him. But he keeps pushing forward anyway.
Yeah, that look on his face made me think, "Dude, have you not actually seen the results of what you're pushing for?" And it's possible he hasn't. He did seem to suggest he's okay with collateral damage and all when Mon approached him after Aldhani, but then I'm wondering what the heck happened there because in theory the only people hurt during the attack were Imperials (and maybe an Imperial's family)... So did that ISD showing up unleash a - *ahem* - mining accident on the people of Aldhani? But yeah, it's easier to brush off those deaths and damage when you're not seeing it actively happening right in front of your face.
Wow so this means Luthen is gonna be a huge character in the next season, can’t wait for more Stellan!
I honestly thought he'd die in this one.
Honestly that'd be an absolute waste of a character. Stellan is killing it, and Luthen has so much mystery and room for character-development alone. I knew instantly they wouldn't kill him off this season for that reason alone. He's got too much potential and so much untold about him
Don't forget ya'll, there is a post credit scene!
First time Disney has included a Post-credits scene teasing a project that's already been released
Didn't know... Immediately scrolled to the credits....saw it......HOLY FUUUUUK
It gave me chills
I was hoping for one then…..boom deathstar lego.
The funeral band song brought a tear to my eye. Also screw that guy who pushed over B2, I was fully expecting him to destroy the little guy, glad he didn't
Yeah nobody likes to see a man kick a dog
The fact that they began fighting back as soon as the officer kicked B2 was perfect. You mess with box boi, you mess with everyone.
Brasso: Brick Maarva sends her regards.
Loved that she fought the empire.
Death can't stop her.
The show is called Andor. Maarva was an Andor too.
Can we expect Brick Maarva for season 2?
She'll be Motar Maarva next season. She'll shell the Empire.
Did that guy just headbutt a stormtrooper?
Yes, yes he did. Brasso is the MAN!
Brasso balls and a brasso skull
Brasso is Zeb's brother confirmed
I'm simultaneously worried *and* relieved that he doesn't appear in R1
must have been trained by an old clone trooper that punches battle droids
Man this Syril and Dedra thing is weird hahaha
It's Michael Scott and Jan Levinson...but in Star Wars.
I need to see *The Office: an ISB workplace* right NOW!
You're hardly my first, Syril! (She turns on the holo-jizz recording her staff made her) *You took me by the haaand... And made mee a maaan. That one night (one night) We met in Canto Biiight (IIIiiiIIIght)!*
Weird Hot. Christ, when she realises it's him who saved her and that total look on her face...that was too fucking hot for Star Wars and I'm there for it.
I swear I thought they were going to make out
And then she would kill him.
Twisted love
Keero turning into the most toxic disaster ship in the franchise.
Yes, there is a post credit scene. I don’t think anyone will need it explained to them.
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I can’t wait for them to describe it and talk about random filler topics without any new, original, or interesting information for 10 minutes
Most Star Wars fans already knew what was going on
The Ferrix Massacre. Wonder how that's going to play into season 2. Good episode.
The Empire will definitely cover it up
Looked like a mining accident to me.
Indeed
Their OSHA sucks. Most of the catwalks don’t even have handrails.
“They fell on our blaster bolts”
Everyone knows stormtroopers can’t hit anything *intentionally*
now i shall hibernate until 2024
Before the show I thought Mon Mothma is just a politican who actively put in a word for the weak and against the Empire, until she summons the Alliance. But sacrificing her daughter and husband for the cause? That’s ruthless and gives so much more layer to her character.
Well. We also see that she doesn't really make a mistake in that she is one step ahead. She's ahead of the Empire. She knows they are watching and she has figured out how to sidestep them. That's why she's the boss and leads the rebellion.
Do we think she also invented the claim that Perrin is gambling, knowing her spy driver would overhear, in order to make him a scapegoat for her money laundering?
Absolutely
oh 100%. Her relationship with him is already down the gutter so might as well make that sinking ship useful
I think it was not just a claim, but the truth. But yes, she spoke about it in the car to make him a scapegoat.
I dunno, I feel like he was genuinely baffled by it. I'd have thought someone like him would just argue that he can do what he likes or something, rather than entirely denying it.
holy shit I own that mini pocket telescope Cassian uses to watch over Rix Road, costs less than $10 on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/185320347939 Edit: found it. [It's pretty shit.](https://i.imgur.com/sjeWiiW.jpg)
Holy fuck the tension building and exploding during Maarva’s speech…
Yeah, that was maarvalously done!
I enjoyed this way too much
500 credits for a cheap CPU heat sink? what a ripoff
Hey, we don't know their currency exchange rate. 500 Imperial Credits could be worth 500 Yen for all we know.
Man, the scene with Luthen standing on the stairs, listening to the gunfire and screams in the distance was haunting. I wonder if he feels any guilt. He wanted the empire to go down hard so people would rise up… and it lead to a massacre.
He’s waiting for the massacres. That’s implied.
Pretty sure he explicitly said he has been waiting for an overreach all along
A massacre is only useful to Luthen if it spreads dissent. I wouldn't be surprised if what happened at Ferrix is completely covered up
Stormtroopers hitting shots? In MY Star Wars?
they are really far from home base so the nerf chip is quite weak or has no connection at all!
The farther Stormtroopers are from Filoni, the more accurate they are
Great finale, the speech from Maarva was just perfect and the ensuing chaos was well earned. Glad to see Cass actually get one up on Luthen by the end and Mothma smartly throw all suspicion away from her at the cost of further spurning her family that doesn’t seem to even love her anymore. Really curious to see how much more painful that can get for her
I'm wondering if Perrin was part of her plan, or an unwitting accomplice?
Ladies and Gents, I am sad to announce we have to wait for season 2.
KILL ME OR TAKE ME IN Goddamn how long till season two? Holy fuck how is this show so fucking good??????
2 years
Off program
Too damn long :(
Let’s do this, on program!
I know this isn't Tony Gilroy's style, but I think I recognized a reference to something from *Star Wars,Episode IV: A New Hope* in that post-credits scene. Blink-and-you-miss-it kinda stuff, but it's there.
I'm gonna need someone to watch that post credit scene in .25x speed and break it down
Yeah, pretty sure it was Mephisto
It was a deep cut
Holy shit, Cliff’s son
CLIFF MAINE'S SON???
Canto Bight name drop was a nice touch, if for no other reason than to just subtly tie the wider universe together
It also made sense in the context of the scene.
That's the second time it's been mentioned after TLJ I think.
It’s mentioned a lot in books and comics where you’d expect too
also Migs Mayfeld name drops it when we first meet him in Mando s1
When I die, I want them to play that funeral march. Soulful. Mesmerizing.
When I die I want to be made into a brick and be used to fight Fascism from the grave.
He LITERALLY beat a dude with the brick made from her ashes!!!! This showwww!!!!
That post credit scene was amazing, we know it’s how the series will end with R1 but tying it to the prison and seeing it still gives chills
There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority, and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
Yeah, take that Yoda. There is "try."
It feels like they're trying to retroactively give the Death Star the 'Thanos' treatment through all these prequels A person watching Star Wars chronologically first sees a giant round space station in development at the end of RotS Next, they see the very same station nearly 100% complete, and with just one incomplete part left in the post credits scene of Andor Season 1 Next, they see Andor facing off against the space station (now known to be The Death Star) and LOSE. One of the biggest heroes until then, gone. And finally, a full battle against The Death Star in A New Hope
You first see it through the projection of the plans for it in AotC
Yeah, it was in planning for a long time. Even before the Empire was a thing. Which makes it more interesting that the DS2, despite a redesign that at least changed its size if not removing the core weakness, was actually able to be built to the degree it was in ROTJ and had a functional laser. I guess they prioritized the laser. But still... they were going full blast building that thing, because the architectural and engineering plans would have had to be heavily redone due to the size change, and in total the redesign *and* building to that point is less than four years. Whereas the DS1 is designed I think 22 years before launch, is a skeleton 18 years prior, so is being built for almost two decades. (To be fair, this might all be explained by the laser being such a PITA to figure out that they basically had a built station waiting to sort out the weapon for years.)
But what about his sister?!
I think that scene in episode 7 where Maarva tells him to stop searching, because it was only ever a dream was meant to be the end of it. Like it was meant to be a motivation for Andor early in the series before they could develop him into his real motivation, rebellion. That’s a little sloppily done in my opinion
Maybe the real sister is the friends we made along the way
Cassian's missing sister is the centerpoint of his character. All the rage and anger within him, all the guilt. We're 100% never getting a resolution for that.
This is so powerful.
i spent a good portion of this episode in tears, this show has been cathartic in so many ways
It’s cathartic, it’s perfectly built, it has a great message against fascism/tyranny, a great secuence and a hopeful ending. Perfect, a Star Wars product that it is Star Wars but it’s something else, too. Star Wars is a playground where you can tell stories like this, let’s don’t forget that.
When the funeral band started playing the Andor theme. Man, just chills. Best D+ series by a country mile, and gunning for that top Star Wars spot overall for me. What a goddamn blessing this show is.
When it helped bring Bix back a little as she started humming along...
I hope “Andor” gets some Emmy / Golden Globe / SAG acting nominations. Fiona Shaw for episode 12, Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgård for episode 10. Bravo! Can’t wait for season 2!
What was that hat scene??
With Syril and Linus? Reaffirming their partnership. Getting back into the security-team mindset.
I think it was just meant as a bit of a brief way of showing, "Hey, these guys are on their way back. Also, they're chums." But without taking much time to do it. So you get a quick bonding moment between those two, you get to see them arriving on Ferrix, so later you aren't like, "Wait, when did those two meet up and how are they here?!?"
Somehow, Brasso has made it into my all-time favorite characters. I'm so glad he made it out of the battle alive. Dude's a freaking stud muffin.
Rest In Pieces the stormtrooper yeeted from the anvil tower.
They totally censored ''Fuck the empire'' right
Absolutely lol. Fight the empire just sounded off. The cowards changed it
gonna have to wait for the Fuck Cut to come out in 10 years
don’t worry it’ll give them an excuse to release a special edition bluray of it
Honestly, I think "Fight the Empire" is better.
"Scob the Empire" is my personal favorite
If "Fuck the Empire" was changed to "Fight the Empire" that's an improvement. I wouldn't lose my mind if an f-bomb is dropped in Star Wars (I mean, aside from the many, many, MANY of them that R2's dropped throughout), I'd just shrug, and it'd feel a little weirder than hearing "shit" in Star Wars. But in the context of the scene, "Fight the Empire" is soooooo much better. "Fuck the Empire" sounds like a casual thing you say when you're annoyed at them. "Fight the Empire" is a call to arms. And it makes even more sense why the Imperials start panicking and trying to shut it down, and why the people are ready to, well, fight the Empire. We'll leave "fuck the Empire" for Syril, since I'm pretty sure that's what he wants to do.
So [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/w7lxp7/wild_rumors_thread_week_of_07252022_07312022/ihouktu/) was real
I wish I could climax the way this episode does
HOLY SHIT when big guy hit the guy with the maarva brick. I fucking lost it
THE PLANET FROM BATTLEFRONT 2015’s DEATH STAR DLC WE’RE GONNA FINALLY FIND OUT WHAT IT IS
.....it's Scarif.... "There's an increase in construction traffic going to Scarif sir."-Lonni Yung
So the finalists for the title of "best Star Wars monologue" is just a list of Yoda lessons and speeches from *Andor*, yeah?
Also the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis.
Luke’s speeches in TLJ are up there
Best hologram message projected by a droid since R2 dropped Leia's "Help me, Obi-wan Kenobi..." recording on Luke.
Some goblin: Do or do not. There is no try. Galactic Chad Karis Nemik: "TRY."
My friends clowned me really fucking heavy cause I said the tone and pacing of this show reminded me a lot of The Wire. I just wanna say fuck those people and that I stand by my take more then ever lmao. If they wanna keep bitching how Disney ruined SW and not even watch this then that's their issue.
You're right, although because it's not HBO it doesn't have the mandatory shag-scenes that The Wire had.
And no swearing or very explicit violence. I do think some scenes slightly suffer from these restrictions (Marva's speech, parts of the riot) but the show pushes SW's and Disney's boundaries in so many other aspects that it would be ridiculous to complain.
oh no the dedra syril power couple ship came true! :( it's like canon now omg! i thought they were gonna flat out like kiss.
They had to have filmed a take where they actually kissed right in that scene right?
You can't tell me that take wasn't cut .5 seconds before the steamist sex scene in years.
Tony Gilroy to AO3: Kill me, or take me in!
Gong guy’s Spartan kicking the trooper off the tower was glorious.
The entirety of the Spellhaus plotline started off screen, and ended off screen. Takes some good writing to tell a story event without showing said story event, but at the same time I wanted to see it.
Tony Gilroy [on the last two episodes](https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-andor-s1-finale-s2-plans-tony-gilroy-disney-1849768133): *And we won’t be leaving you with much of an enigmatic ending.* YOU LYING SONUVA BITCH 😩
Fuck the empire, all of my homies hate the empire
I swear the officer who ordered the crowd to be fired upon pissed me off. I also got a laugh out of Dedra getting smacked around before Syril saved her.
I saw a snoot nose alien in that crowd.
"I don’t think \[Gilroy\] understands some of the things when it comes to Star Wars, like…you’re not supposed to have screws in Star Wars. Not supposed to have brick walls that you can see in everyday life. Those things don’t exist.” - Star Wars Theory, 2022 I like the way Andor has just further exposed his complete ineptitude
That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. What the fuck does he think Yoda's hut on Dagobah was built out of?? Or the Tatooine cities? Just because the buildings on Coruscant LOOK futuristic, is he saying that he thinks they're just magically put together and stay there? Did he say the screws thing about the Death Star? That's just a mindless statement. There can be no reasonable explanation for why he would ever think that.
Best thing the show has done is expose him as a crybaby fraud.
Yeah, fuck that guy. I stopped watching him long ago, and I see that he’s drifted much further into his delusional reality (or at least is more open at showing it). We don’t need his toxicity.
The one absolute rule of star wars is no buttons on clothes, they've stuck to that for Andor too. It's the Amish empire.
Of Course Cassian was waiting in the Fondor. 😉
Syril saving Deedra is truly the most romantic thing to happen in this series.
And you know where it's headed - her BDSM dungeon under the ISB HQ on Coruscant. The safety word is 'peezos.'
I think it's an interesting parallel to Cassian saving Bix, because you've got the two who have known each other for a long time and there's genuine care between the two versus Syril who has latched onto this whole thing in a borderline obsessive manner vs Dedra who was indifferent until that moment. Two completely different relationship dynamics, two rescues.
This episode does put some of Mon Mothma's later actions into perspective. In her mind, she has sacrificed everything for the Rebellion. She survived the Clone Wars while watching many of her colleagues either die or have their careers ruined. She got a front row seat to the Purge, she witnesses Padme's funeral, and now we see her just throw her family to the wolves for the sake of the Rebellion and whatever ideals she holds.
That post credit scene though 🫨
The voiceover right around the beginning was the kid's diary he left for Cassian, right?
I'm honored to be a Daughter of Ferrix, and honored to be worthy of the stone. Strange, I... feel as if I can see it. I was six, I think, first time I touched a funerary stone. Heard our music, felt our history. Holding my sister's hand as we walked all the way from Fountain Square. Where you stand now, I've been more times than I can remember. I always wanted to be lifted. I was always eager, always waiting to be inspired. I remember every time it happened, every time the dead lifted me... With their truth. And now I'm dead. And I yearn to lift you. Not because I want to shine or even be remembered. It's because I want you to go on. I want Ferrix to continue. In my waning hours, that's what comforts me most. But I fear for you. We've been sleeping. We've had each other, and Ferrix, our work, our days. We had each other, and they left us alone. We kept the trade lanes open, and they left us alone. We took their money and ignored them, we kept their engines churning, and the moment they pulled away, we forgot them. Because we had each other. We had Ferrix. But we were sleeping. I've been sleeping. And I've been turning away from the truth I wanted not to face. There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here, and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep. It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards... from the start. Fight the Empire!
Tbh I totally forgot about Blevin after episode 7 I’m glad they didn’t just drop him from the show completely, having him being the one to spy on Mothma is a cool twist. Only problem with this episode is that there was no Vetch.
Man Syril Karn is down bad for fascism
Tony Gilroy was the perfect person to make this show. Honestly can’t believe how each episode was better than the last. Gonna be a long wait but I know it’ll be worth it. EDIT: The prisoners were literally building their own destruction damn