Everyone rightly praises Andy and Stellan, but shout out to Genevieve O'Reilly for giving off a more subtle and restrained performance. She's been awesome this season, just overshadowed by some insane, Emmy level acting.
Star wars Shakespeare. From the meeting with Mon and the thug, to Kino's rally speech, To luthens sacrifice speech. Masterful script and performances by the actors.
@@darkphoenix2 I mean they are like a stage play, and coincidentally or not, Anton Lesser AKA Major Partagaz has done a shit ton of Shakespeare productions.
@@darkphoenix2 Denise Gough, who plays Dedra, is a skilled stage actress who's won an Olivier Award (but her best achievement is that she got me to watch this show at all, thanks to being Yennefer in Witcher 3 [which is one of the best computer games ever made - looks like her only voice-acting gig as well]) It makes all of the difference. With exactly the same dialogue, these ISB meeting scenes could have risked being boring, unless the actors were very good experienced stage actors [which lends itself very well to the "pompous" arrogant in-fighting of the Empire - set up by the likes of Peter Cushing in A New Hope]. And they definitely are. Major Party-ass included! (hoho) Denise also mentioned that she loved being in a practical set - so, these kind of scenes made her feel at home; like being on a stage
@@70briareos So does Diego Luna and Syril's mom (forget the acrtess) Lots of classically trained actors and acrtresses in this and it shows. It's so awesome!
I love how everyone is recognizing how miserable the key players are in this rebellion. Its not always winning smiles and glad handing. These characters have conviction towards the cause they support with every fiber of their being and I'm here for it.
the snitch for the rebellion, the one who talked to Luthen; was one of the operators in the series Chernobyl! He was one of the new ones who was bullied around during the first few episodes
yes and Partagaz is Qyburn from GoT and Vel is The Waif and Luthen is the bad guy from Dune and Maarva is Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter and Syril's mum is also from Harry Potter and Syril's boss who gets fired is Lord Royce from GoT and Mon Mothma is Frances from The Honourable Woman and Moira from Overwatch and Bix is from Father of the Bride, Morbius and True Detective and Dedra is from Angels in America and Syril is from Anna Karenina and Cinta is Mishal from Hard Sun and Arvel is Desi from Girls and Timm was the Deacon from Mare of Easttown and Nemik played Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and Perrin is Jeremy from Borgen and Kino is Gollum from LotR. There literally isn't a single actor in this show who isn't established, it's truly all star.
"And what do you sacrifice?" "Calm. Kindness, kinship. Love. I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless place. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion; I'm damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my...my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet. What is my...what is my sacrifice? I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy, to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Everything!"
@@akhiltrc9708 I think it was more an anti-hero speech. It's really depressing if you think about it, but it's inspiring because there's this guy who is at a permanent rock-bottom and still fighting the good fight.
Putting Cassian in that prison was the best worst thing the empire did this season, he was the only one with the will to escape at any cost and he inspired that will into Kino, these two badasses put the empire to shame that day
it must hurt for the ISB to realize they had their most wanted man locked up in an imperial prison, under a false name, for weeks. And then he escapes!
"Help each other. If you see someone who's confused, someone who's lost, you get them moving and keep them moving until we put this place behind us." Tears!
Andor was very much like Luthen in this episode. He knows what need to be done and needs "heroes" to do it. Lonni and Kino are those "heroes". Andor and Luthen just push them into their roles.
Heart broke when Kino said he couldn’t swim. I imagine that was the look of fear he had on his face before he gave the speech over the intercom. He knew he wasn’t going to get out but he could inspire so many others to fight. Phenomenal episode once again.
As far as a backstory, this show has absolutely shown us what we needed to see to understand why Andor was so ruthless in Rogue One. What seemed like an out-of-character murder at the start of RO for a Rebel now makes complete sense.
Yes, there was a bit of Luthen's philosophy in that act of cold-blooded killing. The cold calculus of war, sacrifice a hundred people to save thousands .
Andor is without a doubt the Star Wars I wanted for so long (and I wasn't very excited when they announced the show). This show definitely has the best dialogues Star Wars has ever had; the best plots; the most complex stories, and most realistic in terms of not being just about good and evil, black and white. It deals with morality, with the cost of freedom: basically it deals with serious and complex concepts in a complex and serious way. It's visually gorgeous, the characters are very rich and the show rightfully gives them the time they need to become more real and relatable to the audience, and in the end we end up caring more about them. This is the best Star Wars content in the Disney era; and it is up there as the best Star Wars content ever. Really glad that you guys are enjoying it. The show and everyone involved in it did a great job in creating a great story that proves that the galaxy far far away isn't only about dudes in costumes that can't shoot: it can be and is so much more than that.
Good point, and that comment about her father letting her do what she wants. Could be seen as he'd rather see her marry for love than political gain. If Mon opts to marry her daughter off, just for the rebellion cause. It will add even more tension to her marriage. And lead to her husband discovering, what she's up to.
I don’t know about that. The only Chandrilans around are her parents and Tae, and she was somewhat fine around him. I think her father Parrin is using her to spy on her mother and she’s uncomfortable with the task he’s given her. I also think she’s been trying to tell her mother without spelling it out, but Mon Mothma has been miss reading her daughter’s signals as moody adolescence. She and her daughter need to talk, and I would be surprised if her daughter accepts the marriage. She’s miserable on Coruscsant-Parrin has put a wedge between Mon Mothma and Leida. The girl has been looking for an out, and being off world, with a crime lord might be the safest place for her daughter.
Knowing in hindsight that Kino couldn't swim and knew there was only "one way out," the "die fighting than giving them what they want" and "I'm going to assume I'm already dead" hits hard. The writing in this show comes full circle.
Guys, Andor was given a two season, 24 episode, order from the jump before they even started production. So season one was designed and written with the knowledge that they have another half of the story to tell in season two
"I burn my life, to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see" Amazing writing in this damn show! Back up the truck for the awards this show deserves to win.
@@spacecadet2172 and the doctor in Episode 9 and (obviously) Stellan Skarsgard. In total there are FOUR actors from Chernobyl in this show and the producer of Andor also produced Chernobyl, I guess that's why they have a similar feeling.
That monologue that Luthen gave at the end of Episode 10 was truly incredible and the best I ever heard in Star Wars history. It reminded me of the "All those moments will be lost in time......like tears in rain" scene in Blade Runner!!
To each their own, but I feel like we really are watching peak star wars rn. Not a fan of Disney at all, but if they give us stuff like this once in a while, I'm in
No he's not, I honestly thought that as well, but rechecked the scene when this scene aired, as he does look so like him, but he isn't. He couldn't be, the Empire wouldn't just let a high-ranking ISB agent go like that.
Andy Serkis' speech made me tear up. This whole episode made me tear up- watching everybody fight for their freedom with no compromise, and rise to the occasion.
This reaction is so perfect because they keep grasping at fantasy tropes: "there'll be escape pods" "they've cut the signal so a ship will show up and they'll wait for that" "they wont just jump" You bet your fucking ASS they just jump. They're pumped, they're angry, and they're scared. They want out. You think 5000 people are going to show up at the top of this platform and wait for a ship to show up? They want out now. They're all mentally ready to just fucking die, who cares what the drop is. Who cares how far the swim is. One Way Out. Do it.
What I love about Andor is it absolutely is right to show you a revolution is not a dinner party. It's a brutal struggle of life and death. Luthens speech gave me "revolutionary suicide by Huey Newton" vibes
I love how Spidey says 'he looks like Ron Weasley's older brother' and then Marketa goes 'he looks like the guy in the First Order, Hux' who actually played Ron Weasley's older brother lol
He looks familiar huh? You may remember that actor from Chernobyl where he plays the young engineer Toptunov. In fact many of the actors in Andor were also in Chernobyl. Stellan Skarsgard obviously, the prisoner doctor is the guy who played Fomin, Sgt Kostek the private security guy is the head mining guy in Chernobyl and there are a couple other background characters from the early episode who also had parts in Chernobyl.. I did wonder if there is perhaps a link somewhere in the casting team.
Yes, many in the crew are from Chernobyl too - chief among them the production designer and the editor and Nina Gold did indeed do the casting for both series
The art of the monologue is some of the best. And seeing it being used to this great effect in Star Wars, in this amazing show is just *chefs kiss*. If anyone else also loves unbelievably written monologues I recommend checking out any of Mike Flanagan's work, (like Haunting of hill house, Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and more) He used monologues so we'll in his shows.
This show is superb. Best Star Wars content in years. The writing, the acting, the production design and score. All incredibly good. Also, season 2 was already planned. It starts filming in the UK later this month. Another 12 eps and each 3 block of eps will cover one year, so season 2 covers 4 years in total.
I'm very interested to see how that kind of story structure plays out. I imagine the story will still be serialized despite the time jumps every few episodes. But after this season, I fully trust in Tony Gilroy's visions
So I didn't know that this show wasn't doing well on till I watched you guys reaction. I love this show. Its by far the very best star wars show ever. The politics the alliance just scenes alone where they do nothing but talk is 100% 🔥🔥🔥🔥. The Speech at the end opened my eyes. For one I thought I knew how the rebels did anything of it. Not at all sir. Andor said let me bring you behind the curtains show you how we run shit. Love you guys reaction can't wait for more.
The ISB agent that talks to Luthen was also in Chernobyl, that's where you recognize him. He was one of the technicians in the reactor control room. Edit: The agents name is Lonnie
This episode is probably the best Star Wars anything ever made. I could watch this a million times and still catch vibes! Love your review too, you guys are a great group to experience content with ❤
I loved the episode, the best one so far, Andor has changed a lot, and he no longer hesitates to shoot an enemy on the ground, a huge change from the first episode, although he still doesn't kill in cold blood except if absolutely necessary. The prison escape is also the first operation that Andor creates and directs instead of being a member of the group. In addition, the empire creates an army of enemies in that prison, gives them order, structure, uniforms, teaches them to march and obey and act as a unit instead of individuals, leaders, hierarchy, discipline and most important of all, a reason to the rebellion The moment someone sees through the lie the entire imperial system falls apart. The more they oppress the more and more enemies they create, until they cannot subdue them all, it is a vicious circle that the Empire itself creates and from which it is unable to escape. It is also the episode of the great speeches, where both Kino and Luthen shine in their scenes. Both excellent characters and they can both go very far, but they will never reach the end of the path, they can only help others to make that path.
The guy organizing and putting everything in motion to create a rebellion sort of reminds me of the operative from the movie Serenity. "While the Operative may have found the killing of innocents wrong, he believed that he was serving a greater good in the end, and thus the killings were necessary. He dreamed of "a world without sin," and the only way to attain that world was by doing whatever the Alliance asked him to do. Despite this, The Operative clearly understood that his actions were, in his own words, "evil", and he thought of himself as a "monster"." - from the film Serenity
Wonderful episode, once again Star Wars shows us heroes. If it wasn't for the Doc sharing what had happened on the other level. Fortunately, we do get to see him running with the others in the end. Also, I believe they are building the new Tie Fighters that was mentioned in A New Hope.
There will be a second season. I believe it started filming this month, actually. The series was plotted out as a 2 season arc and they got that as a commitment going in. But yeah, more of this kinda Star Wars, please.
I would absolutely love if the people that wrote andor are given an opportunity to make a full length star wars film. The writing in this series is just amazing.
I love how they show the prison command center to be manned by essentially a bunch of out of touch kids, who have been conditioned to think of the prisoners are nothing but vermin. Even when Andor tells one of the operators to shut down the power, the first thought that comes to his head is that its hydro and will take forever to restart... i.e. he doesn't *get* it. Even how casually the main operator says to "fry the whole level" as if nothing shows their lack of humanity. Im quite surprised Andor restrained from killing both of them.
This is the best SW content since the last episodes of season seven of Clone Wars. Empire, the last four episodes of Clone Wars and Andor are the best things set in this universe.
The other theme in Andor(and Rogue One) that is overshadowed by the theme of sacrifice, is leadership. We saw in Rogue One it was Jyn's journey into finally becoming a leader that saves the galaxy. This show features a lot of leader characters. From Luthen, to Mon Mothma, to Dedra, to Syril, and hopefully, to Andor. Even the other side characters were leaders, like Vel, Kino, Saw, and in this episode featured Lonni. There's a lot of leaders in this show, and it displays their leadership in many different ways, and it has stressed that leadership point many-a times, like the tribe chief lady in the flashback scenes of young Cassian, and then Vel being a somewhat undecisive but stern leader, and here is a broken but bold Kino. Maybe next we'll see Cassian be a leader for the first time.
I don't think one could classify Lonni as a leader based on what we have been shown so far. Also, while Syril was in a leadership role, he was shown to be an extremely ineffectual leader.
In the books, "The enemy has built the Death Star, so I have to build one too." was an actual argument given that explained why the Republic began researching (and eventually began/continued the construction of) the Death Star that we saw at the end of Revenge of the Sith, after they were given access to the Geonosian Death Star plans that Dooku gave Sidious/Palpatine at the end of Attack of the Clones. There never was a Separatist Death Star, but the Sith tricked the Republic into building theirs by making them think that there was.
I would add that the nature of the deaths of Beru and Owen stand in a rather stark contrast to the rest of "A new hope", and indeed the rest of the original trilogy. It was a jawdropping moment, and then quickly glossed over. If that tone had carried over on imperial brutality, we could have been looking at quite a different OT. But then it wouldn't have been kid friendly anymore, which probably would have reduced audience access and thereby the overall popularity of the franchise.
Here's a dark thought I've had since episode 9: did Cassian push his table to work so hard because he was intentionally working Ulaf to death so they'd have a new man coming in for the escape plan?
13:00 Andor isn't about bloodlust. He kills when he has to. It might seem brutal when he does do it, but there is still a point every time he does it. Why the writers understand this character (more than you do), and he did not shoot the Imps on level 8. They were already subdued, and posed no threat to his goal of escape. Maybe reflect on that, and try to understand how well this show is written!
I don't often subscribe to reaction channels, mostly cuz I kinda just use em if I feel like revisiting a series without actually rewatching the whole thing, but Chris is unbelievably based so I'm gonna hit that button lol
I interpreted "I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them" as him also doing terrible things although he's doing it for the greater good. Not exactly in a weapons to weapons battle like a counter Death Star
Guys, the whole point of the series is to show that you become a damn monster to figth monsters, no noble way out, and there's even "rigthous" pople within a facist goverment (like the engineer that tried to save the kid that, most likely, Citra executed in cold blood). Is not as simple as "kill the bad guys and save the good". Moral grey is a good place to set the mind in, it makes star wars a more interesting place to be.
9:53 When I first watched this, I said to myself, "What the fuck did he say?". The prisoners in that room had same expression I did. Then they saw the elevator coming down, and they were all like "Oh! Alright, let's get the fuck out of here".
Seriously, what happened behind the scenes of this show? The level of writing is leagues above everything else we've seen since the Disney buyout, just on the dialogue alone. I demand to know what the secret ingredient was that allowed this masterpiece to come about from a company whose go to response to criticism is to demonize the fan base
Everyone rightly praises Andy and Stellan, but shout out to Genevieve O'Reilly for giving off a more subtle and restrained performance. She's been awesome this season, just overshadowed by some insane, Emmy level acting.
When she's left alone in the room, just the twitching in her throat showing what she's thinking.
She's talented but I think the Emmy for best actress will go to Emily Carey for playing Alicent on HOTD
@@theawesomeman9821 no way
Mon's double-speak conversation with Davos is just masterful
Every scene she looks like shes’s in a prison even more terrifyingly than Andor’s.
This might be the best Disney+ TV show .
Great story, acting, visuals, direction, and top notch writing
ikr? This is like some HBO kind of stuff...
THere is no "might" here - by FAR the best Disney+ production.....writing and acting so much better than anything else
@@okedoke1234 100%. It's so damn impressive
Star wars Shakespeare. From the meeting with Mon and the thug, to Kino's rally speech, To luthens sacrifice speech. Masterful script and performances by the actors.
I've had the word "Shakespearian" in my head during some of the ISB room scenes. Something about the way they talk is so precise and thoughtful.
@@darkphoenix2 I mean they are like a stage play, and coincidentally or not, Anton Lesser AKA Major Partagaz has done a shit ton of Shakespeare productions.
@@mysticsaxophone4181 - Denise Gough, the lady who plays Dedra Meero, and Kyle Soller, the guy who plays Syil Karn, both have theater backgrounds too.
@@darkphoenix2 Denise Gough, who plays Dedra, is a skilled stage actress who's won an Olivier Award (but her best achievement is that she got me to watch this show at all, thanks to being Yennefer in Witcher 3 [which is one of the best computer games ever made - looks like her only voice-acting gig as well])
It makes all of the difference. With exactly the same dialogue, these ISB meeting scenes could have risked being boring, unless the actors were very good experienced stage actors [which lends itself very well to the "pompous" arrogant in-fighting of the Empire - set up by the likes of Peter Cushing in A New Hope]. And they definitely are.
Major Party-ass included! (hoho)
Denise also mentioned that she loved being in a practical set - so, these kind of scenes made her feel at home; like being on a stage
@@70briareos So does Diego Luna and Syril's mom (forget the acrtess) Lots of classically trained actors and acrtresses in this and it shows. It's so awesome!
I love how everyone is recognizing how miserable the key players are in this rebellion. Its not always winning smiles and glad handing. These characters have conviction towards the cause they support with every fiber of their being and I'm here for it.
the snitch for the rebellion, the one who talked to Luthen; was one of the operators in the series Chernobyl! He was one of the new ones who was bullied around during the first few episodes
Also Mosk, the Pre-Mor officer, who shared similar views with Syril is the the actor, who played the leader of the miners from Chernobyl.
yes and Partagaz is Qyburn from GoT and Vel is The Waif and Luthen is the bad guy from Dune and Maarva is Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter and Syril's mum is also from Harry Potter and Syril's boss who gets fired is Lord Royce from GoT and Mon Mothma is Frances from The Honourable Woman and Moira from Overwatch and Bix is from Father of the Bride, Morbius and True Detective and Dedra is from Angels in America and Syril is from Anna Karenina and Cinta is Mishal from Hard Sun and Arvel is Desi from Girls and Timm was the Deacon from Mare of Easttown and Nemik played Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and Perrin is Jeremy from Borgen and Kino is Gollum from LotR. There literally isn't a single actor in this show who isn't established, it's truly all star.
@@spacecadet2172 dude almost every single actor in this show has CHOPS
The doctor was in Chernobyl as well. He also played Harry Potter’s dad.
"And what do you sacrifice?"
"Calm.
Kindness, kinship.
Love.
I've given up all chance at inner peace.
I've made my mind a sunless place.
I share my dreams with ghosts.
I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion; I'm damned for what I do.
My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my...my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there is no escape.
I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet.
What is my...what is my sacrifice?
I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy, to defeat them.
I burn my decency for someone else's future.
I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see.
And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude.
So what do I sacrifice?
Everything!"
My favourite character. He’s just soo truly Machiavellian. And that monologue just hits different than any hero-speech could.
@@akhiltrc9708 I think it was more an anti-hero speech. It's really depressing if you think about it, but it's inspiring because there's this guy who is at a permanent rock-bottom and still fighting the good fight.
Putting Cassian in that prison was the best worst thing the empire did this season, he was the only one with the will to escape at any cost and he inspired that will into Kino, these two badasses put the empire to shame that day
it must hurt for the ISB to realize they had their most wanted man locked up in an imperial prison, under a false name, for weeks. And then he escapes!
@@clevergirl4457 😂😂
If only that traffic officer had just let Girgo go to space Tesco in peace, the Empire could have avoided all this...
"Help each other. If you see someone who's confused, someone who's lost, you get them moving and keep them moving until we put this place behind us." Tears!
kinda bummed they talked over that bit of dialogue. that whole speech had me moved to tears, sad they missed most of it.
Andor was very much like Luthen in this episode. He knows what need to be done and needs "heroes" to do it. Lonni and Kino are those "heroes". Andor and Luthen just push them into their roles.
Heart broke when Kino said he couldn’t swim. I imagine that was the look of fear he had on his face before he gave the speech over the intercom. He knew he wasn’t going to get out but he could inspire so many others to fight. Phenomenal episode once again.
As far as a backstory, this show has absolutely shown us what we needed to see to understand why Andor was so ruthless in Rogue One. What seemed like an out-of-character murder at the start of RO for a Rebel now makes complete sense.
Not sure if you can be out of character in your first scene.
@@johnnymittle Out of character for traditional perception of a Star Wars Rebel character
Yes, there was a bit of Luthen's philosophy in that act of cold-blooded killing. The cold calculus of war, sacrifice a hundred people to save thousands .
Powerful performances by Diego, Andy and Stellan. This is the very best SW content we have had in a while.
yes! And Genevieve! This isn't Star Trek though.
Since 1980
@@spacecadet2172 Amended. Thanks.
Andor is without a doubt the Star Wars I wanted for so long (and I wasn't very excited when they announced the show). This show definitely has the best dialogues Star Wars has ever had; the best plots; the most complex stories, and most realistic in terms of not being just about good and evil, black and white. It deals with morality, with the cost of freedom: basically it deals with serious and complex concepts in a complex and serious way. It's visually gorgeous, the characters are very rich and the show rightfully gives them the time they need to become more real and relatable to the audience, and in the end we end up caring more about them. This is the best Star Wars content in the Disney era; and it is up there as the best Star Wars content ever.
Really glad that you guys are enjoying it. The show and everyone involved in it did a great job in creating a great story that proves that the galaxy far far away isn't only about dudes in costumes that can't shoot: it can be and is so much more than that.
I think we know why the daughter was always so nervous at the family parties, she wanted to know if she was being married off!
Good catch now it's all make sense 😂
Good point, and that comment about her father letting her do what she wants. Could be seen as he'd rather see her marry for love than political gain.
If Mon opts to marry her daughter off, just for the rebellion cause. It will add even more tension to her marriage. And lead to her husband discovering, what she's up to.
I don’t know about that. The only Chandrilans around are her parents and Tae, and she was somewhat fine around him. I think her father Parrin is using her to spy on her mother and she’s uncomfortable with the task he’s given her. I also think she’s been trying to tell her mother without spelling it out, but Mon Mothma has been miss reading her daughter’s signals as moody adolescence.
She and her daughter need to talk, and I would be surprised if her daughter accepts the marriage. She’s miserable on Coruscsant-Parrin has put a wedge between Mon Mothma and Leida. The girl has been looking for an out, and being off world, with a crime lord might be the safest place for her daughter.
Idk much about star wars but is the Chandrilan tradition to have child marriages??
@@lalaland12 Im assuming its the typical arranged marriage set up. Not right at tbat moment but when they come of age.
Knowing in hindsight that Kino couldn't swim and knew there was only "one way out," the "die fighting than giving them what they want" and "I'm going to assume I'm already dead" hits hard. The writing in this show comes full circle.
Marketa confusing doggy paddle with doggy style is the funniest goof I've seen in ages.
Guys, Andor was given a two season, 24 episode, order from the jump before they even started production. So season one was designed and written with the knowledge that they have another half of the story to tell in season two
"I burn my life, to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see" Amazing writing in this damn show! Back up the truck for the awards this show deserves to win.
Lonni is the guy from Chernobyl who worked in the control room.
"We did everything right."
Knew he had to have a bigger role in this.
the overzealous Scottish cop from ep 3 is also the head of the miners from Chernobyl
@@spacecadet2172 and the doctor in Episode 9 and (obviously) Stellan Skarsgard. In total there are FOUR actors from Chernobyl in this show and the producer of Andor also produced Chernobyl, I guess that's why they have a similar feeling.
Cassian learned from Vel on Aldanhi.
"You'll kill us anyway."
"Because that's what you'd do?"
To be fair, I'm pretty sure it's implied Cinta _did_ actually kill them.
@@CABRALFAN27 damn, all the family too?
That monologue that Luthen gave at the end of Episode 10 was truly incredible and the best I ever heard in Star Wars history. It reminded me of the "All those moments will be lost in time......like tears in rain" scene in Blade Runner!!
To each their own, but I feel like we really are watching peak star wars rn. Not a fan of Disney at all, but if they give us stuff like this once in a while, I'm in
This episode of Andor has 2 of the best monologues IN ALL OF STAR WARS. It's a masterfully written show.
Lonni, in the elevator shows up in Rogue One he's the communications officer for the rebellion. We see his birth as a hero of the rebel alliance.
Holy shit. How did I never realize that after watching through the show twice now. Lol. Nice catch.
No he's not, I honestly thought that as well, but rechecked the scene when this scene aired, as he does look so like him, but he isn't. He couldn't be, the Empire wouldn't just let a high-ranking ISB agent go like that.
Andy Serkis' speech made me tear up. This whole episode made me tear up- watching everybody fight for their freedom with no compromise, and rise to the occasion.
“I’m burning my life for a sunrise that I will never live to see” 🥹🥹
This reaction is so perfect because they keep grasping at fantasy tropes:
"there'll be escape pods"
"they've cut the signal so a ship will show up and they'll wait for that"
"they wont just jump"
You bet your fucking ASS they just jump. They're pumped, they're angry, and they're scared. They want out. You think 5000 people are going to show up at the top of this platform and wait for a ship to show up? They want out now. They're all mentally ready to just fucking die, who cares what the drop is. Who cares how far the swim is.
One Way Out. Do it.
Episode hit right in the feels.
“Doggystyle”.... priceless.😂
What I love about Andor is it absolutely is right to show you a revolution is not a dinner party. It's a brutal struggle of life and death. Luthens speech gave me "revolutionary suicide by Huey Newton" vibes
I love how Spidey says 'he looks like Ron Weasley's older brother' and then Marketa goes 'he looks like the guy in the First Order, Hux' who actually played Ron Weasley's older brother lol
“To die for one’s people is a great sacrifice. To live for one’s people, an even greater sacrifice.”
"I can't swim"
**ugly cry**
"His soul is sunless" is the quote of the day
I absolutely love that you guys are fans of The Expanse!
Goddamn, this episode was good! Just give Andy Serkis ALL the awards!
He looks familiar huh? You may remember that actor from Chernobyl where he plays the young engineer Toptunov. In fact many of the actors in Andor were also in Chernobyl. Stellan Skarsgard obviously, the prisoner doctor is the guy who played Fomin, Sgt Kostek the private security guy is the head mining guy in Chernobyl and there are a couple other background characters from the early episode who also had parts in Chernobyl.. I did wonder if there is perhaps a link somewhere in the casting team.
Yes, many in the crew are from Chernobyl too - chief among them the production designer and the editor and Nina Gold did indeed do the casting for both series
On another channel someone said that the actor playing Lonni was in Rogue One as a comm officer. I don't know if it's the same character or not.
@@artboymoy no they have him confused for someone else. Robert Emms, the actor playing Lonni, was not in Rogue One
@@ChrisRowe yeah, I looked and you're right.
The art of the monologue is some of the best. And seeing it being used to this great effect in Star Wars, in this amazing show is just *chefs kiss*.
If anyone else also loves unbelievably written monologues I recommend checking out any of Mike Flanagan's work, (like Haunting of hill house, Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and more) He used monologues so we'll in his shows.
After Andor this is the second thing I look forward to each week.
The Mob Boss may be a scumbag, no question, but that guy knows EXACTLY what he's doing.
Me and my friends say “closed casket” when referring to something that’s fucked up so when spidey said it I was like, amen brother 😂
This show is superb. Best Star Wars content in years. The writing, the acting, the production design and score. All incredibly good. Also, season 2 was already planned. It starts filming in the UK later this month. Another 12 eps and each 3 block of eps will cover one year, so season 2 covers 4 years in total.
I'm very interested to see how that kind of story structure plays out. I imagine the story will still be serialized despite the time jumps every few episodes. But after this season, I fully trust in Tony Gilroy's visions
So I didn't know that this show wasn't doing well on till I watched you guys reaction. I love this show. Its by far the very best star wars show ever. The politics the alliance just scenes alone where they do nothing but talk is 100% 🔥🔥🔥🔥. The Speech at the end opened my eyes. For one I thought I knew how the rebels did anything of it. Not at all sir. Andor said let me bring you behind the curtains show you how we run shit. Love you guys reaction can't wait for more.
Its very good, and if it continues, it might equal Mando for live action series; but it will never match the peerless Rebels - nothing will.
Best episode BY FARRR, the soundtrack was glorious
*ONE WAY OUT* !!
The ISB agent that talks to Luthen was also in Chernobyl, that's where you recognize him. He was one of the technicians in the reactor control room.
Edit: The agents name is Lonnie
This is some of the best TV period. Star Wars or not.
I love how Spidey said with the serious tone he looks like Ron weasley's older brother. I'm dead 💀 🤣 😂 😭
This episode is probably the best Star Wars anything ever made. I could watch this a million times and still catch vibes! Love your review too, you guys are a great group to experience content with ❤
I loved the episode, the best one so far, Andor has changed a lot, and he no longer hesitates to shoot an enemy on the ground, a huge change from the first episode, although he still doesn't kill in cold blood except if absolutely necessary. The prison escape is also the first operation that Andor creates and directs instead of being a member of the group.
In addition, the empire creates an army of enemies in that prison, gives them order, structure, uniforms, teaches them to march and obey and act as a unit instead of individuals, leaders, hierarchy, discipline and most important of all, a reason to the rebellion The moment someone sees through the lie the entire imperial system falls apart.
The more they oppress the more and more enemies they create, until they cannot subdue them all, it is a vicious circle that the Empire itself creates and from which it is unable to escape.
It is also the episode of the great speeches, where both Kino and Luthen shine in their scenes. Both excellent characters and they can both go very far, but they will never reach the end of the path, they can only help others to make that path.
15:55 When Leonid Toptunov and Boris Shcherbina both meet as rebelion agents in SW and still have the same personality.
hahahahhaha Doggy style!!! Oh lord!!! That has to be the most hilarious thing I have heard all year!!! What a blooper!
Tony Gilroy is the best thing to happen to Star Wars in the Disney era
Ever since Cassian arrived at the prison, I was kind of expecting he was going to go out wearing those nikes the guards had
The guy organizing and putting everything in motion to create a rebellion sort of reminds me of the operative from the movie Serenity.
"While the Operative may have found the killing of innocents wrong, he believed that he was serving a greater good in the end, and thus the killings were necessary. He dreamed of "a world without sin," and the only way to attain that world was by doing whatever the Alliance asked him to do. Despite this, The Operative clearly understood that his actions were, in his own words, "evil", and he thought of himself as a "monster"." - from the film Serenity
"I share my dreams with ghosts." Imagine how many Anto Kriegers he's had sacrificed for the sake of securing the rebel spies.
Wonderful episode, once again Star Wars shows us heroes. If it wasn't for the Doc sharing what had happened on the other level. Fortunately, we do get to see him running with the others in the end. Also, I believe they are building the new Tie Fighters that was mentioned in A New Hope.
Don't forget he thought he was already dead but I would have searched for anything that could float lol.
There should be something right ?
They all float down there.
There will be a second season. I believe it started filming this month, actually. The series was plotted out as a 2 season arc and they got that as a commitment going in. But yeah, more of this kinda Star Wars, please.
"Never try swimming in doggy-style" is my new favorite quote
The Early Rebellion is probably my favorite Era of Star Wars. I loved Rebels & I really love this show.
I would absolutely love if the people that wrote andor are given an opportunity to make a full length star wars film. The writing in this series is just amazing.
They were. It was called Rogue One.
Luthien out here giving Thanos speeches. "I will be the bad guy to save the galaxy."
I love how they show the prison command center to be manned by essentially a bunch of out of touch kids, who have been conditioned to think of the prisoners are nothing but vermin. Even when Andor tells one of the operators to shut down the power, the first thought that comes to his head is that its hydro and will take forever to restart... i.e. he doesn't *get* it. Even how casually the main operator says to "fry the whole level" as if nothing shows their lack of humanity. Im quite surprised Andor restrained from killing both of them.
This is the best SW content since the last episodes of season seven of Clone Wars. Empire, the last four episodes of Clone Wars and Andor are the best things set in this universe.
Rebels is better even than TCW, but Andor is up there for sure.
Doggy style to swim was so funny. Great reaction guys ha!!ha!!ha!!!
Andy Serkis and Stellan Skarsgard are the fucking GOAT of this show.
The other theme in Andor(and Rogue One) that is overshadowed by the theme of sacrifice, is leadership. We saw in Rogue One it was Jyn's journey into finally becoming a leader that saves the galaxy. This show features a lot of leader characters. From Luthen, to Mon Mothma, to Dedra, to Syril, and hopefully, to Andor. Even the other side characters were leaders, like Vel, Kino, Saw, and in this episode featured Lonni. There's a lot of leaders in this show, and it displays their leadership in many different ways, and it has stressed that leadership point many-a times, like the tribe chief lady in the flashback scenes of young Cassian, and then Vel being a somewhat undecisive but stern leader, and here is a broken but bold Kino. Maybe next we'll see Cassian be a leader for the first time.
I don't think one could classify Lonni as a leader based on what we have been shown so far. Also, while Syril was in a leadership role, he was shown to be an extremely ineffectual leader.
The audio description called what they're building 'Spines'
In the books, "The enemy has built the Death Star, so I have to build one too." was an actual argument given that explained why the Republic began researching (and eventually began/continued the construction of) the Death Star that we saw at the end of Revenge of the Sith, after they were given access to the Geonosian Death Star plans that Dooku gave Sidious/Palpatine at the end of Attack of the Clones.
There never was a Separatist Death Star, but the Sith tricked the Republic into building theirs by making them think that there was.
I would add that the nature of the deaths of Beru and Owen stand in a rather stark contrast to the rest of "A new hope", and indeed the rest of the original trilogy. It was a jawdropping moment, and then quickly glossed over. If that tone had carried over on imperial brutality, we could have been looking at quite a different OT. But then it wouldn't have been kid friendly anymore, which probably would have reduced audience access and thereby the overall popularity of the franchise.
"One way out! One way out! One way out!"
Here's a dark thought I've had since episode 9: did Cassian push his table to work so hard because he was intentionally working Ulaf to death so they'd have a new man coming in for the escape plan?
Damn, when Star Wars actually makes use of the talent it has available, it makes for some really compelling viewing.
They had oscar isaac and wasted it for a "Good good guy character #2" lmaoo
@@lintangken I would be 100% on board with the idea of Tony Gilroy following Andor up with a "Dameron" series.
13:00 Andor isn't about bloodlust. He kills when he has to. It might seem brutal when he does do it, but there is still a point every time he does it. Why the writers understand this character (more than you do), and he did not shoot the Imps on level 8. They were already subdued, and posed no threat to his goal of escape. Maybe reflect on that, and try to understand how well this show is written!
I don't often subscribe to reaction channels, mostly cuz I kinda just use em if I feel like revisiting a series without actually rewatching the whole thing, but Chris is unbelievably based so I'm gonna hit that button lol
"I've made my mind a sunless place."
The real difference between heroes and villains, is that heroes take responsibility, and they do it willingly.
Rogue one had a large opening weekend and made over a billion WW…it was not a late performer at the box office.
This episode was FIRE🔥🔥🔥🔥
They're probably building Death Star parts in the prison.
"I woulda let one just get beat up by the mob" ... "Yeah? For mental health." 💀
This show is amazing. Enough said. That's all
I interpreted "I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them" as him also doing terrible things although he's doing it for the greater good. Not exactly in a weapons to weapons battle like a counter Death Star
The director of this episode has said that Kino's fate is not known, but "he certainly was not killed". We may yet see Kino again.
It´s ironic, but Andor it´s some kind of rebellion from the Disney/Star Wars era of content, indeed ONE WAY OUT!
Always interesting to remember that this show is 9 hours of content... the original trilogy was just over 6 hours.
Doggystyle! That’s gold Jerry, gold!
So ironic that it is Andy Serkis playing this role. He played Caesar. This must be like a repeat of Planet of the Apes for me.
#OneWayOut
14:00 ....."You're not buoyant, Babe." Ooooh, ye of such little faith😁. When there's a will, there's a way.
Guys, the whole point of the series is to show that you become a damn monster to figth monsters, no noble way out, and there's even "rigthous" pople within a facist goverment (like the engineer that tried to save the kid that, most likely, Citra executed in cold blood). Is not as simple as "kill the bad guys and save the good". Moral grey is a good place to set the mind in, it makes star wars a more interesting place to be.
9:53 When I first watched this, I said to myself, "What the fuck did he say?". The prisoners in that room had same expression I did. Then they saw the elevator coming down, and they were all like "Oh! Alright, let's get the fuck out of here".
"Why's Andy Serkis always leading a group of people?" Because he's the Supreme Leader, that's why
The redhead dude is from HBO's Chernobyl!
ONE WAY OUT what an episode
Seriously, what happened behind the scenes of this show? The level of writing is leagues above everything else we've seen since the Disney buyout, just on the dialogue alone.
I demand to know what the secret ingredient was that allowed this masterpiece to come about from a company whose go to response to criticism is to demonize the fan base
This was made during the pandemic, so they probably were limited on crew so the "making of" content couldn't be filmed.
Only reactors I've seen who talked through Kino's speech 😅
Next episode starts with Dedra interrogating Kino
Stellans monologue was the best shit I’ve seen from Star Wars
Best episode of star wars TV ever
"I'm no Jedi..." - that is all.