Andor (Disney+) • Page 58

fair enough.

 

I like the detail that in Arc 3 Andor's Yavin hut is very furnished and homie, and in Arc 4 after Bix leaves it's an unkempt frat house where he's chillin with the boys.

 

K2 gambling was a rare moment of levity that made me laugh more than I expected, loved that

 

not only did I not recognise Melshi from R1 I fully forgot Will was a character we already knew from s1 of this lol

 

I feel like Chopper would just bully B2 and that would make me angry

 

People crave resolution, to their detriment.

 

Gilroy really doing Disney a solid with that ending reveal in terms of future storytelling options haha.

Man what a show. Very much get why they couldn’t/did not want to do 5 seasons, but they clearly had enough story for that.

 

For a show where we all know where it leads they did such a good job at building tension

 

there is another…

 

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"To me, when Partagaz says the Rebellion 'just keeps spreading', he's admitting defeat. He isn't repenting, he isn't rebelling, he isn't realising that he's on the wrong side. He's just giving up. He understands in that moment that everything he's done for the Empire has been for nothing, because nothing they can do will ever be enough to stop it spreading."

 

People seem desperate to give redemption for him, Syril, and Klovis. I don’t get it.

 

Incredible run to end the show. I appreciate how they found a way to both show how Luthen’s methods were wrong and not how the Rebellion would win, but still vindicated him as a hero and one of the main architects of what it would grow into. Also great justice for Nemik. I think they could have done more seasons and I would have eaten them up, but the quicker pace helped keep it tight and constantly moving forward for people like my wife who weren’t a huge fan of season 1 due to its slower, more individual character focus. Can’t wait to watch Rogue One again this weekend.

 

Really can’t stop thinking about those last 6 episodes. Whole season really felt like a (glorious) blur due to the release schedule.

 

After rewatching Rogue One. There are story elements where Andor fits perfectly into Rogue One, but tonally it doesn't feel like a direct continuation. Remember that much of Rogue One is Jyn Erso's story, and not Cassian's.

 

it's still a little bit jarring seeing Cass kill a dude working for the rebellion in the first 10 minutes one day after risking it all to save Kleya's life lol

 

Saw a few people who watched Rogue One right after that said "He's become Luthen"

 

I mean, I’d say him ensuring that he is able to go back and report what he was told and not allow the Empire to catch Tivik and make him talk makes sense. He even says something to downplay how much he trusts Tivik.

 

Personally I see Syril as a tragic character in his own way without thinking he was a good person - he certainly did a lot of awful things. But I do think part of the point the show is making is that fascism chews up and spits out people regardless of what “side” they’re on… Syril himself was born and raised into imperial indoctrination and genuinely believed until those final scenes that he was doing the right thing. That doesn’t justify the things he did, but it does make him different than a Dedra or a Krennic in terms of motivation. Once his fantasy of the Empire as righteous came crashing down, he had nothing left. If he hadn’t seen Cassian, he probably would’ve just died in that crowd.

 

damn for those like me who were confused by the moment where Vel asks who owns the blaster and Melshi speaks up, that's the gun Cass took from Cyril in s1 and he gives it to Melshi after the prison escape when they split up. the details in this show are insane

 

The other thing this show has really put into focus is how much of the long term Imperial leadership is wiped out in a matter of days. Most of the ISB leadership is gutted including Yularen on the Death Star, Krennic & Tarkin are dead just days later, the highest ranking military officers are on the Death Star, and the Senate is disbanded so there’s a massive power vacuum just below Palpatine, which gets filled by Vader and a bunch of inexperienced officers who don’t have the understanding of how things were done Pre-Empire. Luthen, Lonni, & Kleya’s sacrifices/work are able to break the machine that has been working for so long through both destroying the Death Star, but also concentrating power away from the ghouls who know how to wield it to Vader, who hates Palpatine and spends much of his time after this trying to find ways to overthrow him.