Star Wars: Andor (April 22, 2025)

[ZE_501]

I am entertained!

Yeah that was tense. Those TIE pilots swinging into action looked awesome.

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Figures the ex-stormtrooper bought it first.

As some of us predicted, the kid went down but I like how it was a random accident during their getaway, very realistic. What's interesting is that his manifesto may radicalize Andor, who up to now hasn't been out for anyone but himself.

I had said:

Karis Nemik for being an idealist ... Arvel Skeen for being angry and untrusting; may go out in a blaze of selfless glory ... Cinta Kaz

So Nemik went out, Skeen too but not the way I thought he would. Cinta survived but they've seen her face and she's still on the planet, so that's going to be a tough extraction.

 

[ZE_501]

Speaking of loose ends:

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There's also our turncoat Imperial officer down there; I'm assuming he'll be on the run now too since a lot of those men saw him going traitor. The ISB is going to be licking their chops.

 

[chrisstbh]

This might be one of the best episodes of Star Wars I’ve ever seen, certainly one of the best of anything D+ both SW and Marvel.

 

[chrisstbh]

Speaking of loose ends:

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There's also our turncoat Imperial officer down there; I'm assuming he'll be on the run now too since a lot of those men saw him going traitor. The ISB is going to be licking their chops.

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He's dead...

 

[DarkChocobi]

Hot Toys TIE pilot...dew it.

 

[ZE_501]

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He's dead...

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Whaaat ... need to re-watch ... I didn't see him get shot in the confusion!

 

[e30ernest]

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He's dead...

I thought so too.

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It's starting to look like people die around Andor lol

 

[chrisstbh]

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Whaaat ... need to re-watch ... I didn't see him get shot in the confusion!

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He gets blasted almost instantly during the shootout. Most of them die rather unceremoniously

 

[e30ernest]

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He gets blasted almost instantly during the shootout. Most of them die rather unceremoniously

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I really like how unimportant each character death was. They were just left there, and they did not even have time to grieve. It makes you feel even worse for those characters.

 

[ZE_501]

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I really like how unimportant each character death was. They were just left there, and they did not even have time to grieve. It makes you feel even worse for those characters.

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Yet they weren't throwaway 'red shirt' deaths. It was fast moving chaos and that was that.

 

[ZE_501]

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He gets blasted almost instantly during the shootout. Most of them die rather unceremoniously

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Yeah, I just went back and re-watched. It all happened so fast I didn't realize he never made it to cover, he was out in the open when the shooting started.

 

[chrisstbh]

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I really like how unimportant each character death was. They were just left there, and they did not even have time to grieve. It makes you feel even worse for those characters.

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Yep, adds to the realism feel of this. Even though it's in a Sci-Fantasy universe they can still manage to make it feel grounded.

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Yet they weren't throwaway 'red shirt' deaths. It was fast moving chaos and that was that.

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Yep, 2 whole episodes getting to know these characters and their gone in the blink of an eye.

 

[e30ernest]

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Yet they weren't throwaway 'red shirt' deaths. It was fast moving chaos and that was that.

Agreed!

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I do think this only worked because of the build-up over the last episodes.

Even within the episode, there were small sections where the story slows to let the tension brew.

And the last part with Skeen and how Cassian handled it was superb!

 

[chrisstbh]

Agreed!

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I do think this only worked because of the build-up over the last episodes.

Even within the episode, there were small sections where the story slows to let the tension brew.

And the last part with Skeen and how Cassian handled it was superb!

There wasn’t a single scene in this episode not filled with tension.

 

[chrisstbh]

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Also is the implication that Cinta did indeed kill everyone in that room including the family? The only people alive that new her face were in that room, she couldn’t just walk away. Her expression as she leaves looks like she’s just had to do something horrible.

 

[e30ernest]

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Also is the implication that Cinta did indeed kill everyone in that room including the family? The only people alive that new her face were in that room, she couldn’t just walk away. Her expression as she leaves looks like she’s just had to do something horrible.

That is my takeaway too. It was heavily implied she was going to do something awful.

 

[ZE_501]

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Makes sense. Given her family was massacred she has the rage to do it, but she's just become what she despised -- which is a big part of the moral ambiguity Gilroy brings to the Rebellion. Although Vel had some big talk about how only Imperials killed everyone.

 

[ZE_501]

Also this article is spoiler-y as hell:

‘Andor’ Has a Heartbreaking ‘Rogue One’ Easter Egg You Probably Missed

 

[e30ernest]

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Cassia also tells Nemik that he'll sleep after the mission. That he did.

 

[ZE_501]

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Cassia also tells Nemik that he'll sleep after the mission. That he did.

Saw that one coming.