THEN GETS ONE UPPED 2 MORE TIMES

Andor monologue heaven

Yeah... it is.

Some of the best 5 minutes of visual media.

Literally nothing else than being in the wrong place at the wrong time and being slightly nervous. The casual and indifferent brutality of it is a very effective illustration of the empire's functioning. The mechanical application of a punitive sentence directive meant to be some kind of deterrent by utterly checked out bureaucrats and truly stupid thugs.

BUT the extended sentence is a direct result of the Aldhani heist and how it made the empire start being much stricter

the acting, the dialogue/writing, the cinematography... for me, this show was perfection.🤌🏽💯

I hadn't even considered the idea of seeing Palpatine in this series. While not likely to happen, I would so trust this team to give us the best Palpatine we've seen in Star Wars

My biggest dream is a political thriller about Palpatine’s rise to power made by Tony Gilroy and his team.

For real, a lot of other Star Wars stuff I've seen make the empire look goofy af EXCEPT the key big bads. Realistically there would HAVE to be competency among the actual officers themselves, it's not like Vader can be everywhere at once. I also like how you feel the pressure from them having to deal with people like Andor, since sith lords can't be running around chasing any old rebel.

Yeah and actual dedication like Dedra and Syril. And the main supervisor. The Empire looks terrifying becuz it is the mpst competent it has looked. The systematic wiping out of the jews by the Nazis is brutal and terrifying not becuz they were just evil, it is becuz they smartly got so many competent officers having the large public believeing what they were doing was in their interest. And it was the only and best way they could thrive. Andor show that brilliantly in comparison. ​@JBroAlsoDraws

I have always thought plausible to see Palpatine in season 2. No fighting or anything but doing politics.

But wouldn't that mean putting Andy in a gimp suit and dots on his face? This is the first proper time I have seen him act with his human face - and he was brilliant! He has rightly been typecast as the motion-capture pioneer that he is ... But this show proves beyond any doubt that he's the ultimate actor - like all of them in this show, a complete theatrical actor; a master of his craft

@@jazzx251 Watch _The Prestige_ and, if it's up your alley, _Black Panther_ for some more Real Serkis!

​@@jazzx251Oh no! Andy Serkis has had a 20+ year screen and stage acting career long before any of his motion capture work! He's a formidable actor and director. Really lovely, friendly and gracious man. He owns a massive motion capture studio near where I live in London and it's absolutely amazing inside 😁🇬🇧

I watched this show before I watched any other Star Wars show. It fucked me over- they were unwatchable- even Mandalorian Season 1. This show is on a while other level

@@Thehardtruth69 same here 😅

@@Thehardtruth69 I've been a fan of Star Wars for over 40 years. When I was watching Andor I knew it had ruined (almost) all other Star Wars for me. Nothing besides the original trilogy could ever measure up to this show. I had enjoyed Mando, but it looks silly now. This show is firmly in my top tier of anything I've ever watched.

@@foolofatook2699 When I saw Mon Mothma in Ahsoka the tone was so jarringly different that it took me a second to confirm who it was

@@foolofatook2699 it's almost unfair to compare the other shows to andor. unrealistic to think they'd have a chance against something that (arguably) surpasses the originals

Classic friggin imperials, kidnapping people for forced labor. Whacky fun. (j/k)

Same! I really hope Disney doesn’t screw around with it. The first season felt like it kind of slipped in unnoticed.

​@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Tony Gilroy says he thinks of season 1 and 2 as Parts 1 and 2 of the same story.

Yes - apart from Saw, Melshi and Mon - there are NO existing Star Wars characters involved (except Wulf Yularen who reports to Emperor Palpatine [not seen]) Mon is superb, this version of her character was much needed, and logically adds to why she was a key figure in the Rebel Alliance Melshi is a puzzle as to why he was included - but I like this "randomness" to the story. Hardly anybody remembered him from Rogue One - so I suppose he's his own easter egg! He can almost be considered to be a new character, and a very good one at that with his friendship with Cassian - certainly an improvement from his Rogue One character that was not very well developed at all Saw is a slightly less insane version this time - but he was a key player in Rogue One, and deserves a place in this - a good way of joining up the two stories as he butts heads with Luthen, who is surely one of the best ever Star Wars characters There are several easter eggs in Luthen's shop, but no real attention is paid to them in the narrative - it's up to the fans to spot them if they want/can That's just genius really - service the fans by putting all of the easter eggs in a posh antiques shop on Coruscant that documents the history of Star Wars! And for the rest - new (great) characters across the board and no C3PO skulking around taking away from the drama for "laughs" at an inopportune moment I'm a bit worried that Luthen's shop might become the blueprint for memberberries in other Star Wars shows That EVERY 'serious' Star Wars show will have a special Star Wars memorabilia shop in it to cater for "the fans" Andor did it first - because it's awesome/genius. NOBODY is allowed to copy it!

He's quietly the most important part of nearly every single choice and action.

The true trilogy will now be Andor Rogue One ANH for me😊

First seen there. She also makes appearances in several 90s Lucas Arts games, like Dark Forces, XWing, Tie Fighter...

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one - I liked Rebels but this humanizes her far more

It's a brilliant score overall.

Holy shit. Didn't I say that right after?

@@JimmyMacram What gets me is Han is the same way with Greedo, but I don't think of Han Solo as a "badass" like I do Andor.

by analysing the story we're presented with

Not sure about Kino Loy coming back. We only know that Serkis is coming back, but Serkis can play anybody or anything.

But the prison arc IS the rebellion. It's mentioned in the Aldani arc -- everyone has their own rebellion. For each and every person something drives them beyond the point of inaction to where they are willing to die taking them down instead of giving them what they want. Being unjustly thrown into prison to be made a slave for life sparked the revolution on Narkina 5.

@@skiena I understand thematically and for the Andy Serkis character, it's very in keeping with the rest of the show. But as a piece of the complete puzzle on a larger scale, it feels disconnected. And I didn't feel that Andor himself "needed" this arc to continue to develop as he is developing. Again, it's all well done and on theme, but the long term impact feels lesser. I guess I might want to wait until the next episode to talk through some of the details.

(obviously for the other prisoners too, just making Andy Serkis the representative of them all here because he got most of the focus)

The Prison Arc is part of the Rebellion story too. Instead of just seeing politicians and soldiers/Rebels fighting the Empire, Andor's prison arc, along with his hometown, finally shows what life is like under the fascist system of the Empire, for the regular citizen who's just innocently walking to the store. Andor thought he was escaping the Empire but his experience shows there's no escape, you can't run away from it. We really see what the rebellion is all about.

how could you not love such a grounded and compelling arc