This makes that interrogation scene in a new hope funnier where Vader asks Leia about the plans and she says idk what u talking about I am on a diplomatic mission. Vader is like don't lie to me you little shit I literally saw you ran away from the crime scene, diplomatic mission my ass. Give me the plans! lol

I justify it by thinking Cassian was around 6 when his parents died in the mining accident, thus beginning his struggle.

Death Star doesn't have to destroy a planet. It has like five reactors. It was only ever using one reactor in this movie, which is more than enough to eliminate a threat and squash any rebellion on any planet.

32:47 General Dodonna says "May the Force be with you" to the pilots during the briefing scene in A New Hope and Admiral Ackbar says "May the Force be with us" during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi. Also, Cassian's death really brings to mind Luthen's line about "Burning his life to create a sunrise that he will never see".

Didn't fully appreciate this film until the second time I watched it. It's absolutely terrific. And watching Andor only made it better.

Makes a comment about if you don't pay attention, you'll miss important details. Continues to talk over important bits, miss information, then have questions about things they missed. 😂

The destruction of Jedha is caused by a 'single reactor ignition', IE: a low powered shot from the Death Star's main weapon--and yet, while the planet survives, the result is virtually an extinction level event like the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs.

"I've been in this since I was 6 years old" That's a clever retcon in Andor because Khanari was allegedly ruined in a "mining accident" (again - lol) When we meet young Cassian, he's with a society of children who have constructed their own dwellings and social order. That suggests that, for years now, they've been on their own ... so, the problem started with the "mining disaster" that took away his biological parents when he was 6. He was kidnapped/adopted by Maarva probably 5 years later.

The firing intensity of the Death Star can be set at different levels. The command was "Target the city of Jedha..." which was a smaller demonstration of it's firing power compared to full power like, for example, blowing up an entire planet.

When seeing this movie originally at the theater, seeing Leia at the end was a huge gut-punch because Carrie Fisher had just recently died

Cassian called Chirrut and Baze "Guardians of the Whills. Protectors of the Kyber Temple." But the Empire mined all the kyber for the Death Star, so they don't have jobs anymore.

My favourite disney star wars movies, and probably one of my favourite in general. I loved that they used archival footage during the x wing parts. Red leader and Gold leader, Dutch, were both archival footage put to usem

16:00 they said it's a single reactor fire

I had to point something out that you may have not recalled. During the debriefing to all of the pilots just before their attack on the Dearth Star in a New Hope, the general’s final statement to them all was “May the force be with you”. So the Rebellion held this cornerstone of Jedi tenets to be a universal truth.

the comment sean made about this movie showing regular people’s experience in this conflict is specifically why i love andor so much! great reaction, did you guys spot melshi? he was in narkina five with cassian, and they swam to shore together :)

I like to think that in the end, Jyn is finally reunited with her father in death, and he can tell her all the things he wanted to say

This is THE BEST Star Wars movie!!!

"I don't remmeber much this movie" *Sniffs"

Glad to find your channel. Great reaction but I think you harped on the CGI characters too much. It wasn't perfect but wasn't bad, and, once you accept it is what is, you just move on and enjoy the story.

This I feel is my all time favorite SW movie (followed by ESB). I admire the guts it took to end all the lead characters you don’t see in Ep. 4. The problem I saw elsewhere with the prequels, is that for the original trilogy, Lucas’ wife was also an editor. She had no problem telling him “This is stupid/that was dumb” and having him change things, where others were afraid to challenge the boss. For the prequels they were divorced, and she was gone. Leaving no one to call him on dumb things, they stayed in the movie. 🙄

Great that you guys checked it out after watching Andor. You could probably see why many people were pumped about the series because it would be telling of the war that regular people were waging against the rebellion without Jedi or SIth around. Ironic that Cassian helped build the weapon that killed him. But his story is still worth telling. This is very much a war movie where you have a plucky band of operatives and soldiers who you don't even really get to know, fighting for a cause they don't know if they will survive or not. This and Andor are the best Star Wars that Disney has produced, IMO. It's what I look for in my Star Wars now. I would love a series that picks up after ROTJ with the freeing of planets from the Empire and the building of the New Republic. You could recast Luke, Han and Leia and have Genevive O'Riley reprise her role as Mon Mothma. This video didn't include all the bits I wanted to see you guys react to but it was good. Some talking over a number of parts where you missed stuff like they were using just a single reactor to test on Jeddah and that's why it didn't instantly blow up. But great reactions to the space battle. It really felt like it fit into the time period of A New Hope and you could see them use old footage of Red and Gold Leader they had remastered and repurposed. Cassian being 6 years old when he's been fighting makes sense to me as the Empire killed all the parents of the kids we saw in Andor and abandoned the mining and operation when he was 6 years old. We see him and his tribe much later than that, maybe 6 years later or so. So knowing it's the Empire that killed his family back then is logical for him to say he's been in the fight since he was 6. Yes CGI Tarkin was a bit much when first watching it but then you watch it again and it's fine for the era. I would have rather they just use the actor with a bit of prosthetic and make up because he did look pretty good made up on the set. The movie does jump around a bit in the beginning but it does narrow its focus after a bit. I suspect it because of rewrites and reshoots that happened on the film with bringing in Tony Gilroy. Garreth Edwards has a new movie coming out called "The Creator" which looks pretty good from the trailers and has that District 9 look to me a bit. Been too long since I visited your channel. Good to be back for this. Thanks guys! PS. f you want a war movie to watch, I would highly recommend "The Battle of the Bulge". It will give you similar vibes to this, because it's about the mission and the people who fought and died to make it happen. Rogue One is like Andor in that way. History from the ground up.

Best Star Wars production in the last 10 years...I could watch the final 3 minutes on a loop for hours....

32:47 YEP. The Rebellion references the Force several times in the original films. It seems like you guys can't just watch these movies without "critic mode" on. The complaints are sometimes downright bizarre.

Belshi, the guy who started the attack on Scarif, escaped prison with Casion Andor.

the problem with CGI Tarkin is that it s so good it falls into the uncanny valley where the better it is the more the brain fails to accept it and that's why it looks bad

Excellent review as always gentlemen. The "ball" towers on the Star Destroyers are the shield generators. You often see rebel fighters and bombers targeting them to drop the ship's shields. Please consider reviewing Ahsoka when it comes out.

Y'all didn't recognize Melshi! Cassian's buddy from the prison is part of his squad that rescues Jyn then goes with him to Scarif. (Admittedly - his head was shaved and he has "operator scruff" going on - so he looks a lot different than in the prison) As for how they destroyed Death Star II, I think because it was unfinished they were able to go attack the core directly rather than having to use the Galen Erso destructoport.

Watching Andor, then this is probably the best way to go.

The only SW movie that Disney didnt sh*t the bed with. Glad you all enjoyed that ending scene. Its was something epic to see in the theater.

11:14 - Jin should have replied with, "of course we knew it wasn't you. You're back at the ship repairing it."

The little alien in saws group was played by Warwick Davis

This is the best Star Wars movie since the originals by such a large margin. Solo was MEH and sequels trash. I wouldn't tell you not to watch other Star Wars because you should see them all, but Mando Seasons 1 & 2 were really the only other worthwhile properties. Rogue One captures the essence of original Star Wars. There are many paths through the Force, the ways of the Sith and the Jedi are just a couple of them. Jyn regains and looses both of her father figures in like 24 hours, damn. Vader made a dad joke and I love it lol. I actually don't mind CGI Tarkin and Leia because it's just one movie and I appreciate the effort, if it was for multiple movies or shows, then I would say recast. Rewatch Andor after this, so many scenes hit differently. Fun fact: original trilogy was supposed to be Red and Blue squadrons, but Blue wouldn't work with the blue screen so they changed it to Gold. In this they had Blue squadron but they get wiped out to show why not in A New Hope.

Enjoyed your reactions, was more like two friends just watching a movie together than typical KZfaqr reactor’s that overreact for a crazy thumbnail shot. Stay real guys.

Great job! It is very interesting to see your joint full detailed reaction to the film Star Wars A New Hope. This is a cool classic 👍🔥

12:48 Actually, I believe the guardian of the whills was the other way around, jedi training but without the midichlorians so to speak. they protected the kyber temple, seems like they were cooperating with the Jedi at least.

To me this is the best SW film that isn't one of the original 3, and only Disney era production that isn't complete garbage.

the "meched out" guy of saw's was in andor too

You guys are always confused about things that are explained in the movie. Have you ever thought of rewatching a scene you are talking over. They explicitly say “target Jeda City” where the characters all just were.

Thank you for the review. Loved it! You guys are fun! In another note though; DLC or Sequel. I think the word is a sequel. 😊

I could have used a smidgen more character development especially for Jyn. She's a criminal and a badass but then what? I totally cried my eyes out when I saw the CGI Leia as Carrie Fisher had just died. Great reaction.

It's ketchup paaaaaackets ❤

15:32 Single reactor egnition, it's not firing on full capacity.

9:38 There is a theory out there that "Rebellions are build on Hope" is a key sentence in Nemiks Manifesto and I 100% believe that theory as it is very in line with what Nemik would say and at the same time very unlike Andor (I don't think Andor is that well spoken personally. He is more a man of action). There is an additional theory that I like very much, that the small "package" he wears on his right shoulder is actually Nemiks Manifesto and I absolutely love that theory. It doesn't look like the one we see but has pretty much the same dimensions and, because it seems to be a bag of some kind, now I just imagine that in that bag he has the Manifesto stored. 15:59 No, the weapon does already work as intended. They just didn't want to destroy an entire planet. They wanted to destroy only the city. It takes a lot of resources to fire the DeathStar even just once (and those Resources are CyberCristals, which are very hard to find) so it actually makes sense that they don't want to always go full-out with the weapon. In addition the Senate still exists and if they destroyed an entire planet the Senate might actually get the wakeup call and go against the Emperor. At the beginning of A New Hope the Senate is disbanded and as soon as that happens they use the DeathStar in earnest. 20:14 Oh man, don't be so sure about that. There were actually MANY engineers involved in the DeathStar Construction that were forces there. Most of them weren't even against the empire but they wanted to for example not leave their Families for that project. But since the empire wanted them they took them anyway which then obviously makes them hate the empire suddenly. It's another representation about how the Empire makes Rebels out of totally normal people. 31:10 Yes, and on top of that, it makes them even worse as you can't see well through that helmet which reduces the ability to aim well dramatically 😂 31:39 As many people have already pointed out, Melshi is the other Narkina 5 Prisoner that Andor escapes with meaning that we will most likely see more of him in Season 2 (as this movie established that they had quite a good friendship going on at this point in the timeline) 32:44 Yes, they actually were somewhat. The Jedi were seen as representation of hope and the old republic (their downfall being the exact moment the empire was founded). The "May the force be with you" was actually (if I remember correctly) said every time the fleet was deployed to a mayor battle 33:03 Also kind of no. At this point I don't think they know of any Jedi that are still alive but they do know that some have survived Order 66 (or more like Padawan, but they were considered Jedi as well at this point in time). At least 2 Jedi/Padawan were in leagues with the Rebellion even way after Order 66 (one of them even quite close to Rogue One, about a year or so before this movie takes place) 35:30 Those balls at a StarDestroyer are responsible for Shields 😉 (again bad design to have them exposed THIS MUCH) 43:01 That's not just nice to say, it is based on what he thinks at the time (I think) as he believes Maarva would be proud of him ("She would be proud of me" Andor 1x11). Also, I personally believe that Jyn has become in this short time sort of like a Sister to Cassian, the Sister he lost and has been searching for for so long. Some people thought there might be a bit of romance there but I personally don't think so. But the sister would make sense and also really work for Cassians Story Most of this stuff is Information we get from REBELS (the animated series)

If either of you gentlemen are readers, check out Catalyst: Rogue One A Star Wars Story.

The action of the Force in Chirrut suggests to me that the Force is sentient and protects who it wants to protect. That's why Stormtroopers miss. There are some episodes of Star Wars: Rebels that also indicate the Force is sentient. Rebels, The Clone Wars, and the Bad Batch also fill in the story of Saw Guerrara. His steadily declining morality and mentality was impressive. You guys seemed incredulous that the entire station would explode with one thing detonated...but it was _designed_ that way. It had always been, over all these decades, a big question about why the Death Star would have been planned that way. "Choke on your aspirations." Double quip..."aspiration" in medicine means "the action or process of drawing breath." You didn't seem to notice that Melshi was among the rebels storming the planet (he was called out by name twice)...Melshi was the prisoner who escaped with Andor. I call this "The Dirty Dozen Saves Private Ryan from the Guns of Navarrone"...to mention the classic WWII movies that it borrows from. I saw the first Star Wars film (later named "A New Hope") on the first weekend of its release in 1977. I was absolutely elated as I left the theater, as no film had left me elated before. I was elated leaving the theater of Rogue One, as no Star Wars film had left me elated since. I saw this movie on the weekend of its first release...the smooth blending with A New Hope had been a surprise.

Great thumbnail

The guy in the beard - sir you are hot btw I’m a girl just love Kylo Ren so he is my icon 😊

this and andor are the best new star wars by a long way

Less talk more watch more listen

Kathleen Kennedy learned the wrong lessons from Solo's failure which led to her cancelling the A Star Wars Series line and declaring that they won't recast characters.

What a waste. One of you had never watched this film! Why not wait for the second and final season of Andor before watching this? That would have been far more compelling content than this.

The mouth is wrong??? Dude...seriously . lol

Fun fact: The actor "Guy Henry" who is portraying as the CGI Grandmoff Takin, coincidentally looks identical to the original actor.

watch mandalorian please

Don't over think it. Lucas made the movies for the entire family. Just enjoy

Krennick is a more likable character than Anakin as portrayed in the prequels, so IMO your hate is 100% justified. Anakin: “(Crying), some sand people killed my mom, so I have to murder a bunch of children and destroy the entire galaxy…”. Putz.

Watching Clone Wars (you need to give the first episode a LOT of grace) really helps you understand Saw much more

It’s so frustrating to watch people talk over plot points and then not know what’s going on and then talk through entire scenes and complain about cgi and then talk and talk and talk and talk…

I made the mistake of watching this in 3D at the cinema ... Tarkin looked like a talking cardboard cutout compared to the other characters! These days, with AI, Unreal Engine 5, and all that ... he could be made to look and sound believable, even Cushing's own voice pattern. It was a brave decision they made, but I would much rather have seen another actor do it properly - keep the same unmistakeable hairstyle and pompous attitude.

This movie is an odd duck. It's visually so well done. Where as almost all of the other Star Wars movies are fairy tales, this has the look and feel of a science fiction movie aimed at adults. And there are such good sequences there. But it's a movie that, for me, gets progressively less good on reviewings. The bits in the story that they never bother to explain (like why would ramming a space ship into the shield rim work to break it, but just bombing the heck out of the rim wouldn't?) and the jumps that happen in character development just start irritating. Because they're all issues that would've been easy to fix with a line of dialogue or two. Or an extra scene at the most. Still better than the Rise Of Skywalker though 😅

33:00 yeah, this part annoyed me quite a bit too. made the entire rebellion look like religious cultists. very much like ISIS or al-Qaeda. I know Rebellion was based on Vietcong back in the 80ies, but I don't think this part needed to be modernized.

I love how from time to time the guy on the left lovingly checks on his crush