Honestly ANDOR season 2 is the only star wars content I'm excited for

The view count for your reaction videos truly baffles me. Your work is outstanding. No frills, no nonsense, ALWAYS on point.

"If we can fight just HALF as hard as we've been working, we'll be home in no time" "I share my dreams with ghosts" "Tell him, I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong" This show has some of the greatest lines ever writ, Star Wars or otherwise.

There was absolutely no doubt in my mind that Luthen would be a top tier character for you. He ticks literally all of the boxes on the Macram Bad Ass Character checklist. Thanks for the great reaction to an amazing show.

This show is the absolute pinnacle of Star Wars for me

Best STAR WARS show ever! Great reaction!!!

Honestly the show has probably the best politics have seen in fictional media

I love how this story shows that the rebellion against the Empire wasn't about the heroes or big battles, but about countless unknown people who risked everything day after day to win whatever battle they could. It makes the entire universe feel a million times bigger. Yeah, Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star, but it took the effort, courage and death of a vast number of people over what will be two seasons of "Andor," and the film, "Rogue One," in order to make that possible. I also really like how the story is unafraid to stand on the fact that a revolution can't be stopped once the rebels are willing to die for what they believe. Its always whichever side is willing to go farther, faster and with more commitment that wins...and as long as your side is afraid of jail, punishment, inconvenience, injury or even death, then you will lose. As soon as you get pushed past those limits, then suddenly victory becomes possible. Also, Nemik's manifesto is a work of art.

Big man (Brasso) is competent…at loving. Even a droid. Ain’t a drop of toxicity in that man. We love to see it.

I know this much: if they ever released Nemik’s full manifesto (like as an audiobook) I’d buy copies for myself and everyone I know. I’d listen to that ish every night while I slept.

I am still wondering how this show got through Luasfilm without someone messing it up. It's so good and so far above everything else they've made that I am convinced it was done by a completely different group of people.

Legend says the Time Grappler spent the rest of the Galactic Civil War up in that belltower pounding away at his anvil and the Empire couldn't do a thing about it. Stormtrooper armor turned yellow at the thought of going up there and getting kicked off the tower. Walker artillery strikes and strafing runs from TIE fighters proved ineffective. And both Death Stars were destroyed before they got within firing range

nemik’s manifesto is seared into my brain, what a character. yoda says “do or do not, there is no try,” but nemik says sometimes trying is all we could do and it’s still worth doing. you said that you loved that the show is about the rebellion and i agree 100%! the reason why i love it so much is it focuses so much on the grim reality of imperial oppression, who’s affected and how a whole town rises up against it, even at the cost of their lives. rix road is one of my favorite scenes in all of star wars-it’s a more effective version of ep ix’s “there’s more of us,” showing the power of community and kinship and love for the people you’re with.

Hell yeah, been waiting for you to finish. For me, this is the single best Star Wars anything ever made. Yeah, including the original trilogy, all the books and comics, all of it. And I *did* grow up on the originals and the old legends books.

Sitting down with dinner, perfect entertainment. Loved this finale, the way it built up into Marva’s speech and how everything popped off got me so hyped.

you're not the only one who got emotional at "I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong," gets me every time... join us in the s2 waiting room, I got faith it's gonna be amazing, there's a leaked trailer from Celebration that gives me chills

This show sits rent free in my brain and has since i watched it. Was hoping you picked up it and wasnt dissapointed.

The only thing that makes the long wait between seasons is the confidence they won't f it up. This is the best Star Wars, period.

This is when I totally fell for Brasso 💖

Great reaction. One of the few channels I love, because you don't feel the need to talk over the dialog. Authentic reactions become rare, the longer a channel is around. It comes down to a sad pattern. The Reactor(s) feel the need to fill out the time with very bad dad jokes. So when you see a new reactor or someone who doesn't give a sh*t, and you get a real reaction. Makes that channel that more special. Cant do patreon right now, but I can at least like and comment for the algorithm.

there was an analytical video (that is probably still my favourite) about that scene between Luthen and Saw that talks about how it is one of immense weight, pretty much declaring war quietly for the first time during the Empire era in a cold, dank room away from any spotlight. two men on borrowed time, terrified of the future, and Kreegyr is the first sacrifice that will probably soon be joined by both of them, that recontextualizes everything that follows. "Andor's Historic 11th Hour For Star Wars" by @Spaceman, i cannot recommend it enough.

The use of monologues in this show is just **chef's kiss**. Beautifully written! I'm torn between this and Mandalorian being my favorite "new" Star Wars content. Mando comes the closest to the experience I had as a kid seeing the OT. Andor took the thing that captured my imagination as a child and brilliantly reimagined it for my adult sensibilities. I'm happy I don't have to choose just one.

Thanks, Jimmy! 💎 Perfection, indeed. And the only truly adult series STAR WARS has done, thus far. A true triumph.

This was such a great first season - the finale capped off all the storylines so perfectly and set them up for interesting developments in Season 2. Marva's speech and Luthen's many quotable quotes were the best parts of these last episodes.

legit such a good show. made me love star wars again

While it's the complete oppposite of Yoda's philosophy about "There is not try", I absolutely love Nemik's manifesto ending with "try." Andor and company are normal people, they are not Jedi, all they can do is to try.

S2 already confirmed to follow the same structure of three episode arcs, and will basically be one year time skip between each arc. Basically 4 full length movies that lead up to the events of Rogue One and to the Original Trilogy. Damn excited

This is the first series I've seen where you haven't inserted the Shaq you'll see clip, or really any clips for that matter. I am shooketh

As someone who left Star Wars a very long time ago, I was cajoled into returning for Mandalorian. But then season 2 reminded me why I left, so I did. But then Andor ... somehow a friend convinced me with much persistence. I went in with the lowest of expectations and it blew me away in episode 1. With each episode my expectations rose, and each episode just kept surprising me and surpassing me. And I will die on the hill that this season is the best SW content. period. Across any medium. If S2 is even just almost as good, the show is Star Wars GOATed.

In Gilroy We Trust. Out of all the SW shows, the production of Season 2 has been smooth. The only drawback was the Writers Strike, but that only costed time, which they addressed and the show was fortunately delayed. No director change, no actors dropping out of the show. If it's just as good as this season, it's gonna solidify the show as one of the best of all time. But I am hoping it will top this season.

@Jimmy, I know it's not the same show or at equal levels but I will say that overall, season 1 of Andor was damn near perfect and reminded me of how felt by the end of season 1 of Spartacus, which I know you reacted to already way back. Not saying they're the same, but both had the great character arcs, brilliant speeches, amazing dialogue and that super satisfying season finales. My only hope is season 2 of Andor will be as good as the Spartacus followup prequel - Gods of the Arena.

Love that Al & deadwood has made a lasting impression on your vocabulary 😂

My favourite Star Wars thing ever. Glad you enjoyed it!

Just when you think Andor can't get any better it does. I love Marva's speech. It was so good. I love Andor rescuing his friend. Mon Motham putting the blaming on her husband.

Andor has no business being as good as it is

So good! Love it when a creator has a vision and is allowed to fully lean into it. Luthen MVP most definitely.

Please tell me you caught Maarva getting in on the fight too ..courtesy of Brasso

I think it makes sense that B2 is gonna get like reprogrammed into K2 from Rogue One in season 2 at some point. They both have that similar sass towards Cassian.

Bix's character is not nearly in the same place as Evey right now, but somehow the combination of her surviving her torture and coming out of it witnessing a figure rouse the people to revolution, reminded me of _V for Vendetta._ Just fantastic speech from Marva, so goddamn satisfying to see the masses convincingly driven to rise up. Great, great review as well. I guess there's a special energy that comes from someone really loving something you love, which is why people watch reactions, and that is unmistakable here. But you also summed up all the elements well. I'm still curious about your feelings about Freshface McNazi - I don't think it could've ended any other way than some kind of (evil) redemption for him!

No lightsabers, jedi, or an overreliance on nostalgia. Pretty clear the suits weren't actively tampering with this one. I think Tony Gilroy mentioned not really doing tv because of the lower budgets. They got lucky and the budget for Andor was set during a gold rush for tv. Talent + resources + creative freedom, you got some of the best Star Wars content ever. (I do have nostalgia for the original trilogy) Amazing casting and performances all the way down to all the minor characters. Can't wait for season 2.

People have definitely been retroactively lowering their opinions of Mando Seasons 1&2 because of the way Book of Boba Fett & S3 handled his story after leaving it in such a perfect place in the S2 finale. The mishandling of things down the line doesn’t change the fact that those first two seasons are incredible though. It just cheapens the universe and lowers my interest moving forward from there.

I LOVE Luthen's ship! Good thing we see Melshi again. Did you catch the parallels between the end of episode 11 and Rogue One?

6:48 lmfao

This show has the POWER OF ONE,THE POWER OF TWO,THE POWER OF MANNNNYYYY!! err

18:17 Never apologize for being so engrossed in a good story you don't ramble. Speaking for myself, I'm not here for you to entertainment me, I'm here to see your honest reaction to entertainment. I can't stand those reactors that just run their mouths to fill "dead air". I call them "I love" reactors, because like little robots they will choose something random on screen and say "I love so-and-so blah blah blah", over and over again. So fake and annoying.

Looking at your output Jimmy - House of the Dragon, The Boys at the moment - and, of course, Andor ... you know how to pick elite level TV shows! How did you know that Andor would be on the same level as those other shows? Because most Star Wars TV shows are pretty piss-poor these days, and worth nobody's time Andor is a golden nugget hidden inside a turd - so how did you know? I hope it was word-of-mouth ... that people were so amazed by the show that they told their friends, and eventually yourself To want to spend time with a Disney Star Wars show ... the show itself is a miracle, almost an act of beautiful defiance against Disney and the fat and arrogant executives that control it ... $250 million of "defiance"! (now THERE'S a paradox!) :) GG!

If only LF actually knew they had a legit S tier project they might learn from it. Shrug. You enjoyed the writing of this series (it's amazing) so let me recommend to you Bill Hader's fantastic series on HBO.... 'BARRY'. Much like Andor it's an amazing show that doesn't get mentioned near often enough. Channel or not.. you'll love it. It's 4 seasons and it's finished. For more SW there is a great series on YT called 'For the Empire'. I can't recommend it enough tbh., it's good!

The Skarsgards are a very talented family of actors but can't none of them outdo their Daddy, Stellan Skarsgard (Luthen)!

I love your Channel! Andor and Daredevil by far the best serious star wars and marvel shows Mandalorian and Agents Of SHIELD by far the best action adventures Disney shows Andor and Daredevil are so interesting because many people refuse to watch them because they are either thinking they are going to be like the rest of their franchises or they don't feel like they are enough like the rest of their franchises Fascinating Me I just like good writing, music and performances

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Andor puts into perspective how bad everything else is.

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Mandalorian s1-s2 was great, idk what kind of revisionism happening. and, tbf, Andor s1 had the biggest budget of all the recent shows, right? 6:50 What??? Sir...

I promised someone in the previous video comments a follow up on why I didn't love the prison arc, now that we see the remainder of the escape: Just feels weird that either a) despite everyone escaping in a huge swarm into the ocean, everyone split up on the way to shore, or b) only two people made it. Option a just feels illogical and weird. Option b sort of inherently defines the plot impact of that arc as "developing Cassian's character further" since nobody else survived it - which is okay, but he just didn't need it. I would've rather see him engage in a thing with consequences outside himself. Like Jimmy said it's like episode 11 just picks up after episode 3. At least the heist arc had impact that still lives on. Prison was good, rousing even, but ultimately disconnected.

The theory is that Luthen is a former Jedi

Horrible show. No lesbian witches and evil Jedi. 😅

Maybe just maybe don't make jokes about a serial rapist at all I don't know 🤷‍♂️

JUSTIFIED PRIMEVAL. You need a dono? I don't got a lot of money. I'd just leave to see your reaction, especially the finale