@@playlistb3795 Revan is basically all but canon at this point. he's been mentioned so often in books nowadays. Now just *please give us a slightly modified Kyle Katarn to fit the canon and I'll forever shut up about the new canon.*
Mr Skarsgard legitimately plays 2 distinct convincing characters in this show amazingly. Basically had to show him changing or some people would have thought it was 2 different characters 🤣 What a legend.
Adam: "The Empire doesn't want free thinkers. You need to be a cog." Admiral Thrawn: **rolls his eyes as he admires art from the next planet he's going to conquer**
You're forgetting how most people in the Imperial Navy *HATE* Thrawn. He's not human, quickly rises through the ranks, and has unconventional tactics and practices that don't conform to the norm. The only people you see truly respect Thrawn are people like Tarkin and Palpatine, who care more about results and victory then they do about an officer conforming.
@@AlasdairGR I'm not forgetting that. The Imperial Navy is a military institution. Military institutions are conservative and hold fast to their traditions. They don't like individuals who break conformity and do things differently. The military wants uniformity and pushes against change until either circumstance or higher authority forces them to. The history of the British Navy is rife with examples of bold commanders being resented and even actively acted against because they were "traditional enough" or jumped the line of command due to talent instead of seniority. History is also rife with examples of these bold mavericks pulling the military institution forward through victory because they thought outside of the traditional box. The fact that the IN doesn't like Thrawn is expected. The fact that Palpatine recognizes Thrawn's talent is my point. Results matter in command positions and Palpatine saw that.
Adam's line about the Empire not wanting critical thinkers, I got the opposite impression. I felt like the major was telling her "you are great at what you do, and we need more of that, but you have got to fly under the radar for now until we can weed out the incompetent schmucks. If you try doing too much too soon, one of these incompetent schmucks with clout is going to see to it that you don't get anywhere further in your career."
Coming from Scotland. What I liked about this episode. Was the reference to the Highland Clearances. We are taught about them from a young age. And the people of Aldhani, suffered a similar fate, as the Highland clans.
Oh yes, the sweet camera move around the back of Mon Mothma. Luthen playing his Imperial self then as it moves around her the facade quickly drops and as it sees round her head on the other side we get rebel Luthen. Everyone is on the top of their game. So simple yet so effective in the right hands. I cannot stop praising this show.
This is hands down my favorite SW show they have produced so far. I really like the intrigue, mistrust, and spy thriller type vie it gives me. Just loving every minute of this show.
I still put Mando above this for me, but I still agree with everything you said. Though to be fair this is the first show of it’s kind in the Star Wars universe and as different from Mando as you can get in many ways.
Hold up. Can we talk about how much Nemik loves his miniatures? "I'll get it. It's fragile, that piece. Rain gets into the glue." "Obviously it's not to scale." Most relatable nerd in Star Wars.
Per Luthen, Clem brings critical redundancy to the mission. Meaning he is capable in a bunch of different roles in which might need a backup player. (Pilot, deadeye, infiltrator, etc) Just in case one of them goes down, Andor can jump in to fill in for them so that the mission isn't dead in the water. The thing is...I think they expect for at least a few of them to die, but as long as one person gets out with the cash, the Rebel Alliance lives on. And I fully expect, Andor to be the only or one of the only people to make it out of the mission alive.
@@Montasir125 yuuuuurp wouldn't surprise me. He seems pretty selfish at this point in his character development. So surviving is his #1. Completing the mission to make some credits is #2. Saving people...really really low down there.
such a good character building scene, we see how good he is at playing his role, and how vulnerable he technically is, alone on the ship swapping into the persona, theres not a group with him, he's getting into a disguise himeself and walking back into the lions den. Just like Cassian said before, you put on the clothes, and act the part and people just accept it
I commented this on Heroes Reforged: The Imperial staff meeting (and the meeting after that) was the most "Empire" I've seen in Star Wars yet. It's all about the machinations of bureaucracy and administrative backstabbing that allowed the Empire to exist. Most people point to the "old evil space wizard in the black hood" as the reason the Empire exists, but like any government, it requires a massive bureaucracy to support and administer the will of the Emperor. I'd love to see a series of the office politics and backstabbing. Like Mad Men, but with Sith. lol
@@Wanderer25 Or any large corporation. Adam seemed surprised by Major Partagaz's cold clinical view of humanity and dissent, and I was like "this guy read the Imperial Human Resources Manual Volume 2: Asset Management and Conflict Resolution" lol He spoke and thought like middle management when dealing with asset theory... and he wasn't wrong. He gets it. Imperial Intelligence isn't there to change the world, it's there to deal with conflicts as they arise and to neutralize them.
I really love the camera work on Luthen and Mon's secret meeting. The blocking that changes the attitude of the character in focus and another one for reverting back to their "act." That and the dialogue and how it was performed.
I know it's just Stellan Skarsgard's accent that makes his pronunciation of Andor so wonderfully weird, but my heart wants to believe he just went full Billy Dee Williams and said, "I do what I want!"
I would've love if that ancient Armor is what inspired Starkillers helmet in canon like Palp pulling designs from ancient sith warriors, could be a whole different culture as well. Maybe he saw this one display and thought "Hey Starkiller would like that" lol But yeah I'm loving this show. My ideal show would a project solely focused around a single Star Destroyer showing it's launch from the start of the Empire all the way to the end and beyond. Would be pretty cool to see a massive ship like that became a character on it's own over a decade worth of travels along with the crew as well like Galactica from Battlestar.
The armor is actually Ubese. The Ubese were nomadic warriors that roamed the galaxy working as mercenaries, bounty hunters and assassins. They also universally hated the Jedi and were renowned for their effectiveness at killing Force users. They were allied with the Sith in ancient times and participated heavily in the Empire's purge of the Jedi after the Clone Wars. Fun additional fact, Starkiller's armor in the dark side ending of the Force Unleashed is Ubese in style. It's to signify him as a killer of Jedi. I think the helmet on the armor in Luthen's gallery is almost a one for one of Starkiller's.
@@terpdx Other content explains more about how currency in the galaxy works. There's electronic payments but a lot of the galaxy is a backwater or rebellious even in the Republic days and only accepts local currency or precious metals. Qui-Gon can't buy a new hyperdrive in Episode I because Tatooine won't accept Republic credits, only Hutt coins and other valuable currency. The Empire still mints bronze/copper, silver, and gold currency.
@@chitoryu12 That makes sense. Happens in the real world, as well. I once traveled to Argentina right after their government devalued the peso, and all anyone wanted back then was physical US dollars since their currency was getting less and less valuable by the day.
Performances in this show are next-level. Wow, the writing really made full use of the star power with this cast. That's incredibly refreshing for Star Wars. Tons of little references and callbacks in this show, half of them were in that antiquities shop alone :) I have no idea if this is was intentional or not, but regarding sky-blue kyber crystals and sabers, Luke was originally supposed to construct a blue saber in RotJ, but when he used the saber on Jabba's yacht over the Sarlacc pit, the blue blended too much with the sky, so George decided to change it to green.
It’s a very nice touch tgat at 15:32 the camera pans behind Mon and the dude drops his act, and after that the camera pans behind Dude as he’s leaving and Mon puts hers back on
This series is pulling from all kinds of places like Soderberg's Che & Ellis' Anthropoid and deep Star Wars lore on top of that, and then smothered with a layer of incredible acting
"Learn all of it by morning." "...even Appendix C: Making Love in the Mountains- A First Timer's Guide to the Ins and Outs of High Altitude Humping"? "Oh ESPECIALLY that part!"
Karn going home in disgrace really IS another thing we never have seen before. IMDb only lists him in the first three episodes, but this is his fourth episode. SO, maybe he is going to become more later in the series. I hope we see him develop further.
@@christopherbowers7236 That's the most likely. Why would IMDB know anything detailed in advance? That would essentially mean the showrunners are leaking minute details by saying "Oh yeah this character shows up in no more than X episodes. Don't read into that at all."
19:44 theyre not just keys, theyre data storage units so you can carry your door passwords on them but they also carry personnal infomation such as your security access data and store your work documents. The more areas you have access to the more seperate code systems you need and the more data you have available the more code cylinders you need to carry so displaying them is not only part of the uniform but its also bragging about how high your security clearance is. Fun fact back in communist Vietnam as well as some of the african revolutionary groups they made a citizens army with no ranks (briefly,it was a stupid idea that never lasts) and they also banned rank insignia. Officers started adopting biros as rank insignia,the more pens you carried in your top pocket then the more clerical/secrert duties you had to do and therefore the more important you must be. The biros might have no ink in them, the officers might have the reading ability of a tree stump but dammit he was going to be carrying a set of biros. Thank god none of them discovered slide rules.
It's not at all necessarily a stupid idea given of itself. Look who was attempting it. They wouldn't have done any better with a standard military hierarchy. But you'd never have complained that such an organizational model would be stupid (even though it itself isn't really all that effective in general). Nothing ever works well in the hands of an idiot. The world learned that the hard way in 2016. That said, it may indeed actually be a completely unworkably stupid idea to have a "rankless" military structure. But claiming that it's stupid solely because a few dipshits couldn't make it work, is sort of like saying Art can never be truly good because toddlers can only smear paint everywhere.
6:43 Robert Emms, another actor from the "Chernobyl" miniseries (along with Stellan Skarsgard and Alex Ferns) to also play a part in "Andor." If it wasnt for his height I thought Emms would be perfect for a younger Grand Moff Tarkin, but it's cool to see him donning an Imperial uniform.
It's interesting that Luthen gave Cassian a relic from Luthen's other profession and states the history and value. At the time it just seemed he was sharing something valuable to him, and so it might be, but it was also foreshadowing his alter ego, and in essence, Luthen was showing a certain level of trust by revealing subtle clues that could be tracked back to him should Cassian be captured and tortured for information.
As a lifelong Star Wars fan I never thought that we would get THIS kind of high level quality storytelling in a Star Wars show. It still looks, sounds and feels like Star Wars but MORE. Stellan Skarsgård is just OWNING every scene he is in. Especially in the scene he has with Mon Mothma. Not to mention the absolutely GORGEOUS locations and set designs. I haven’t felt this kind of tension and excitement for a spy thriller show since 24! And like 24 at the end of every episode I’m screaming NO DAMNIT a because I need more. It is a truly great time to be a Star Wars fan.
I’ve never really watched a lot of spy thrillers but I have read several spy oriented books. But I totally agree with your last point. This show is mastering the knack of ending episodes in such a way that we want more right away every time.
Hey Adam, Jay, that wasn't Ironman armor, that was partially armor ripped straight from the design of evil Starkiller from the Force Unleashed. And when Skarsgard said that crystal necklace from the Rakatan invaders: Rakatans or Rakata are the ancient alien empire/race not canon until just now that were responsible for the creation of the Star Forge from Knights of the Old Republic. Not sure how big you two are into Star Wars games, but I'd say some Easter eggs to the previously not canon Force Unleashed and Knights of the Old Republic are pretty huge.
I am loving this show... like, really and truly loving the ever-loving shit out of this show. But, after Boba Fett and Obi-Wan, I'd be lying if I didn't say I just can't get rid of the thought "I hope they don't fuck this up".
Omg I LOOOOVE the casting on this series. I'm actually most excited about them putting in the guy who played Qyburn on GoT to play the head of the Investigations Dept (I think) at the ISB. His annoyance at people not getting their reports in is so friggin real. Now that's acting!
Do you think you need to have a special license to have a ship? Is anyone with enough money able to get one? Are most people just stuck with flying cars? These are the mundane logistical items I think about while I'm watching these shows.
Selwig knows "Clem" is a fluid thinker. The existing group would react to a complication with panic. Clem would react with resolve, determination and, if useful, violence.
I still think the most important show to have a vague idea of what is happening during this time is Rebels. If you watched Rebels (and they don't break their own Canon) you will know that the first season of Andor will not have any big Rebellion in it at all as the Rebel Alliance first formed around 2-3 BBY (don't know when exactly Season 3 of Rebels takes place) while the first season of Andor is confirmed to only cover the first year (5BBY) In addition it was also the first time I saw these code-cylinders being used and there are at least a few World-Building lines that aline with Rebels already (like the trouble on Ryloth and the Mortis-Paintings inside the antique-shop)
Yes, to all of this. I love it so freaking much!! It's everything I wanted and more than I hoped for. I don't know how it's managed to exceed my expectations since I was expecting a lot from this show and it continues to get better. I really hope this gets a lot of eyeballs because this is the kind of thing I need from now on and they're only going to spend this kind of money if it gets a massive audience. Otherwise we're living in the Volume from here on out and that just isn't going to cut it anymore. I'll settle for it because I understand how Hollywood works but not every time. Now that they have shown they can make a show with this kind of quality with incredible visuals and a ridiculously talented cast there is no excuse not to keep doing so.
This show has broken the Star Wars streak of mother/maternal figure dead or dying when the character returns home. Try-Hard Trent's mama lives! Aunt Beru - killed by Stormtroopers when Luke goes home Breha Organa - killed by the Death Star when Leia returns to Alderaan Shmi Skywalker - killed by Tuskens when Anakin returns to Tatooine But not Mama Try-Hard! The unkillable!
I love that I've been watching these goons for like 2 years and I feel like they constantly have inside jokes that no one watching gets. I actually think it's great.
"It's a space Ak-47." I wonder if every "I'm so clever" reactor who makes a similar comment also says "It's a space Mauser" when Han Solo draws his blaster.
I did have a thought of "never carry anything you don't control" when he gave Andor that kyber crystal. It'd be interesting if it was hiding a tracking device or something. Probably not, but if it does I'm saying I called it lol.
i think its dual use, first off, it builds trust since its apparently personal and worth money, but also, he repeats that he wants it back, reminding him he's the boss, and not to run off with the payroll money, he's subtly putting Cassian under his control as well.
It's insane they confirmed rakkatans as Canon, I don't know if that means disney is thinking of a kotor thing , cause there were hk units in the ashoka episode of the Mandalorian
pause at 29.15 during episode the Kalikori; a Twi'kel totem , Starkillers force unleashed sith stalker Armor helmet 29.57 The same type of hand paintings that's given to Ezra in Rebels by the wolves .. Probably from a different Jedi temple It definitely has a hand in the middle of it with same type of lines and star chart
Sky blue crystal you say? blue like the girls eyes; perhaps?!? Also, a part of me thinks the IBS luitenant is also the daughter of Skargards character and is either playing the other end of the espionage (Trying to assist her father) or has defected him and is trting to root him out because she opposes his beliefs... Cannot wait for the next episode and your reaction!
I think the logic behind putting Cassian in the group is that he's not only clever, but probably more importantly, has experience getting into Imperial bases and impersonating officers. One of the group said they needed an extra uniform from the Imperial insider, so I imagine that's the part he's going to play. Get into the facility, blend in and assimilate with the Imperials, hijack the freighter and get everyone out of there when the meteor shower comes.
Good reaction vid and very cool episode. It was good to see that Lieutenant Meero came from the Enforcement branch of ISB. The branches were: Surveillance, Investigations, Internal Affairs, Interrogation, Re-education, and Enforcement. That helps to explain why she comes off as she does. She gets things done.
Bail was my first thought too but then he’s been there since the Republic started to fall apart so it’s more likely he was one of the founding members of “the circle”.
Stellan Skarsgård is giving a master class in acting in each episode, that scene of the change is basically what acting is, being characterized as another person. I love that they show the bureaucracy and the operation of the Empire, without showing the dark magic that the Emperor has, he needs all this machinery to rule the galaxy effectively.
My favorite episode yet. Each opening the operatic music grows Hyper space travel needs a hyper drive utilizing molecular displacement Alliance the rebels Sep the separatist Guerrilla the rebels with terroristic tactics Cassian was a cook and a deserter and lupin knows this further showing how much research he has done. Ryloth is the home planet for twi’lek species
One of my favorite little details is how several of the Imperial officers and Corporation employees have the 70's haircuts from the original trilogy. It's such a minor thing, but it really brings your mind back into the time period in which the show takes place.
There only a year before the Bridget Broadcast, so there are secret fleet construction going on (and Alderaan in particular is helping by paying for legitimate imperial ship construction and then those ships keep getting stolen because they’re so unlucky!), but they’re definitely cash strapped and need influxes like this to keep the process going.
I love that sudden flash of anger from Luthen. The guy has been calm as a cucumber the whole time even when he knew he was moments away from potentially getting killed. Just adding more layers through incredible acting.
"Looks like robot me" So... Adam's not already a robot? Also, HE makes a musical reference alongside Jay?!?! But seriously, the most entertaining part of these reactions is them realizing how GOOD this show is
Stellan Skarsgård is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude.
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The "LOOK AT ME!!" was so good, everyone at home sat up straight and paid attention to him. Brilliant scene
How the hell does Stellan Skarsgard not have more awards! This man is a true master of his craft!
He's been robbed on multiple occasions.
As I just posted, look as he is putting on the rings to become the art dealer. his hands develop a tremor he did not have before!
Right? He’s fantastic. I didn’t even make the Mad Eye Moody comparison until they pointed it out, but it’s absolutely true.
He should have a lot more screen time as the Baron in the 2nd Dune movie. I bet that finally forces the academy’a hand
I've never heard of him before now
The Kybur crystal was to celebrate the resistance against the Rakatan invasion.... That's some pre-KOTOR Star Wars history there!!
Now, they just need to say the name Revan
And it mirrors his fight against the empire, resistance to an evil invader = resistance to an evil, controlling empire
@@playlistb3795 Revan is basically all but canon at this point. he's been mentioned so often in books nowadays. Now just *please give us a slightly modified Kyle Katarn to fit the canon and I'll forever shut up about the new canon.*
@@SomeKindaSpy Isn’t there a message from him in that Sith Temple from Rebels?
Mr Skarsgard legitimately plays 2 distinct convincing characters in this show amazingly. Basically had to show him changing or some people would have thought it was 2 different characters 🤣 What a legend.
The sound of those TIE fighter flying overhead. My god. Menacing. Best use of that sound in all of Star Wars.
Stellan’s “LOOK AT ME!” Made me expect to hear the belt getting whipped out of my dad’s pants when I was misbehaving. Such good acting.
It reminded me of the Joker in Batman. Powerful!
Bro I got scared I felt the belt coming through the screen
“What a moment” yeah, Stellan Skarsgard is acting the hell out of this role (and the rest of the cast is fantastic too!)
"Are you in all the way?"
"...I'm Clem."
Now I'm going to think about this anytime someone asks Andor anything for the rest of the series 😂
I was hoping for a that's what she said joke, but that was even better lol
I am Clem t-shirts may be needed
*Heist goes according to plan*
- "Clem, we've got the payroll! Are you prepped for take off??"
- "I'm Clem!!!"
Well this aged well😭the origin of his name is so sad.
Adam: "The Empire doesn't want free thinkers. You need to be a cog."
Admiral Thrawn: **rolls his eyes as he admires art from the next planet he's going to conquer**
To be fair, Thrawn is the exception, not the rule
Yah will Thrawn is Thrawn. He’s one of the only imperials this doesn’t apply to. Because he’s just awesome like that.
You're forgetting how most people in the Imperial Navy *HATE* Thrawn. He's not human, quickly rises through the ranks, and has unconventional tactics and practices that don't conform to the norm. The only people you see truly respect Thrawn are people like Tarkin and Palpatine, who care more about results and victory then they do about an officer conforming.
@@AlasdairGR I'm not forgetting that. The Imperial Navy is a military institution. Military institutions are conservative and hold fast to their traditions. They don't like individuals who break conformity and do things differently. The military wants uniformity and pushes against change until either circumstance or higher authority forces them to.
The history of the British Navy is rife with examples of bold commanders being resented and even actively acted against because they were "traditional enough" or jumped the line of command due to talent instead of seniority.
History is also rife with examples of these bold mavericks pulling the military institution forward through victory because they thought outside of the traditional box.
The fact that the IN doesn't like Thrawn is expected. The fact that Palpatine recognizes Thrawn's talent is my point. Results matter in command positions and Palpatine saw that.
Adam's line about the Empire not wanting critical thinkers, I got the opposite impression. I felt like the major was telling her "you are great at what you do, and we need more of that, but you have got to fly under the radar for now until we can weed out the incompetent schmucks. If you try doing too much too soon, one of these incompetent schmucks with clout is going to see to it that you don't get anywhere further in your career."
100% agree with you here.
This is what you get when you employ good writers, directors, producers, and actors ... Love it ...
...and no ham-fisted "agenda" delivery. Just have the people do the things, and have them do it well.
Coming from Scotland. What I liked about this episode. Was the reference to the Highland Clearances.
We are taught about them from a young age. And the people of Aldhani, suffered a similar fate, as the Highland clans.
Oh yes, the sweet camera move around the back of Mon Mothma. Luthen playing his Imperial self then as it moves around her the facade quickly drops and as it sees round her head on the other side we get rebel Luthen. Everyone is on the top of their game. So simple yet so effective in the right hands. I cannot stop praising this show.
This is hands down my favorite SW show they have produced so far. I really like the intrigue, mistrust, and spy thriller type vie it gives me. Just loving every minute of this show.
I still put Mando above this for me, but I still agree with everything you said. Though to be fair this is the first show of it’s kind in the Star Wars universe and as different from Mando as you can get in many ways.
Hold up. Can we talk about how much Nemik loves his miniatures? "I'll get it. It's fragile, that piece. Rain gets into the glue." "Obviously it's not to scale."
Most relatable nerd in Star Wars.
I love him. That means they'll probably kill him next episode. Sigh.
@@simmsquee No please no.
Per Luthen, Clem brings critical redundancy to the mission. Meaning he is capable in a bunch of different roles in which might need a backup player. (Pilot, deadeye, infiltrator, etc) Just in case one of them goes down, Andor can jump in to fill in for them so that the mission isn't dead in the water. The thing is...I think they expect for at least a few of them to die, but as long as one person gets out with the cash, the Rebel Alliance lives on. And I fully expect, Andor to be the only or one of the only people to make it out of the mission alive.
I have a feeling he might cut some people loose in favour of competing the mission (they way he killed the informant in rogue 1)
@@Montasir125 yuuuuurp wouldn't surprise me. He seems pretty selfish at this point in his character development. So surviving is his #1. Completing the mission to make some credits is #2. Saving people...really really low down there.
and we thought andor was a hard-a**. he looks downright friendly next to that crew. 😄
The costume change Luthen had was pure cinema.
such a good character building scene, we see how good he is at playing his role, and how vulnerable he technically is, alone on the ship swapping into the persona, theres not a group with him, he's getting into a disguise himeself and walking back into the lions den. Just like Cassian said before, you put on the clothes, and act the part and people just accept it
@@christopherbowers7236 never noticed that parallel with what Cassian mentioned. Interesting.
God, and that music too. I’m not sure why, but it made me emotional
I commented this on Heroes Reforged:
The Imperial staff meeting (and the meeting after that) was the most "Empire" I've seen in Star Wars yet. It's all about the machinations of bureaucracy and administrative backstabbing that allowed the Empire to exist. Most people point to the "old evil space wizard in the black hood" as the reason the Empire exists, but like any government, it requires a massive bureaucracy to support and administer the will of the Emperor. I'd love to see a series of the office politics and backstabbing. Like Mad Men, but with Sith. lol
I loved all the politics we saw in that show, be that from the Empire or Mon Mothma. That's how the prequels should have done it, frankly.
All federal employees can relate to the bureaucracy and ladder climbing.
@@Wanderer25 Or any large corporation. Adam seemed surprised by Major Partagaz's cold clinical view of humanity and dissent, and I was like "this guy read the Imperial Human Resources Manual Volume 2: Asset Management and Conflict Resolution" lol He spoke and thought like middle management when dealing with asset theory... and he wasn't wrong. He gets it. Imperial Intelligence isn't there to change the world, it's there to deal with conflicts as they arise and to neutralize them.
@@swordmonkey6635Do you think this sheds a light on how the SS operated under Hitler's rule in Nazi Germany?
I just continue to adore Andor, I hope more people get on board
15:15
Adam: “Is that Iron Man armor in the back there?”
Me: “How did you not realize that was Starkiller!?”
I really love the camera work on Luthen and Mon's secret meeting. The blocking that changes the attitude of the character in focus and another one for reverting back to their "act." That and the dialogue and how it was performed.
I know it's just Stellan Skarsgard's accent that makes his pronunciation of Andor so wonderfully weird, but my heart wants to believe he just went full Billy Dee Williams and said, "I do what I want!"
I would've love if that ancient Armor is what inspired Starkillers helmet in canon like Palp pulling designs from ancient sith warriors, could be a whole different culture as well. Maybe he saw this one display and thought "Hey Starkiller would like that" lol But yeah I'm loving this show. My ideal show would a project solely focused around a single Star Destroyer showing it's launch from the start of the Empire all the way to the end and beyond. Would be pretty cool to see a massive ship like that became a character on it's own over a decade worth of travels along with the crew as well like Galactica from Battlestar.
This would be amazing a Star Trek kind of vibe where we follow the adventures of a Starship and her crew.
Apparently it's Starkiller's Sith Armour
looked Mustafarian to me. Or like that one sith mask from the vader comics that possesses ppl
The armor is actually Ubese. The Ubese were nomadic warriors that roamed the galaxy working as mercenaries, bounty hunters and assassins. They also universally hated the Jedi and were renowned for their effectiveness at killing Force users. They were allied with the Sith in ancient times and participated heavily in the Empire's purge of the Jedi after the Clone Wars.
Fun additional fact, Starkiller's armor in the dark side ending of the Force Unleashed is Ubese in style. It's to signify him as a killer of Jedi. I think the helmet on the armor in Luthen's gallery is almost a one for one of Starkiller's.
Jay's line "the entire galaxy is cash only" awesome!! Killed me.
My first thought when they said it would be a heist to steal the payroll was, "The Empire doesn't have direct deposit!?"
@@terpdx Other content explains more about how currency in the galaxy works. There's electronic payments but a lot of the galaxy is a backwater or rebellious even in the Republic days and only accepts local currency or precious metals. Qui-Gon can't buy a new hyperdrive in Episode I because Tatooine won't accept Republic credits, only Hutt coins and other valuable currency. The Empire still mints bronze/copper, silver, and gold currency.
@@chitoryu12 That makes sense. Happens in the real world, as well. I once traveled to Argentina right after their government devalued the peso, and all anyone wanted back then was physical US dollars since their currency was getting less and less valuable by the day.
The “they do move in herds” energy of Adam’s realization that this is a heist show.
The Scottish Highland Clearances are so clearly referenced in this episode.
the hills are alive...with the sounds of andor 😄
I hope we get more Star Wars shows like this in the future. Cameo of the week shows are fun, but I NEED more of this
Performances in this show are next-level. Wow, the writing really made full use of the star power with this cast. That's incredibly refreshing for Star Wars.
Tons of little references and callbacks in this show, half of them were in that antiquities shop alone :)
I have no idea if this is was intentional or not, but regarding sky-blue kyber crystals and sabers, Luke was originally supposed to construct a blue saber in RotJ, but when he used the saber on Jabba's yacht over the Sarlacc pit, the blue blended too much with the sky, so George decided to change it to green.
It’s a very nice touch tgat at 15:32 the camera pans behind Mon and the dude drops his act, and after that the camera pans behind Dude as he’s leaving and Mon puts hers back on
I love those too! It really sells their role and abilities as insurgent spies.
This series is pulling from all kinds of places like Soderberg's Che & Ellis' Anthropoid and deep Star Wars lore on top of that, and then smothered with a layer of incredible acting
I just love the desperation and paranoia of a insurrection against evil that is on the precipice of failure
"Learn all of it by morning."
"...even Appendix C: Making Love in the Mountains- A First Timer's Guide to the Ins and Outs of High Altitude Humping"?
"Oh ESPECIALLY that part!"
Stellan was stellar in switching on and off his cover persona from moody to upbeat. Scary awesome.
It's like 'happy face...*hand wipe*...serious face' 😀👋😠
Karn going home in disgrace really IS another thing we never have seen before. IMDb only lists him in the first three episodes, but this is his fourth episode. SO, maybe he is going to become more later in the series. I hope we see him develop further.
He's my favorite character so far, with Luthen a close second
@@contentcorsair I sincerely hope IMDb is wrong and he is not finished with his arc!
@@scotthewitt258 IMDb has already been proven to be wrong, so we have hope that we have not seen the last of try-hard trent
maybe theyre updating the episodes as they go. they might not know until its release
@@christopherbowers7236 That's the most likely. Why would IMDB know anything detailed in advance? That would essentially mean the showrunners are leaking minute details by saying "Oh yeah this character shows up in no more than X episodes. Don't read into that at all."
19:44 theyre not just keys, theyre data storage units so you can carry your door passwords on them but they also carry personnal infomation such as your security access data and store your work documents.
The more areas you have access to the more seperate code systems you need and the more data you have available the more code cylinders you need to carry so displaying them is not only part of the uniform but its also bragging about how high your security clearance is.
Fun fact back in communist Vietnam as well as some of the african revolutionary groups they made a citizens army with no ranks (briefly,it was a stupid idea that never lasts) and they also banned rank insignia.
Officers started adopting biros as rank insignia,the more pens you carried in your top pocket then the more clerical/secrert duties you had to do and therefore the more important you must be.
The biros might have no ink in them, the officers might have the reading ability of a tree stump but dammit he was going to be carrying a set of biros.
Thank god none of them discovered slide rules.
It's not at all necessarily a stupid idea given of itself. Look who was attempting it. They wouldn't have done any better with a standard military hierarchy. But you'd never have complained that such an organizational model would be stupid (even though it itself isn't really all that effective in general). Nothing ever works well in the hands of an idiot. The world learned that the hard way in 2016.
That said, it may indeed actually be a completely unworkably stupid idea to have a "rankless" military structure. But claiming that it's stupid solely because a few dipshits couldn't make it work, is sort of like saying Art can never be truly good because toddlers can only smear paint everywhere.
The build up is slow but I hang on every word that comes out of each actor's mouth. The dialogue is brilliant.
6:43 Robert Emms, another actor from the "Chernobyl" miniseries (along with Stellan Skarsgard and Alex Ferns) to also play a part in "Andor."
If it wasnt for his height I thought Emms would be perfect for a younger Grand Moff Tarkin, but it's cool to see him donning an Imperial uniform.
It's interesting that Luthen gave Cassian a relic from Luthen's other profession and states the history and value. At the time it just seemed he was sharing something valuable to him, and so it might be, but it was also foreshadowing his alter ego, and in essence, Luthen was showing a certain level of trust by revealing subtle clues that could be tracked back to him should Cassian be captured and tortured for information.
Jay's face and comment when Adam says "Deliverance" when he meant to say "Leverage" is priceless. 😂
Stellan Skarsgard is acting his ass off in this as he does with every role he steals every scene he's in
The Waif!!! I was waiting for her to smack Andor with her walking stick the way she used to smack Arya around.
As a lifelong Star Wars fan I never thought that we would get THIS kind of high level quality storytelling in a Star Wars show.
It still looks, sounds and feels like Star Wars but MORE. Stellan Skarsgård is just OWNING every scene he is in. Especially in the scene he has with Mon Mothma. Not to mention the absolutely GORGEOUS locations and set designs. I haven’t felt this kind of tension and excitement for a spy thriller show since 24! And like 24 at the end of every episode I’m screaming NO DAMNIT a because I need more. It is a truly great time to be a Star Wars fan.
I’ve never really watched a lot of spy thrillers but I have read several spy oriented books. But I totally agree with your last point. This show is mastering the knack of ending episodes in such a way that we want more right away every time.
"Are you in all the way?"
"I'm Omega... from the corridor."
I am in love with this show.
Hey Adam, Jay, that wasn't Ironman armor, that was partially armor ripped straight from the design of evil Starkiller from the Force Unleashed. And when Skarsgard said that crystal necklace from the Rakatan invaders: Rakatans or Rakata are the ancient alien empire/race not canon until just now that were responsible for the creation of the Star Forge from Knights of the Old Republic.
Not sure how big you two are into Star Wars games, but I'd say some Easter eggs to the previously not canon Force Unleashed and Knights of the Old Republic are pretty huge.
That white room Imperial scene - that's what Phantom Menace should have been. Man, what a great episode.Heist!!!
This is my second time watching this. The writing and acting on this show is amazing. I felt like I was constantly getting goosebumps.
19:10 Not just Stormtroopers. Its the Death Star operators, technicians, fighter pilots, janitors and high ranking officers.
And tough shit for them. Don't wanna get caught in that situation? Don't work for the space nazis.
I am loving this show... like, really and truly loving the ever-loving shit out of this show.
But, after Boba Fett and Obi-Wan, I'd be lying if I didn't say I just can't get rid of the thought "I hope they don't fuck this up".
I fangirled the fuck out when they mentioned the Rakatan Empire
Same … same
@19:25 those are called Code Cylinder. They are basically access keys and have the individuals security clearances on them.
Omg I LOOOOVE the casting on this series. I'm actually most excited about them putting in the guy who played Qyburn on GoT to play the head of the Investigations Dept (I think) at the ISB. His annoyance at people not getting their reports in is so friggin real. Now that's acting!
Jay: “man, it’ll be so cool to have a ship”
Me: I cannot agree more 😂
Do you think you need to have a special license to have a ship? Is anyone with enough money able to get one? Are most people just stuck with flying cars? These are the mundane logistical items I think about while I'm watching these shows.
19:25. Fun fact. If you go to Disney world, you can buy those “keys” but they’re full of candy 😁
Caught Jay’s Mrs Doubtfire quote at 17:00!!
Selwig knows "Clem" is a fluid thinker. The existing group would react to a complication with panic. Clem would react with resolve, determination and, if useful, violence.
I still think the most important show to have a vague idea of what is happening during this time is Rebels.
If you watched Rebels (and they don't break their own Canon) you will know that the first season of Andor will not have any big Rebellion in it at all as the Rebel Alliance first formed around 2-3 BBY (don't know when exactly Season 3 of Rebels takes place) while the first season of Andor is confirmed to only cover the first year (5BBY)
In addition it was also the first time I saw these code-cylinders being used and there are at least a few World-Building lines that aline with Rebels already (like the trouble on Ryloth and the Mortis-Paintings inside the antique-shop)
Yes, to all of this. I love it so freaking much!! It's everything I wanted and more than I hoped for. I don't know how it's managed to exceed my expectations since I was expecting a lot from this show and it continues to get better. I really hope this gets a lot of eyeballs because this is the kind of thing I need from now on and they're only going to spend this kind of money if it gets a massive audience. Otherwise we're living in the Volume from here on out and that just isn't going to cut it anymore. I'll settle for it because I understand how Hollywood works but not every time. Now that they have shown they can make a show with this kind of quality with incredible visuals and a ridiculously talented cast there is no excuse not to keep doing so.
I'm pumped to see you guys so pumped for this show, because I'm pumped for this show too 👍👍👍
The seed money for the rebellion was from the run that Solo did in Solo. If I remember correctly.
man that store had so much eastereggs... Starkillers Helmet, Jango Fetts armor, a sith and jedi holocron, just to name a few...
"Darth Starkiller" Helmet there in the Background guys! 16:00
This show has broken the Star Wars streak of mother/maternal figure dead or dying when the character returns home. Try-Hard Trent's mama lives!
Aunt Beru - killed by Stormtroopers when Luke goes home
Breha Organa - killed by the Death Star when Leia returns to Alderaan
Shmi Skywalker - killed by Tuskens when Anakin returns to Tatooine
But not Mama Try-Hard! The unkillable!
You have to EARN the big explosions. Just be patient now children, it’ll “pick up” for y’all soon enough. 😂😊
I love that I've been watching these goons for like 2 years and I feel like they constantly have inside jokes that no one watching gets. I actually think it's great.
"It's a space Ak-47." I wonder if every "I'm so clever" reactor who makes a similar comment also says "It's a space Mauser" when Han Solo draws his blaster.
i'd say a lot more people recognize an ak-47. and han's gun has a heavily modified silhouette, unlike the one in this show
nobody gonna mention Starkiller's armor from the dark side ending of Force Unleashed in Luthen's parlour??
I did have a thought of "never carry anything you don't control" when he gave Andor that kyber crystal. It'd be interesting if it was hiding a tracking device or something. Probably not, but if it does I'm saying I called it lol.
i think its dual use, first off, it builds trust since its apparently personal and worth money, but also, he repeats that he wants it back, reminding him he's the boss, and not to run off with the payroll money, he's subtly putting Cassian under his control as well.
It's insane they confirmed rakkatans as Canon, I don't know if that means disney is thinking of a kotor thing , cause there were hk units in the ashoka episode of the Mandalorian
They showed up in some of the current comic runs, but yeah, first time in live action. Cool stuff!
pause at 29.15 during episode the Kalikori; a Twi'kel totem , Starkillers force unleashed sith stalker Armor helmet 29.57 The same type of hand paintings that's given to Ezra in Rebels by the wolves .. Probably from a different Jedi temple It definitely has a hand in the middle of it with same type of lines and star chart
Also the reference to the Rakata Infinite Empire when he gives Cassian the crystal
@@thebeaverqueen2096 yup There's a lot plo koons species mask , jedi and sith holocrons , And a few other items are in the art room
It’s the payroll heist from Serenity, with stormtroopers instead of Reavers
even down to the movie length prequel to that heist episode
i like this Firefly reference
FYI That blonde Imperial woman? That's the voice of Yennifer in the Witcher games
Sky blue crystal you say? blue like the girls eyes; perhaps?!?
Also, a part of me thinks the IBS luitenant is also the daughter of Skargards character and is either playing the other end of the espionage (Trying to assist her father) or has defected him and is trting to root him out because she opposes his beliefs...
Cannot wait for the next episode and your reaction!
Did I see Mandalorian armor sitting on the table when he was showing artifacts? Star Wars Oceans 11 is what we have here..
I think the logic behind putting Cassian in the group is that he's not only clever, but probably more importantly, has experience getting into Imperial bases and impersonating officers. One of the group said they needed an extra uniform from the Imperial insider, so I imagine that's the part he's going to play. Get into the facility, blend in and assimilate with the Imperials, hijack the freighter and get everyone out of there when the meteor shower comes.
Good reaction vid and very cool episode. It was good to see that Lieutenant Meero came from the Enforcement branch of ISB. The branches were: Surveillance, Investigations, Internal Affairs, Interrogation, Re-education, and Enforcement. That helps to explain why she comes off as she does. She gets things done.
Also, one of the guests at the senator’s husband’s dinner is the force sensitive bald lady who’s usually at palpatine’s right hand in office……😮
16:00 the helmet on display is the same worn by Starkiller in the Force Unleashed game series, for those that missed it!
Anyone else watch The Bear and audibly yell “cousin!” When he popped up in this haha
Imagine a scene with Stellan Skarsgard and Giancarlo Esposito uff
Bail was my first thought too but then he’s been there since the Republic started to fall apart so it’s more likely he was one of the founding members of “the circle”.
This could be where Andor captures the droid!
i did see Alan Tudyk as K-2SO on IMDB for this show
Rule #3. Look at Luthen Rael when he’s talking to you…
This show is amazing. What an incredible mix of acting, storytelling, and lore. The tension is palpable.
That Imperial officer looking into things is going to end up being andor's sister. I'm calling it now.
she went from a prostitute to an imperial officer very fast then :P
I'm Clem.. by risotto
Stellan Skarsgård is giving a master class in acting in each episode, that scene of the change is basically what acting is, being characterized as another person.
I love that they show the bureaucracy and the operation of the Empire, without showing the dark magic that the Emperor has, he needs all this machinery to rule the galaxy effectively.
My favorite episode yet.
Each opening the operatic music grows
Hyper space travel needs a hyper drive utilizing molecular displacement
Alliance the rebels
Sep the separatist
Guerrilla the rebels with terroristic tactics
Cassian was a cook and a deserter and lupin knows this further showing how much research he has done.
Ryloth is the home planet for twi’lek species
One of my favorite little details is how several of the Imperial officers and Corporation employees have the 70's haircuts from the original trilogy. It's such a minor thing, but it really brings your mind back into the time period in which the show takes place.
Just imagine if Obi-wan had had the same dark, gritty and amazing writing of this show? It would have been 1000 times better!
Man, I am loving this show so much. It's truly great.
Star Wars hasn’t been this interesting since rogue one!
What happens when a all sector doesnt get paid? They get mad, and they rebel :)
I love how Jay shakes his head in exasperation at Adam's And/Or pun 😂
There only a year before the Bridget Broadcast, so there are secret fleet construction going on (and Alderaan in particular is helping by paying for legitimate imperial ship construction and then those ships keep getting stolen because they’re so unlucky!), but they’re definitely cash strapped and need influxes like this to keep the process going.
I love that sudden flash of anger from Luthen. The guy has been calm as a cucumber the whole time even when he knew he was moments away from potentially getting killed. Just adding more layers through incredible acting.
You guys have the best reactions, I've watched this a few times now just chuckling the whole time.
"Looks like robot me" So... Adam's not already a robot? Also, HE makes a musical reference alongside Jay?!?!
But seriously, the most entertaining part of these reactions is them realizing how GOOD this show is
It's almost like Stellan Skarsgard is acting in some other show. "What do you mean this is Star Wars?"
Clem makes me think of the defective Grineer trooper who wishes he was a Tenno. I keep wanting Cassian to say "twooo Grakata!"
makes me think of Clem Fandango