Not sure why but I love that the Empire uses a credit card swipe machine. So much of the Star Wars aesthetic is based in the late 70s (eg. the moustaches), it's great.
Even the video monitors are old school instead of flat screens and the graphics pretty much stay true to what was possible in the 70s. Meanwhile somebody at the other Star franchise felt it necessary to retroactively redesign everything from the ground up for no good reason
They're technically called imprint machines. I used them at a summer job in the early 90s before magnetic strip readers were a thing. The chunk-CHUNK is oddly satisfying.
It was so trippy, when franchises aren't afraid to go beyond their artificial settings and just embrace their own weirdness you know this is a show that has balls.
Now I'm trying to figure out how he's going to stumble on Cass's mugshot from his arrest. I'm positive that Dedra will, but if Syril beats her to it he's likely to screw things up somehow before she gets to him.
Spends all day in a cramped cubicle staring at numbers, then gets to come home to the tiny apartment he shares his overly-critical mother. This dude's gonna be a full-blown serial killer before the season is done.
We get to see Cassian have a moment of pure joy ... when he comes home and he thinks he has "made it". Maarva and Clem made a big score, and settled down on Ferrix, while saving Kassa's life. Cassian thinks he's doing the same ... he got a lucky big score, and he's going to move his family somewhere comfortable and safe. That moment of joy is messed up by Maarva's choice to stay and fight. But she does tell him to run away and find some peace, and Cassian does so because he has to. We do see that Cassian is in a lovely fancy resort ... he's got the money to afford a nice planet to hide out on ... but we don't see joy in him. He was never in it for the money. He was never in it for himself.
That's a beautiful interpretation. It feels like with every episode we discover a new side of Cassian, which is great. At some point it'll reach a hight where Andor finally realizies what he really wants to do. Him paying his depths kinda tells us that from now on, he'll start a new life. I've a feeling within the next arc Andor finally finds out what he really wants to do in life.
It's also a lesson Cassian needs to take before he goes from skilled thief to skilled spy. Cassian was dressed wrong. Cassian moved wrong. If Cassian dressed and moved and talked like Syril or Dedra, the trooper would have assumed he was a good galactic citizen and ignored him. Someone with money isn't worth arresting and might be able to fight the system because they know people and have influence. The Shore Trooper saw Cassian dressed frumpily, dressed like a local, moving furtively, trying to evade attention, and saw someone that was guilty of something. The Trooper wasn't actually wrong to trust his instincts that Cassian was a criminal, he just couldn't have known why Cassian was actually afraid.
Well, he's rich now, so he should have had a way to buy his way out of trouble. Like, why didn't he try to bribe the guy like he did in the first episode? The problem here is that this guy's supposed to be super smart, know how to avoid trouble etc, and he basically gets arrested for "looking sus" he should have figured out how to avoid looking sus.
@@GenerationTech For me, it’s because it makes the “Star Wars” universe feel so real and lived in. This has been a major strong point for the whole show entirely imo. Part of the problem with boba fett, kenobi, and certain aspects of mandalorian feel like I’m watching a show and sometimes the immersion is broken. This show, on the other hand makes the empire feel like a real country, with citizens who go on vacation😂 Love your videos btw and I’m so glad you guys are giving this show the positive attention it definitely deserves.
This scene is a turning point. He tells Maarva they need to leave to get out of the cold and damp oppressive place Ferrix has become. Now we see Cassian learn that the grass isn't always greener and that while it may be warmer, he certainly isn't escaping the oppression of the Empire. No matter where this story goes next, Cassian will really start to feel the squeeze of the Emperor's fist. That's my take.
next episode: andor sits in the waiting room of the emperor in coruscant to explain to the emperor he was just a tourist like the judge suggested he should do. "im just a tourist" "take it to the emperor" :D i just loved how they nailed the authoritarian system which dont cares and just acts how they believe it to be right.
Yessss I love that. He finally thinks he’s escaped the empire’s reach and found some peace but he comes to realize that he can’t even have that anymore. And it’s partially his fault because of the heist. This scene plus his mom’s dedication to stay is teaching him that the heist truly was something bigger than just a robbery
@@andrewtheawesome exactly. And the up close and personal oppression is going to really turn him into a rebel. I hope he reads Nemik's manifesto in prison.
For me it had England vibes though. It reminded me of a shitty beach in the UK which makes sense, he's not rich, he basically good a years salary so he's kind of ran away to somewhere "nice" but not too nice.
It's very similar to the one playing on Morlana One but more light and happy. Really love the synth music. Kinda reminds me of stuff like old dystopian sci-fi movies
i had to look that up but you're right, in brothel you can hear it. Yea that old school analog sounding synth stuff is awesome, and i heard its easier than ever to access now
So, not sure if anyone noticed but I THINK, the music playing at Mon Mothmas party where she is talking to her banker friend is the same song. Just at a slower tempo and classical music-ified. Let me know if you hear it
It's like the Force is showing Cassian Andor, "You are not meant to sit lounging around. Your destiny is to be an instigator. You are in more danger when you are idle." And because Andor was just watching, and not doing, he gets caught and sent to prison.
The fact it looks tropical but your brain knew something was off to me gave it more of a Star Wars vibe. I genuinely believe it is brilliant to shoot a tropical resort area in the uk because the water and sand looked off.
Aphex Twin/90s IDM style music in Star Wars is something I never dreamed I wanted and had to actually play for a friend to see her reaction. Loving all of this.
It's a tune of change imo. It's fresh, out of the blue (no pun intended with the ocean). Andors made it. Or so we thought. It escalates fast. Why we hear the music at the credits too. It was brilliant. It plays right after Meero's win over the other co-worker. I imagine this is what Meero is listening to when she came home.
@@papalaz4444244 Just didn't think they could beat the build up and the high of the first several episodes. Yet somehow it did. The ISB scenes were incredible, Andor talking to his Ma about the robbery was interesting too, got her so stoked for the rebel cause but it was all just about the money. Loved the vacation planet Andor was hiding out on too It's rare I find a show hooks me a second time this far into the season, found myself day dreaming of next weeks episode.
@@dreaminginvalhalla1914 The conversation with Mon Mothma and her friend was my favorite part, it was really well written! I'm glad they focused on dialouge and character relations this episode!
@@papalaz4444244 the previous episode was a arc final with action which took the built tension from the other previous heist episodes and also killed most characters - so you would expect they now need to calm down the story a bit and start building new tensions, introducing new characters for the following arc from the beginning while going on with luthen, mon mothma, syril, the ISB, but they nailed it to use the tensions even from the ferrix arc and the adhani arc without any action to really go further with the new tensions created by the empire, and all previous character arcs. its a perfect mix of transition from the heist to a further security escalation while not telling to much of what to expect next week. and this all just with dialogue and great directed shots.
Well, this add another nightmarish tone to how the Empire behave, whoever you are, you can end imprisoned (or worst) on a goon's whim, the judge pratically was only here to vouch the penalty, seems that these methods will enrage more people against the impies.
I love how you said that it's like a nightmare. Because when I first heard that music, I thought this was all a flashback. Like Andor was having a dream or a nightmare. Especially with how they're on a beach paradise planet where everyone should be chilled out and enjoying life. Yet everything just seems so out of place. It feels unnatural. Wrong even. Perhaps it's the lighting that does it for me. Even though there's blue skies and there are different species wearing different colours, everything feels brown or gray. Which is interesting because now that I think about it, all throughout the series, everything has been dark colours to give off this "dark, poor, dirty, gritty" feeling, yet I feel like they had more colour in them than this sequence. Feel that is, I don't know if they did or not. Anyway, you're so right. Everything just felt off about this and it was wonderful.
I think this is the first time I could describe Star Wars as Kafkaesque. There is an absurdity to the concept of probably one of the most wanted men in the galaxy getting arrested because a cop was being a power tripping prick. ATAB( all troopers are bastards)
@@papalaz4444244 Hmm, might be why the troopers are given such free reign--it's where the regular people go, so there's no one who's powerful or influential enough to complain about a crackdown.
This interim episode between arcs is one of the best in the show. I don't think the Niamos or Cyril scenes are weird at all - they're some of the most unique and interesting settings we've seen from Disney. They make sense for their respective characters while expanding the Star Wars universe in a way that doesn't break prior lore or rely on nostalgic set pieces. Also, gotta give credit for being able to work in some subtle humour without distracting entirely from the serious tone of Cassian's and Cyril's situations.
At first I was taking back, but then a smile crept across my face. Think this scene adds so much needed levity after the previous episode, the soundtrack is an insane force on this show and I’m loving it
It felt like this episode was jerking me around. You had the drastically serious things happening on Coruscant(which was FANTASTIC by the way), and then this. Honestly, it wasn't even the planet itself that felt like the aptly stated "fever dream", just what was happening to Cassian. It felt like what happened to Cassian couldn't be real, amidst the other parts of the episode that were VERY real.
Except this is the only part with a real-world parallel, with real world cops in bullying overreach, and authoritarian governments without independent judiciary...
what i love about the planets we've seen so far is that each one fits the atmosphere of the scenes. aldani had beautiful, but rough nature which represented the hardships the rebels go through. corruscant is clean and sterile without any nature which perfectly represents the empires desire to control everything. ferrix was dirty and industrial and represented the living conditions of the masses who are just trying make ends meet. and now we got niamos thats supposed to be a place to relax and have fun, but feels uncomfortable and somewhat depressing, kind of showing how the empires oppression ruins things that would otherwise be quite nice.
this was my favorite scene in starwars period for all the things you said. the music, the odd water and tropical trees and animals, the concrete, the clothes. it was perfect in my opinion. very fresh i must say.
It's so that Andor can realize that there's no where that he can escape the Empire. He'll always be looking behind his back and he'll feel in trouble even when he's not. He cannot escape it, even in paradise.
That was so fucking infuriating! Bodycams for stormtroopers! lol Like… he was clearly just walking along… such absolute bullshit, but it totally happens everyday in real life so I can’t really argue it… it just sucks. Also, his worst nightmare came to be, because the same thing happened to him that killed Clem. He was just caught in the middle and wrongly sentenced… he has probably lost many nights of sleep afraid of this exact thing happening to him. It’s sad.
@@XCalibur_EX Yet, there’s no possible way the shoretrooper could have known that. Apparently, this is the sort of thing that happens to random guys under the empire.
@danteelite yeah totally understand you like yeah in real life we have have Emperor Biden and and woke storm troopers who will throw you in their cancel culture prison…. Oh wait you meant IRL United States? Yeah cause Star Wars is just like real life
@@XCalibur_EX that's the whole point, its supposed to be ironic. he isnt caught due to the heist that caused the imperial change of policy but is caught by its consequence despite being innocent of what he is being accused of like many other random innocent people will also be.
Hey I live near there, I was there when they filmed this scene and honestly the amount of greenscrees they used on cranes was insane, as well it does not look like that on even sunny days haha.
So weird seeing something so recognizable as Clevleslys beach front used as a set for Star Wars. Supposed to Tropical resort, it was bloody freezing and windy. Lol
Great breakdown of this fantastic scene. I totally agree. This was such an interesting change in tone and feel. I love that they experimented with that. Some are saying its a weak scene because Andor is unrealistically playing dumb and letting himself to get caught so easy, but I don't mind it, even if it is. I justify it by thinking its because he never expected imperial presence there on that day.
Agreed - for anyone saying "get caught so easy.." Cassian andor did not get "caught". The tourist guy got arrested and put in jail for literally just walking around a corner in public at the wrong place at the wrong time with a trooper with a bad attitude. It was brilliant - showing that even if you run away from the rebellion - the empire will still get you.
One of the aesthetic touches I'm enjoying is that the Empire are only cold colours. Whites. Blues. Whearas everyone else, indigenous, communities, rebels... are usually dressed in warm oranges and reds. The cold, dead Empire vs the warmth of humanity.
I think what they try to convey here is that imperials (including this shoretrooper) heavily abuse the justice system, especially now that the ISB is way more strict in regards to crimes. They want to establish full authority by arresting people left and right and want to intimidate and scare civilians, because there's no better way to rule than with fear. Or maybe he has braindamage, idk.
While walking down the beach I started saying out loud, stop looking around so much, take a seat - act casual, he was showing his anxiety from a mile away, I do wonder how that shore trooper spotted him in advance, was he watching from ahead or did someone radio him in (or did the droids flag him)?
The music and acting in this episode were especially top notch. In fact, I'd say, Diego Luna's performance was well outmatched by scenes with Hot Mothma and the ISB crew.
I like that take, I hadn't thought about that. The great thing about SW is that, with moments like this, you can always chalk it up to the Force putting people on a certain path. So maybe there IS an "architect" at work here making sure Andor does the right thing eventually.
Only thing that really took me out of the scene was the revelation that the inhabitants of the Star Wars universe apparently go to the beach with just regular-ass folding chairs.
to me (and how the guy from the video says) Niamos looks like it was meant to be a more evolved version of an Earth-like civilization. Take for example like Miami but way more evolved compared to us (tho it's technically in the past) it has the futuristic synth and drum pattern in the intro music, it has blue flamingos instead of pink, round buildings instead if squared, but the environment is the same or very similar; the water behaves the same way, the sand looks pretty similar, there are some sort of light poles, the palm trees are similar, and the creatures are mostly human or have a human-like figure. Ik there's also CGI budget reasons but they could change it if they wanted it to look different from Earth.
Don't forget that the new powers the Imperial military has received through the promotion of the ISB to Palpatines right hand will lead to anyone getting arrested, jailed, tortured, executed and what not. Remember that felonies are now considered "Class 1". This means that unlucky ones will be punished harder which is also the case of "innocent" Andor. This will be his wakeup call for Andor to fight back!
I only thought it was weird because the same tune was used in-universe when Cassian entered the brothel in Ep 1 while here it was part of the soundtrack. It's kind of like if the cantina music played during the Mos Eisley escape or if the Max Reebo band played the Imperial March.
The gulf stream created by asteroid collisions many years ago reaching the English west coast, which has a train line too .Picking up an arm not firing one seems normal. Niamos is an anagram of somnia which many do. Sure it's not Brazil , is the other imperial droid was moderately possibly K2SO for the hopeful. Or is Cyril having little chance of getting to Andor before Meeroism. And who isn't a tourist.
The sentencing cards are a funny... Easter egg? Mistake? None of it translates to what is being said. I loved this episode and most importantly... Loafers. Are. Canon. My next convention is gonna be easy breeeeeeeeezy! 🤣🤣
@@GenerationTechShorts just like luthen wanted them to be. play all their authoritarian cards at once to show everybody their face in one shot ;) that scene is not only so cool because of shoretroopers and the hilarious but fitting way it happened but also because it directly links to the flashback scenes with clem of the episode and luthens plan.
It seems random, but likely the Force is at work. Andor now will see the Empire for what it is: all-pervasive, inescapable, injustice. When the Rebels come to tie off his loose end, they will have an alternative to offer. His acceptance may be provisional, but in stages his heart will come into the fight.
Not sure why but I love that the Empire uses a credit card swipe machine. So much of the Star Wars aesthetic is based in the late 70s (eg. the moustaches), it's great.
Star Wars loves weird kit bashing things, like the Polaroid camera turned astro navigation thing.
Even the video monitors are old school instead of flat screens and the graphics pretty much stay true to what was possible in the 70s. Meanwhile somebody at the other Star franchise felt it necessary to retroactively redesign everything from the ground up for no good reason
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I really liked that, I remember those from the 80's.
They're technically called imprint machines. I used them at a summer job in the early 90s before magnetic strip readers were a thing. The chunk-CHUNK is oddly satisfying.
It was so trippy, when franchises aren't afraid to go beyond their artificial settings and just embrace their own weirdness you know this is a show that has balls.
That final shot of Syril at the end of this episode has VERY strong "Get ready everyone, he's about to do something stupid" vibes.
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Yup😂
Now I'm trying to figure out how he's going to stumble on Cass's mugshot from his arrest. I'm positive that Dedra will, but if Syril beats her to it he's likely to screw things up somehow before she gets to him.
He’s about to have his Mr. Incredible moment
Spends all day in a cramped cubicle staring at numbers, then gets to come home to the tiny apartment he shares his overly-critical mother. This dude's gonna be a full-blown serial killer before the season is done.
We get to see Cassian have a moment of pure joy ... when he comes home and he thinks he has "made it". Maarva and Clem made a big score, and settled down on Ferrix, while saving Kassa's life. Cassian thinks he's doing the same ... he got a lucky big score, and he's going to move his family somewhere comfortable and safe.
That moment of joy is messed up by Maarva's choice to stay and fight. But she does tell him to run away and find some peace, and Cassian does so because he has to.
We do see that Cassian is in a lovely fancy resort ... he's got the money to afford a nice planet to hide out on ... but we don't see joy in him. He was never in it for the money. He was never in it for himself.
That's a beautiful interpretation. It feels like with every episode we discover a new side of Cassian, which is great. At some point it'll reach a hight where Andor finally realizies what he really wants to do.
Him paying his depths kinda tells us that from now on, he'll start a new life. I've a feeling within the next arc Andor finally finds out what he really wants to do in life.
I think the lesson for Cas here is: under a police state, if you're not in the in group the law protects, it can come down on you for nothing.
There's also the parallel to how his father, Klem, died: getting lumped in with an unruly crowd he was trying to calm down.
It's also a lesson Cassian needs to take before he goes from skilled thief to skilled spy. Cassian was dressed wrong. Cassian moved wrong. If Cassian dressed and moved and talked like Syril or Dedra, the trooper would have assumed he was a good galactic citizen and ignored him. Someone with money isn't worth arresting and might be able to fight the system because they know people and have influence. The Shore Trooper saw Cassian dressed frumpily, dressed like a local, moving furtively, trying to evade attention, and saw someone that was guilty of something. The Trooper wasn't actually wrong to trust his instincts that Cassian was a criminal, he just couldn't have known why Cassian was actually afraid.
I mean he is in that group, he’s human!
@@chewy99. I think Andor is showing us that membership of the Empire's in group isn't as simple as being human. Just ask the Aldhani.
Well, he's rich now, so he should have had a way to buy his way out of trouble. Like, why didn't he try to bribe the guy like he did in the first episode? The problem here is that this guy's supposed to be super smart, know how to avoid trouble etc, and he basically gets arrested for "looking sus" he should have figured out how to avoid looking sus.
I absolutely loved the vibes of Niamos. Such a cool looking planet
yea there's something about the vibe of this scene that just was amazing, really enjoyed this part of the episode
@@GenerationTech For me, it’s because it makes the “Star Wars” universe feel so real and lived in. This has been a major strong point for the whole show entirely imo. Part of the problem with boba fett, kenobi, and certain aspects of mandalorian feel like I’m watching a show and sometimes the immersion is broken. This show, on the other hand makes the empire feel like a real country, with citizens who go on vacation😂
Love your videos btw and I’m so glad you guys are giving this show the positive attention it definitely deserves.
@@delta.6160 I definitely agree. It also gives you a real feeling of scale. The world just feels overall more dynamic
@@tomspring20 Real locations in Andor vs the volume in Boba Fett and Kenobi. The volume just makes everything feel small and claustrophobic imo.
I wish the filming location was like that in real life.
This scene is a turning point. He tells Maarva they need to leave to get out of the cold and damp oppressive place Ferrix has become. Now we see Cassian learn that the grass isn't always greener and that while it may be warmer, he certainly isn't escaping the oppression of the Empire. No matter where this story goes next, Cassian will really start to feel the squeeze of the Emperor's fist.
That's my take.
Grass is green where you water it
next episode: andor sits in the waiting room of the emperor in coruscant to explain to the emperor he was just a tourist like the judge suggested he should do.
"im just a tourist" "take it to the emperor" :D
i just loved how they nailed the authoritarian system which dont cares and just acts how they believe it to be right.
Yessss I love that. He finally thinks he’s escaped the empire’s reach and found some peace but he comes to realize that he can’t even have that anymore. And it’s partially his fault because of the heist. This scene plus his mom’s dedication to stay is teaching him that the heist truly was something bigger than just a robbery
@@andrewtheawesome exactly. And the up close and personal oppression is going to really turn him into a rebel. I hope he reads Nemik's manifesto in prison.
The production level of Andor is stellar.
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Love how everyone is calling this place "space miami", it's kind of funny when you realise it filmed in England. The power of CG 😂
For me it had England vibes though. It reminded me of a shitty beach in the UK which makes sense, he's not rich, he basically good a years salary so he's kind of ran away to somewhere "nice" but not too nice.
I was thinking more Space Ibiza.
It still looked freaking cold, particularly that water.
It's very similar to the one playing on Morlana One but more light and happy. Really love the synth music. Kinda reminds me of stuff like old dystopian sci-fi movies
i had to look that up but you're right, in brothel you can hear it. Yea that old school analog sounding synth stuff is awesome, and i heard its easier than ever to access now
So, not sure if anyone noticed but I THINK, the music playing at Mon Mothmas party where she is talking to her banker friend is the same song. Just at a slower tempo and classical music-ified. Let me know if you hear it
@@joebaxter6895 It does sound similar but I do think there are more differences than just the tempo and tone of it.
Earth is beautiful
Yes!!! It is on purpose. The composer confirmed that this is a galactic hit that originated in Niamos. The first version we here is a remix.
It's like the Force is showing Cassian Andor, "You are not meant to sit lounging around. Your destiny is to be an instigator. You are in more danger when you are idle." And because Andor was just watching, and not doing, he gets caught and sent to prison.
The fact it looks tropical but your brain knew something was off to me gave it more of a Star Wars vibe. I genuinely believe it is brilliant to shoot a tropical resort area in the uk because the water and sand looked off.
Aphex Twin/90s IDM style music in Star Wars is something I never dreamed I wanted and had to actually play for a friend to see her reaction. Loving all of this.
That beach trooper had a really bad day so he decided to fuck up somebody else's life)
Just like NYPD cops do…
This was so epic, I replayed that music/world reveal 3 times. So well done, I love this series.
It's a tune of change imo. It's fresh, out of the blue (no pun intended with the ocean). Andors made it. Or so we thought. It escalates fast. Why we hear the music at the credits too. It was brilliant. It plays right after Meero's win over the other co-worker. I imagine this is what Meero is listening to when she came home.
Such a great planet. I can't believe this episode was somehow better than the other episodes
Was it? Any reason why?
@@papalaz4444244 Just didn't think they could beat the build up and the high of the first several episodes. Yet somehow it did. The ISB scenes were incredible, Andor talking to his Ma about the robbery was interesting too, got her so stoked for the rebel cause but it was all just about the money. Loved the vacation planet Andor was hiding out on too
It's rare I find a show hooks me a second time this far into the season, found myself day dreaming of next weeks episode.
It literally has no action scenes yet it it was one of the best episodes
@@dreaminginvalhalla1914 The conversation with Mon Mothma and her friend was my favorite part, it was really well written! I'm glad they focused on dialouge and character relations this episode!
@@papalaz4444244 the previous episode was a arc final with action which took the built tension from the other previous heist episodes and also killed most characters - so you would expect they now need to calm down the story a bit and start building new tensions, introducing new characters for the following arc from the beginning while going on with luthen, mon mothma, syril, the ISB, but they nailed it to use the tensions even from the ferrix arc and the adhani arc without any action to really go further with the new tensions created by the empire, and all previous character arcs. its a perfect mix of transition from the heist to a further security escalation while not telling to much of what to expect next week.
and this all just with dialogue and great directed shots.
Well, this add another nightmarish tone to how the Empire behave, whoever you are, you can end imprisoned (or worst) on a goon's whim, the judge pratically was only here to vouch the penalty, seems that these methods will enrage more people against the impies.
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I loved this ending scene.
I love how you said that it's like a nightmare. Because when I first heard that music, I thought this was all a flashback. Like Andor was having a dream or a nightmare.
Especially with how they're on a beach paradise planet where everyone should be chilled out and enjoying life. Yet everything just seems so out of place. It feels unnatural. Wrong even. Perhaps it's the lighting that does it for me. Even though there's blue skies and there are different species wearing different colours, everything feels brown or gray.
Which is interesting because now that I think about it, all throughout the series, everything has been dark colours to give off this "dark, poor, dirty, gritty" feeling, yet I feel like they had more colour in them than this sequence. Feel that is, I don't know if they did or not.
Anyway, you're so right. Everything just felt off about this and it was wonderful.
I think this is the first time I could describe Star Wars as Kafkaesque. There is an absurdity to the concept of probably one of the most wanted men in the galaxy getting arrested because a cop was being a power tripping prick. ATAB( all troopers are bastards)
That planet looked like a paradise but at the same time empty. Cassian is there but doesnt seem really he really enjoys it.
which is pretty much EXACTLY like every, cynical, artificial, ripoff resort on Earth
@@papalaz4444244 Hmm, might be why the troopers are given such free reign--it's where the regular people go, so there's no one who's powerful or influential enough to complain about a crackdown.
The conversation with the trooper and subsequent trial reminded me a lot of both Orwell and Kafka.
I think the point about the Architect is apt. There is an architect pushing Cassian to go to the Rebellion. And that architect is the Force.
When the scene opens up to the sea and blue flamingos, the music sounds similar to theme to Miami Vice from the 1980’s.
This interim episode between arcs is one of the best in the show. I don't think the Niamos or Cyril scenes are weird at all - they're some of the most unique and interesting settings we've seen from Disney. They make sense for their respective characters while expanding the Star Wars universe in a way that doesn't break prior lore or rely on nostalgic set pieces.
Also, gotta give credit for being able to work in some subtle humour without distracting entirely from the serious tone of Cassian's and Cyril's situations.
At first I was taking back, but then a smile crept across my face. Think this scene adds so much needed levity after the previous episode, the soundtrack is an insane force on this show and I’m loving it
Always loved your takes!!! And yeah that sound absolutely transported me elsewhere
It felt like this episode was jerking me around. You had the drastically serious things happening on Coruscant(which was FANTASTIC by the way), and then this. Honestly, it wasn't even the planet itself that felt like the aptly stated "fever dream", just what was happening to Cassian. It felt like what happened to Cassian couldn't be real, amidst the other parts of the episode that were VERY real.
Yeah, it was a harsh tonal shift.
Yeah, I literally said, “is this a nightmare sequence?”
It felt the same to me. 6 year sentence is serious. Him acting nervous because he’s paranoid about his past is something people actually go through.
Everyone that is in Cassian's shoes thinks it can't be real either.
Except this is the only part with a real-world parallel, with real world cops in bullying overreach, and authoritarian governments without independent judiciary...
what i love about the planets we've seen so far is that each one fits the atmosphere of the scenes. aldani had beautiful, but rough nature which represented the hardships the rebels go through. corruscant is clean and sterile without any nature which perfectly represents the empires desire to control everything. ferrix was dirty and industrial and represented the living conditions of the masses who are just trying make ends meet. and now we got niamos thats supposed to be a place to relax and have fun, but feels uncomfortable and somewhat depressing, kind of showing how the empires oppression ruins things that would otherwise be quite nice.
I thought this whole sequence was a fever dream he was going to wake up from.
andor’s naivete resembled jyn’s in rogue one. thinking you can run when the empire is everywhere. they’ll still find a way to ruin your life.
The opening shots of the planet reminded me of “Miami Vice”.
“It’s too stoic” lololololololololololol 😅
this was my favorite scene in starwars period for all the things you said. the music, the odd water and tropical trees and animals, the concrete, the clothes. it was perfect in my opinion. very fresh i must say.
That Alien Laughing Had me Like! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆⚰️⚰️⚰️
I love how you talk about this. Thanks!
It's so that Andor can realize that there's no where that he can escape the Empire. He'll always be looking behind his back and he'll feel in trouble even when he's not. He cannot escape it, even in paradise.
That was so fucking infuriating!
Bodycams for stormtroopers! lol
Like… he was clearly just walking along… such absolute bullshit, but it totally happens everyday in real life so I can’t really argue it… it just sucks. Also, his worst nightmare came to be, because the same thing happened to him that killed Clem. He was just caught in the middle and wrongly sentenced… he has probably lost many nights of sleep afraid of this exact thing happening to him. It’s sad.
I mean
To be fair
He _is_ a wanted criminal
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Yet, there’s no possible way the shoretrooper could have known that. Apparently, this is the sort of thing that happens to random guys under the empire.
@@drksideofthewal I'm saying that regardless if the trooper knew or not
It's not like it wasn't justified (in the eyes of the Empire)
@danteelite yeah totally understand you like yeah in real life we have have Emperor Biden and and woke storm troopers who will throw you in their cancel culture prison…. Oh wait you meant IRL United States? Yeah cause Star Wars is just like real life
@@XCalibur_EX that's the whole point, its supposed to be ironic. he isnt caught due to the heist that caused the imperial change of policy but is caught by its consequence despite being innocent of what he is being accused of like many other random innocent people will also be.
Hey I live near there, I was there when they filmed this scene and honestly the amount of greenscrees they used on cranes was insane, as well it does not look like that on even sunny days haha.
So weird seeing something so recognizable as Clevleslys beach front used as a set for Star Wars. Supposed to Tropical resort, it was bloody freezing and windy. Lol
It's a Star Wars version of Risa
Great breakdown of this fantastic scene. I totally agree. This was such an interesting change in tone and feel. I love that they experimented with that. Some are saying its a weak scene because Andor is unrealistically playing dumb and letting himself to get caught so easy, but I don't mind it, even if it is. I justify it by thinking its because he never expected imperial presence there on that day.
Agreed - for anyone saying "get caught so easy.." Cassian andor did not get "caught". The tourist guy got arrested and put in jail for literally just walking around a corner in public at the wrong place at the wrong time with a trooper with a bad attitude.
It was brilliant - showing that even if you run away from the rebellion - the empire will still get you.
Talking about the water made me notice the blaster bolts are not reflected in the water in that Rogue One scene
Damn now I wanna see a Neil Blomkamp star wars movie
"But im just a tourist"
"Take it to the emperor"
Such a great end.
look man, the shot of the Enforcer Droid stomping into view dragging two of the runners, and another one grabbing a runner was incredibly menacing.
Did anyone else get a Miami Vice homage vibe from the introduction to the beach planet? That fast pan over the sea with flamingoes and synth music...
Andor’s unfair oppression in this episode is the catalyst for him joining the rebellion proper, and I am all for it.
The Music really made it feel like a Vacation spot in Star Wars.
The way to trooper talks to andor is uncanny to how actual cops talk to me lmao
One of the aesthetic touches I'm enjoying is that the Empire are only cold colours. Whites. Blues. Whearas everyone else, indigenous, communities, rebels... are usually dressed in warm oranges and reds. The cold, dead Empire vs the warmth of humanity.
First thing I thought was that it looks like Blackpool. Turns out I wasn't that far off.
The Shore Trooper came off like he had brain damage, with bizarre questions/speech pattern. Like, be SPECIFIC dude. Very odd.
Orwellian speech. Inquisitorial thought police, as in prove you are not guilty rather than presumption of innocence. Creepy and strange for sure.
I think what they try to convey here is that imperials (including this shoretrooper) heavily abuse the justice system, especially now that the ISB is way more strict in regards to crimes. They want to establish full authority by arresting people left and right and want to intimidate and scare civilians, because there's no better way to rule than with fear.
Or maybe he has braindamage, idk.
Like when you get pulled over by a cop and they go "Do you know why I pulled you over?". No dude, you tell me.
@@ericgrande7155 My dad says it’s just a way to check if someone is aware of what they are doing in case they may be on heavy drugs or something else.
@@adventurekitty1016 Totally useless since the stress of the situation can easily impair someone working memory.
Yeah this scene was really blomkampian. I was expecting sharlto Copley to show up
I love the music for niamos it was beautiful
This actually is so cool. I loved the ending
sounds like a star wars dj whos put a tune on while hes having a crap, and you know what? it works for that scene, good job on the audio
The beaches of Harris off the coast of Scotland has pretty tropical looking water.
While walking down the beach I started saying out loud, stop looking around so much, take a seat - act casual, he was showing his anxiety from a mile away, I do wonder how that shore trooper spotted him in advance, was he watching from ahead or did someone radio him in (or did the droids flag him)?
Filmed up the coast from Blackpool on the west coast of England being past there a few times
Niamos was definitely a tonal shift. Leaves me wondering if this is where he picks up KTS0.
But that droid only gets reprogrammed in Rogue One, 4-5 years after this and after Cassian's jail time
The music and acting in this episode were especially top notch. In fact, I'd say, Diego Luna's performance was well outmatched by scenes with Hot Mothma and the ISB crew.
You can definitely get tropical vibes in the UK, just not whilst they were filming this
Nice try, Brit, but… no . 😁
@@pw6002 aw come onnn 😂 we have some good days 🤣 about 7 of them but good days
@@pw6002 Haven't you heard of last summer? The Brits were cooking in their homes 😂
I’m British and no you can’t… not in Southend, Brighton… not even Whitstable or Camber Sands.
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Haha okay I’ll give you that.
(And british humor is the best!)
I like that take, I hadn't thought about that. The great thing about SW is that, with moments like this, you can always chalk it up to the Force putting people on a certain path. So maybe there IS an "architect" at work here making sure Andor does the right thing eventually.
Enjoyed that part.
the music during the chase scene here sounds like it's off The Beach Soundtrack from 2000. alternative euro electro influenced.
Only thing that really took me out of the scene was the revelation that the inhabitants of the Star Wars universe apparently go to the beach with just regular-ass folding chairs.
I believe the Niamos music is the same as the Morlana-One music from ep1
God if only the droids were filmed this way in the prequels, they would have been so much more terrifying
Niamos is almost like cassians Jonah moment….the god of Star Wars says nope, you’re not meant to be there, you’ve got a job to do
to me (and how the guy from the video says) Niamos looks like it was meant to be a more evolved version of an Earth-like civilization. Take for example like Miami but way more evolved compared to us (tho it's technically in the past) it has the futuristic synth and drum pattern in the intro music, it has blue flamingos instead of pink, round buildings instead if squared, but the environment is the same or very similar; the water behaves the same way, the sand looks pretty similar, there are some sort of light poles, the palm trees are similar, and the creatures are mostly human or have a human-like figure. Ik there's also CGI budget reasons but they could change it if they wanted it to look different from Earth.
Don't forget that the new powers the Imperial military has received through the promotion of the ISB to Palpatines right hand will lead to anyone getting arrested, jailed, tortured, executed and what not. Remember that felonies are now considered "Class 1". This means that unlucky ones will be punished harder which is also the case of "innocent" Andor. This will be his wakeup call for Andor to fight back!
this is the same music that is in the very first epsiode when andor walks into the brothel
I only thought it was weird because the same tune was used in-universe when Cassian entered the brothel in Ep 1 while here it was part of the soundtrack. It's kind of like if the cantina music played during the Mos Eisley escape or if the Max Reebo band played the Imperial March.
I see your point however the imperial march is an in universe song- its practically the anthem as they play it on “Empire Day” in Rebels
@@bigfootbass That’s cool, I don’t remember that part. That means theoretically the Empire has a composer.
@@bigfootbass it's in Solo a Star Wars Story too, when he's at the imperial recruitment office
The scene of Cassian's process, reminded me much of Orwell's 1984 (all the serie has many vibes of it)
I really want them to use Redcar beach as a filming location
The gulf stream created by asteroid collisions many years ago reaching the English west coast, which has a train line too .Picking up an arm not firing one seems normal. Niamos is an anagram of somnia which many do. Sure it's not Brazil , is the other imperial droid was moderately possibly K2SO for the hopeful. Or is Cyril having little chance of getting to Andor before Meeroism. And who isn't a tourist.
The sentencing cards are a funny... Easter egg? Mistake? None of it translates to what is being said. I loved this episode and most importantly... Loafers. Are. Canon.
My next convention is gonna be easy breeeeeeeeezy! 🤣🤣
That’s why he didn’t run
I thought the Beach was at Redcar in the UK LOL.
I love how the Empire is trying to track him down while they already have him locked away on BS charges under a false name not even realizing it.
Almost seems like an experience while being under spices or deathsticks
The music at the beginning of the Niamos sequence is the same as the music from the brothel in episode 1, isn't it?
Yes, but remixed
I'm sure there was a small time jump with the end of Andor where he is on this planet on a sort of holiday/hideaway.
Weirdy enough Nimos reminded me of Pacifica from cyberpunk 2077
what episode is this? I somehow skipped this episode and didn't even know it.
End of seven
Good insights.
*Lancashire to rhyme with shear.
Basically the Lancashire coast is where the Gypsy King Tyson Fury lives. It’s a very dull and depressing part of the UK lol.
Blue flamingos looked like a snapchst filter
Niamos is like Benidorm in Spain
the music is sooo funy ^^
I was unable to tell if the space Miami thing was a flashback, or a time skip, or some bizarre fever dream.
The empire is so corrupt and incompetent that it wrapped all the way around into being hyper competent in this one moment
Or just plain paranoid
A broken clock is right twice a day
@@GenerationTechShorts just like luthen wanted them to be. play all their authoritarian cards at once to show everybody their face in one shot ;)
that scene is not only so cool because of shoretroopers and the hilarious but fitting way it happened but also because it directly links to the flashback scenes with clem of the episode and luthens plan.
spot looked like andor visiting galaxy's edge
nice to see they got another use out of shore troopers
The reason the episode was good was obviously because of the shore troopers
Where you banging your head against the mic, mate? What were those weird noises?
It seems random, but likely the Force is at work. Andor now will see the Empire for what it is: all-pervasive, inescapable, injustice. When the Rebels come to tie off his loose end, they will have an alternative to offer. His acceptance may be provisional, but in stages his heart will come into the fight.
I thought that was a weird scene, I thought it was a flashback from when he did time, before this time period.