One thing I love about this scene is that the Imperials don't screw anything up. The captain makes the right calls, based on the information he has, his XO, when asked, as already anticipated the need for the boarding party and has them standing by. Everyone is doing their jobs well and that speaks to good leadership. They know what they're doing and they're good. So when Luthen out plays them, that makes it so much cooler.
Actually they did: they were tricked with that port side engine trust into increasing the power of the tractor beam, thus making the counterfeit measures effective with no time for them to react. Its so subtle its brilliant!
@@zichiro No. They were tricked but not in the way you stated. The port side thruster "malfunction" was to disguise the arming of the countermeasures as they produce a heat signature Luthen knew the Imperials could detect. Reversing the stabilizers and "trying to get away" is what made the captain call for the tractor force to go up to 5; thus making those countermeasures highly effective and impossible to evade.
The original trilogy has aged like milk. These two are not the heirs of the SW spirit in that sense, they have reinvented it and are the best stuff that has come out of SW.
The beginning of the Rebellion is the pivotal moment in Star Wars. Great job on this TV Show, Disney. Better than most of the movies. Did you really need to shoot 24 episodes total for these only 2 seasons? Could have been done in 12, I think.
2:40 Luthen asked the droid what the tractor force is, and when it responded he realizes that the tractor force is too weak for the countermeasures, so he powered the thrusters to try to bait the cruiser to up the tractor force. What a magnificent detail
I dont think that; the tractor force is to weak for the countermeasures? that have no sense, he asked the droid to know the force but when he realizes the tractor force was level 2 he thought of escaping using only the power of the engines because he did not want to go to combat, luthen always gives priority to discretion, if you pay attention the ship almost exceeded the tractor force but the imperial patrol ship is to heavy so he is stopped by her , Seeing that the engines could not overcome the driving force plus the mass of the ship, he went to plan b, because luthen always has a plan b
@@sergioveraruiz5384 I get how one my draw that conclusion, but there are elements of Luthen's decision-making process here that challenge your interpretation. First, when the tractor beam is engaged, he doesn't immediately punch it to get away while he's at his farthest distance. Instead, he does the decoy burn so he doesn't have to power down his engines (he justifies his noncompliance as being a one-man job trying to deal with a malfunction). That was necessary to buy him TIME to further arm the countermeasures. Second, he is aware of that Imperial ship's capabilities. We know this because his first two actions are to get a false id (because any Imperial patrol will check that) and identify the ship hailing him (Cantwell-class as noted by the droid). He knows that if he tries to run, the Cantwell has the capacity to increase the tractor force. Even the Imperial officers are baffled by what seems to be a stupid decision to try to run from them. That brings us to WHY the tractor force had to be increased: he's releasing tons of small objects to be pulled by the tractor. A weak enough tractor force won't pull them so hard as to destroy the emitter, just like a pebble lightly bouncing on the hood of a car is negligible. Take that same pebble and launch it at a ridiculous speed... now you're talking about damage. A higher tractor force ensures that. Third, I think the Plan A & B labelling here is off. His plan A was the Alderaan ID deceiving them into letting him get away without confrontation. Plan B was the violent approach with the countermeasures and shoot-out. A would have been preferable, because the Empire wouldn't then be on the alert for his ship having all the abilities it has. Plan B puts a red flag on that ship type, especially once the Empire eventually figures out the Alderaan ID was false.
I can't stop watching the dish getting blasted by thousands of projectiles, accelerated by it's own tractor beam. Absolutely brilliant writing, and such deliciously detailed destruction. Best destruction scene in Star Wars ever. Even Boba Fett's seismic charges come second to this. But that's just my 2c.
People bitch about how slow the show is but the lack of action make the action scenes in this series more rewarding and cathartic, we got all these buildup and character development & revelation throughout that help enhance the action sequences and makes it more satisfying and engaging
Most people just want to see non-stop and instant action, they don't care about contents. It's good that the writers/developers of this show care about the dialogue and character development.
@@denverbax6329 Yeah, I guess it's a good thing there's more than one way to write a plot, or that Disney has more than one show...or people can like more than one kind of approach to fantasy and science fiction.
Luthen Rael... rare antiques dealer, ruthless rebel, fantastic pilot with his cruiser of chaos, a man whos mind is a sunless space, and a wearer of the finest wigs.
And deadly. Remember the Empire does not take failure or incompetence lightly. Whether it is Vader choking out Star Destroyer admiral, Nakina 5 guards now fired and under interrogation, Syril and his former colleagues, and other, the consequences are not pretty.
Yes--- no reaction at all is all the reaction needed to convey the emotion needed for his, the captain's, moment of failure... Tony Gilroy is Brilliant...
if you are not ready for everything then you have no place in commandment. This guy was worthless, i said was coz he died shortly later on the labor camp of Mustafar of course...
I love how good Stellan’s “confused old man” voice is, he’s such a sulky and empty man that when you see him pretending to be an innocent civilian it really stands out. Excellent work, I hope everyone is proud of their work
I love the middle-finger flyby at the bridge and how he deliberately put himself between the capital ship and the Tie-Fighters. They weren’t able to get a clean shot without risking friendly fire.
Yes, it's a tactic seen multiple times in Star Wars. If you're in between two of your enemies, stay there. They risk friendly fire this way and will hesitate to fire at the least. Han Solo did it at the end of ESB with the Executor.
I see too little people talk about the fact that Luthen's on-board droid found an active transponder *with special preference* in less than ten seconds, while it took the imperials one and a half minute to confirm it.
@@snitox He's a coordinator and master strategist. He has a rebel network spread across the whole galaxy as Dedra Meero pointed out that many rebel actions occurred "randomly" throughout the galaxy. So the Empire wouldn't think that there's a coordinated rebel attempt against them because they think those are just random small rebel movements.
Luthen destroyed four TIEs and disabled an Imperial cruiser’s tractor beam and make a clean getaway in just a minute while Han and Luke will take several minutes trying to shoot down four TIE fighters after they escaped from the Death Star xD. Goes to show how awesome Luthen really is. He doesn’t even panic at all, too, only react with mild annoyance at most. He really does have plans for everything.
Having a very well equipped ship also helps. And advanced AI. Tractor beam countermeasures. Advanced automated turrets and those laser things on the sides. His ship was a lot better than the Falcon for such instances.
@@eustasiocontreras8755 yea, let's remember the Falcon has been referred to as a "hunk of junk" many times by many different people. This is a much better and possibly newer ship It's like comparing a 20 year old Chevy step van to a custom Escalade.
@@GreenLightMe LOL! Han was ex-military. He was an Imperial pilot. Even in Legends he wore Corellian bloodstripes which are the equilivent of medal of honor and went to the Imperial Academy where he served with distinction
@@toomanyaccounts in Solo his time was ever so brief so i don't know if legends is Canon. They made him general at some point during OT, not sure why though. He was a smuggler for most of his career. That's where he learned his skills.
That fly-by across the bridge of the Arrestor Cruiser is a show of power. “I can destroy you anytime I want to.” and then Luthen went to deal with the Tie Fighters.
Yep... Also a forerunner scene to Han Solo's move against a star destroyer in the empire strikes back-- a scene that culminates with the millennium falcon left affixed by grappling claw to the side of the ship's superstructure-- leaving the destroyer's command crew thinking it shot into hyperspace... Pretty freaking awesome ...
@@max8286 my one gripe with this scene is that the cantwell does have weapon emplacements...In fact, you can see one of them when the Haulcraft does the flyby - it is a ventral turret. But has over a dozen turrets in total. But also apparently TWENTY four ties...with a crew of some 2700.... which is ridiculous. One source says it is around 800 meters long. As cool as it is, bringing back the Cantwell design, the specs for the thing are so fubar.
That final shot of the commander, with the reflection of his demolished tractor beam emitter and the two clouds of what were his TIE fighter air wing is just epic! This is real cinematic Star Wars!!
goddamn, I love the perfect composure the entire time, not a single moment of doubt or fear. As much as I love Andor and the way his characyer is changing, Luthen is just one of the best characters Star Wars has ever had. love him.
Absolutely, he really is what the empire and his battle against it made him. He sacrificed everything for this fight (epic monologue), so he does not fear anything either.
He weighs up all his options, and is ruthlessly efficient. He has a cold, logical mind. We see this with Saw as well when he uses Saw's paranoia to outmanoeuvre him. The Fondor scene is a microcosm of Luthen's entire plan, which is to goad the Empire into rash aggression, which he can then use against them.
Non woke men and true artists with talent working on it ...instead of whiney multi cultural woke "talent" that's all just affirmative action low quality hires
@@Romans5_3-4 other than the revolutionary CGI technology the prequel trilogy has just as much if not more plot holes, character inconsistencies, shit story ect as the sequels. But at least the sequels are fun entertaining summer blockbusters. The only sequel that is even close to as bad as the prequels is the Rise of Skywalker. Let’s not do some revisionist history where we pretend that the prequels weren’t rightfully dogged on for a decade and a half. It’s only been a recent trend in that last five years to like those movies and even then it’s only terminally online people defending these movies. The average folk still heavily dislike those movies for good reason.
This is what you get when you have a true pro like Gilroy behind a show. Great writing, great characters. This is just some of the potential I've been waiting for from the Star Wars universe.
I am in awe of all aspects of this scene. That Captain had immaculate conformity. Palpy would be proud of him ( although he'd fry him with lightning after that failure LOL). But that dish getting hammered is absolutely my favorite bit of Star Wars ever. Who thought /wrote that up deserves a frikking statue!
Incredibly tight writing and acting, top shelf. First he stalls by having them repeat them selves, just enough to have the transponder code ready. Then he gradually teases them to increase the strength of the tractor beam so that the counter measures he was planning to use all along get full effect.
“No…from a haul craft???” Incredulity never delivered more deftly than this! …plus buzzin the tower as simultaneous f u AND a defense maneuver so tie fighters can’t risk friendly fire Chef’s kiss 👨🏻🍳😘👌
stellan skarsgård is an absolute boss in this scene. Going from a cool customer to a badass in the span of a few minutes. His physical acting is unreal, I especially like the part where he is unfazed by the tie fighter detonating over his ship - he's just in the zone.
This is masterful writing. The tension in this scene and the release of it at the very end is brilliant. This is what Disney can do when it hires competent people that actually care about and love Star wars. Best Star Wars show ever.
The Fondor is a droid! This amazes me, since I don't know SW's ships at all, except for Han's Falcon and Ties. This droid advises, calculates, plans. In the very first ISB meeting of the series, someone mentions a Fondor had been stolen, among other aircrafts mentioned by names. It would be interesting to watch the whole season by paying attention to the Fondor. I hope we get to learn it's backstory and how Luthen made it so smart.
Technically speaking, most of the Separatists’ navy were droids as well. That is, “sentient” ships programmed for space combat. Hyena Bombers, vulture droids, tri-fighters and separatist gunships.
Here's what I found out about the ships: The imperials sent out three regular TIEs and one TIE/sa bomber. The regular ties are cheaply manufactured and inferior in one-on-one dog fights due to their limited viewport. Meanwhile the TIE/sa bomber is capable of sending a homing missile at its target. Guess which one Luthan and Fondor took out first?
or the Batman. Expensive gear, lots of advance plans, ruthless, and - unlike Bond - often shows up disguised as someone harmless. Also unlike Bond: not a heavy drinker and doesn't chase every skirt reflexively.
quite literally one of my favorite scenes in all of star wars. There's so much "show, don't tell" going on and we're left to pick it up at our leisure.
Even though it was only a few minutes long, this has to be one of the best space battles I’ve ever seen! I especially love the flares that shoot out of Luthen’s ship in bursts and completely annihilates the sensor dish. Really cool Imperial cruiser design too! Amazing scene and incredible series. Second only to Mando for me!
Luthen set up the timing. He powered away from them so they had to to come around and then converge on his approaching position. This gave him the line up for the shot. Luck helped but that was all thinking multiple steps ahead of his enemy. And yes, cool AF.
@@rileymclaughlin4831 It's not a lightsaber, it's a beam laser, like the LAAT gunships use or the SPHA walkers in EPII. You can also see Venators using their ventral beam lasers in the EPIII opening
Whats genius about this scene is that he full throttled knowing the tractor beams wouldnt allow him to pull off so he full throttled to get them to turn up the intensity of the beam so that his counter measures would hit 100%. He was baiting them to go full power on the tractor beam.....like........Benjamin really directed this episode well and Gilroy really nailed the writing in ANDOR.....hands down UNMATCHED
It’s a great scene. One of the best scenes in all of the new Star Wars. The dude smacks up the bigger enemy ship, performs squad whipe, buzz’s the observation deck and leaves doing a burnout.
I'm old enough to remember the original trilogy from its initial release, and this scene had me like "HOLY FUCK! DID YOU SEE THAT?" I felt like I was 7 years old again.
There are a ton of awesome things about this scene, but I think the most underrated one is how the ship's computer moves. It's probably one of the most convincing instances of a pointless "if a computer had a physical presence in the cockpit" thing that I've ever seen.
Very simple actually standard patrol which turned into finding a heavily armed ship unknown the crew but the admiral will have something to say about this
The more I watch this the more details in it I find to love. The first ship Luthen takes out is the TIE Bomber to eliminate the biggest threat in the air wing.
Luthen knows to get the most out of his countermeasures, the tractor force needs to be at 5. He then tricks them into full power up to 5. Great scene and a great series. I feel the Andor series the Rogue One are some of the best story telling we have had in years.
Foundation. This scene is inspired by one event on the Foundation novel (Foundation Saga of Asimov) when a member of the Foundation escapes from a warlord warship on a merchant ship equipped with better technology a nuclear powered engines. I love this Andor’s scene because it made justice to the surge of inspiration.
Excellent scene, innovative and suprising, love the sound of countermesures hitting the tractor beam array :) "Andor" is one of the best SW series, more adult, more sophisticated. Good job, I'm waiting for season 2 :)
This scene is like crack! Cant get enough! The acting, Stellan kills it as Luthen, the CG, the audio ( my god the f**king audio) headphones are an absolute must! Chefs kiss to it all, why isnt all new Star Wars like this instead of the w**k we have been subjected to
Gotta love how he goaded them into turning up the tractor beam's power so that the explosive flechettes could easily sail towards their target - they had to 'charge' but most likely had no form of propulsion to keep them a low profile on scanners - you would probably route ship's power into them discreetly, similar to how blaster power packs could be used as an explosive. And faking the engine burn allowed that power routing to go unnoticed. Someone might complain that the ship had no shields, but it's pretty well-known that you have to disable shields to pull someone in with the tractor beam in the first place.
Energy Shields won’t stop accelerating physical shards the size of a cannon ball anyway, and Matter Shields like the one on Scarif requires heavy infrastructure that you can’t put on a ship. So people can’t call shields here
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*Luthen does is AGAIN!!! What were your reactions to this moment???*
best in the series so far :) i actually did a fist bump "YES!"
ee got away !!!!!!!!!
He is one with force ... Jedi Knight
Luthen is such a badass. Such cool tech that we haven't seen before and just really great acting
loved it
One thing I love about this scene is that the Imperials don't screw anything up. The captain makes the right calls, based on the information he has, his XO, when asked, as already anticipated the need for the boarding party and has them standing by. Everyone is doing their jobs well and that speaks to good leadership. They know what they're doing and they're good. So when Luthen out plays them, that makes it so much cooler.
And this why i fucking love Andor by making the Empire competent it makes the Rebels even more badass
Actually they did: they were tricked with that port side engine trust into increasing the power of the tractor beam, thus making the counterfeit measures effective with no time for them to react. Its so subtle its brilliant!
@@zichiro No. They were tricked but not in the way you stated. The port side thruster "malfunction" was to disguise the arming of the countermeasures as they produce a heat signature Luthen knew the Imperials could detect. Reversing the stabilizers and "trying to get away" is what made the captain call for the tractor force to go up to 5; thus making those countermeasures highly effective and impossible to evade.
@@billionpod I mean, that could also be a possibility. I could be wrong of course. Or both are right
Great comment
It will take years to acknowledge, or decades for what I care, but Rogue One and Andor are the true heirs of Star Wars spirit.
Rogue One is the ONLY true child of the spirit.
The original trilogy has aged like milk. These two are not the heirs of the SW spirit in that sense, they have reinvented it and are the best stuff that has come out of SW.
The beginning of the Rebellion is the pivotal moment in Star Wars. Great job on this TV Show, Disney. Better than most of the movies. Did you really need to shoot 24 episodes total for these only 2 seasons? Could have been done in 12, I think.
Yes, no overacting and the seriousness of the old ones.
what about jar jar binks?
I just can't stop rewatching this scene. It's an addiction.
Ive watched it like 15 times now and everytime it feels news
I watch these scenes on my Quest 2 with TH-cam vr. Feels like I’m in a theater. This show merits a theatrical screening. The production is top notch.
I thought I was the only one
Likewise. Epic.
Best done single scene in the franchise.
True DAT!
2:40 Luthen asked the droid what the tractor force is, and when it responded he realizes that the tractor force is too weak for the countermeasures, so he powered the thrusters to try to bait the cruiser to up the tractor force. What a magnificent detail
Now this is such a nice detail that I didn't notice the first time around. Wow!
I dont think that; the tractor force is to weak for the countermeasures? that have no sense, he asked the droid to know the force but when he realizes the tractor force was level 2 he thought of escaping using only the power of the engines because he did not want to go to combat, luthen always gives priority to discretion, if you pay attention the ship almost exceeded the tractor force but the imperial patrol ship is to heavy so he is stopped by her , Seeing that the engines could not overcome the driving force plus the mass of the ship, he went to plan b, because luthen always has a plan b
@@sergioveraruiz5384 I get how one my draw that conclusion, but there are elements of Luthen's decision-making process here that challenge your interpretation. First, when the tractor beam is engaged, he doesn't immediately punch it to get away while he's at his farthest distance. Instead, he does the decoy burn so he doesn't have to power down his engines (he justifies his noncompliance as being a one-man job trying to deal with a malfunction). That was necessary to buy him TIME to further arm the countermeasures.
Second, he is aware of that Imperial ship's capabilities. We know this because his first two actions are to get a false id (because any Imperial patrol will check that) and identify the ship hailing him (Cantwell-class as noted by the droid). He knows that if he tries to run, the Cantwell has the capacity to increase the tractor force. Even the Imperial officers are baffled by what seems to be a stupid decision to try to run from them. That brings us to WHY the tractor force had to be increased: he's releasing tons of small objects to be pulled by the tractor. A weak enough tractor force won't pull them so hard as to destroy the emitter, just like a pebble lightly bouncing on the hood of a car is negligible. Take that same pebble and launch it at a ridiculous speed... now you're talking about damage. A higher tractor force ensures that.
Third, I think the Plan A & B labelling here is off. His plan A was the Alderaan ID deceiving them into letting him get away without confrontation. Plan B was the violent approach with the countermeasures and shoot-out. A would have been preferable, because the Empire wouldn't then be on the alert for his ship having all the abilities it has. Plan B puts a red flag on that ship type, especially once the Empire eventually figures out the Alderaan ID was false.
yes! The projectiles are accelerated by the tractor field!
that was so smart, completely blew my mind
That jolt to the cruiser when Luthen full throttled it was a lovely little detail.
The realism of this scene is off the charts.
Only a little detail but adds so much
I can't stop watching the dish getting blasted by thousands of projectiles, accelerated by it's own tractor beam. Absolutely brilliant writing, and such deliciously detailed destruction. Best destruction scene in Star Wars ever. Even Boba Fett's seismic charges come second to this. But that's just my 2c.
I wanted to like this comment...but I'll just comment a reply instead. Because your likes were at 69 when I saw it, and I don't want to mess that up.
Right.. he didn't need a big ship just the right tools
Jango Fetts sonic detonators in the asteroid field (Prequel series - Episode 2) barely edges this out
I think its partly the sound design on the projectiles, that release sound is incredible, but the whole series has next level sound production.
100% agreed.
People bitch about how slow the show is but the lack of action make the action scenes in this series more rewarding and cathartic, we got all these buildup and character development & revelation throughout that help enhance the action sequences and makes it more satisfying and engaging
Most people just want to see non-stop and instant action, they don't care about contents. It's good that the writers/developers of this show care about the dialogue and character development.
And goddamnit the music. The music, the cinematography, worldbuilding everything. It makes it all feel all the more impactful.
@@denverbax6329 Yeah, I guess it's a good thing there's more than one way to write a plot, or that Disney has more than one show...or people can like more than one kind of approach to fantasy and science fiction.
"War is long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror!"
@@rikk319 Nah. Your preference requires little discernment and engagement aside from "feels."
Luthen Rael... rare antiques dealer, ruthless rebel, fantastic pilot with his cruiser of chaos, a man whos mind is a sunless space, and a wearer of the finest wigs.
Maybe a Dark Jedi too
we need a sitcom called - Coruscant antiques, starring Luthen
@@-Alpha-Omegaplease god no
The reaction of the captain at the end says everything. It must've been super humiliating
*RIGHT!!!! Shock & disappointment is what I got out of that moment.* 😂
And deadly. Remember the Empire does not take failure or incompetence lightly.
Whether it is Vader choking out Star Destroyer admiral, Nakina 5 guards now fired and under interrogation, Syril and his former colleagues, and other, the consequences are not pretty.
Yes--- no reaction at all is all the reaction needed to convey the emotion needed for his, the captain's, moment of failure...
Tony Gilroy is Brilliant...
@@starwarsunlimiteduniverse Luthen played him like a fiddle, goaded him into turning up the tractor beam so he could shrapnel it.
if you are not ready for everything then you have no place in commandment. This guy was worthless, i said was coz he died shortly later on the labor camp of Mustafar of course...
I love how good Stellan’s “confused old man” voice is, he’s such a sulky and empty man that when you see him pretending to be an innocent civilian it really stands out. Excellent work, I hope everyone is proud of their work
I love the middle-finger flyby at the bridge and how he deliberately put himself between the capital ship and the Tie-Fighters. They weren’t able to get a clean shot without risking friendly fire.
He should have strafed the bridge!
Yes, it's a tactic seen multiple times in Star Wars. If you're in between two of your enemies, stay there. They risk friendly fire this way and will hesitate to fire at the least. Han Solo did it at the end of ESB with the Executor.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Lando at the end of ROTJ*
@@armaan1091 OMG, hadn't even noticed myself that I said Han instead of Lando!
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 nah no worries :)
I see too little people talk about the fact that Luthen's on-board droid found an active transponder *with special preference* in less than ten seconds, while it took the imperials one and a half minute to confirm it.
He's probably got a smaller database of id codes to pull from than the entire galaxy they do
I think it's about how big is the queue. Not droid being so fast to find it.
Of course they did......🙄
good AI, pay to win ~
A chameleon ship for a chameleon rebel leader. Very poetic.
He's like James Bond + Han Solo + Francis Underwood all in one
I don't think he is a rebel leader, more like a contributor.
@@snitox He's a coordinator and master strategist.
He has a rebel network spread across the whole galaxy as Dedra Meero pointed out that many rebel actions occurred "randomly" throughout the galaxy.
So the Empire wouldn't think that there's a coordinated rebel attempt against them because they think those are just random small rebel movements.
Could I have a haulcraft like his?
That little shudder when Luthen throttles up against the tractor beam is such a power move and I'm here for it.
he wanted them to increase tractor beam force so that when he deploys, the impact is bigger
@@officialr3dic120 Less time for them to react to the chaff also because it'd be pulled in faster.
@@BigMikeMcBastard Exactly
Luthen destroyed four TIEs and disabled an Imperial cruiser’s tractor beam and make a clean getaway in just a minute while Han and Luke will take several minutes trying to shoot down four TIE fighters after they escaped from the Death Star xD.
Goes to show how awesome Luthen really is. He doesn’t even panic at all, too, only react with mild annoyance at most. He really does have plans for everything.
Having a very well equipped ship also helps.
And advanced AI.
Tractor beam countermeasures.
Advanced automated turrets and those laser things on the sides.
His ship was a lot better than the Falcon for such instances.
@@eustasiocontreras8755 yea, let's remember the Falcon has been referred to as a "hunk of junk" many times by many different people. This is a much better and possibly newer ship
It's like comparing a 20 year old Chevy step van to a custom Escalade.
luthen is probably ex airforce or military Han wasnt
@@GreenLightMe LOL! Han was ex-military. He was an Imperial pilot. Even in Legends he wore Corellian bloodstripes which are the equilivent of medal of honor and went to the Imperial Academy where he served with distinction
@@toomanyaccounts in Solo his time was ever so brief so i don't know if legends is Canon. They made him general at some point during OT, not sure why though. He was a smuggler for most of his career. That's where he learned his skills.
That fly-by across the bridge of the Arrestor Cruiser is a show of power. “I can destroy you anytime I want to.” and then Luthen went to deal with the Tie Fighters.
*That is one of my favorite moments from this scene.*
Yep... Also a forerunner scene to Han Solo's move against a star destroyer in the empire strikes back-- a scene that culminates with the millennium falcon left affixed by grappling claw to the side of the ship's superstructure-- leaving the destroyer's command crew thinking it shot into hyperspace...
Pretty freaking awesome ...
and a cruiser like that has no single or double or triple laser cannon?? O_o
@@max8286 my one gripe with this scene is that the cantwell does have weapon emplacements...In fact, you can see one of them when the Haulcraft does the flyby - it is a ventral turret. But has over a dozen turrets in total. But also apparently TWENTY four ties...with a crew of some 2700.... which is ridiculous. One source says it is around 800 meters long.
As cool as it is, bringing back the Cantwell design, the specs for the thing are so fubar.
@@aethertech I assume that's why Luthen flies between the TIEs and the Cantwell, so if they open fire on him they risk hitting one another.
That final shot of the commander, with the reflection of his demolished tractor beam emitter and the two clouds of what were his TIE fighter air wing is just epic! This is real cinematic Star Wars!!
And the dish looking like an eventual rebel emblem is icing on the cake
omg i didnt realise that's insane lmao
😂
goddamn, I love the perfect composure the entire time, not a single moment of doubt or fear. As much as I love Andor and the way his characyer is changing, Luthen is just one of the best characters Star Wars has ever had. love him.
Absolutely, he really is what the empire and his battle against it made him. He sacrificed everything for this fight (epic monologue), so he does not fear anything either.
I absolutely agree!
Luthen and Cassian are a good contrast. Kinda like Luke the newbie meeting Obi-Wan the veteran.
He weighs up all his options, and is ruthlessly efficient. He has a cold, logical mind. We see this with Saw as well when he uses Saw's paranoia to outmanoeuvre him.
The Fondor scene is a microcosm of Luthen's entire plan, which is to goad the Empire into rash aggression, which he can then use against them.
How can a simple scene, like this one, be better than a whole trilogy??
Indeed, this series was written and made with passion and it shows. Unlike the fanfic that is the last trilogy which was mainly used for profit.
Non woke men and true artists with talent working on it ...instead of whiney multi cultural woke "talent" that's all just affirmative action low quality hires
Exactly. This one scene put the entire prequel trilogy to shame. Wish this show would get 5 seasons instead of just 2 but hell I’ll take it
@@chrismcnuggett hes talking bout the fcking sequels u melon. The prequels no matter how imperfect is legendary compared to the sequels.
@@Romans5_3-4 other than the revolutionary CGI technology the prequel trilogy has just as much if not more plot holes, character inconsistencies, shit story ect as the sequels. But at least the sequels are fun entertaining summer blockbusters. The only sequel that is even close to as bad as the prequels is the Rise of Skywalker.
Let’s not do some revisionist history where we pretend that the prequels weren’t rightfully dogged on for a decade and a half. It’s only been a recent trend in that last five years to like those movies and even then it’s only terminally online people defending these movies. The average folk still heavily dislike those movies for good reason.
This is what you get when you have a true pro like Gilroy behind a show. Great writing, great characters. This is just some of the potential I've been waiting for from the Star Wars universe.
I still can't get over how civilised that entire interaction was, I mean seriously, those imperials were so damned patient
I am in awe of all aspects of this scene. That Captain had immaculate conformity. Palpy would be proud of him ( although he'd fry him with lightning after that failure LOL). But that dish getting hammered is absolutely my favorite bit of Star Wars ever. Who thought /wrote that up deserves a frikking statue!
Nothing more civilized than detaining and searching someone without cause
@@electric_claire Actually, they did. Piracy zone.
@@paulmichaelfreedman8334 the Empire equivalent of a “drug free, anti-loitering zone”
Patient but ruthless. They were intimidading as always but very focused in doing so.
Incredibly tight writing and acting, top shelf. First he stalls by having them repeat them selves, just enough to have the transponder code ready. Then he gradually teases them to increase the strength of the tractor beam so that the counter measures he was planning to use all along get full effect.
My man took on tie fighters and a Imperial Cruiser with that tiny ship and won.
What an absolute LEGEND.
That tiny, but expensively and carefully modified ship. a Q-ship.
IMO only the external hull was still original haulcraft parts.
4:26 The 'look' that says; 'No matter how I explain this, Lord Vader will make me choke on my words - literally!'
this is way to low level to be vaders concern, this dudes just getting demoted to the star wars equivalent of freeway therapy.
That’s like if the Chief of Defense Staff personally executed a coast guard captain for letting a boat carrying drugs to get away
One of THE best Star Wars scenes in a long time.....a long time....- Obiwan Kenobi..
Hearing “Where’s my airwing” reminded me of the “Deploy the garrison” scene from the sequel.
Are we blind? Deploy the air wing!
From Rogue One, not the sequel.
The way he kept his composure the whole time. So badass
"Captain, Lord Vader demands an update on the pursuit!"
"WHAT?!"
"Just kidding, sir."
"Fuck you."
“No…from a haul craft???”
Incredulity never delivered more deftly than this! …plus buzzin the tower as simultaneous f u AND a defense maneuver so tie fighters can’t risk friendly fire
Chef’s kiss 👨🏻🍳😘👌
stellan skarsgård is an absolute boss in this scene. Going from a cool customer to a badass in the span of a few minutes. His physical acting is unreal, I especially like the part where he is unfazed by the tie fighter detonating over his ship - he's just in the zone.
This is my all time favorite Andor battle seen. I have watched a 1/2 dozen times...lol
'May the Force be with you"
*NICE!!!! That's what's up.*
This scene took my breath away. So badass!
The cockpit alone looks so cool and detailled like it was designed with all the other ships from the original trilogy. The monitors etc. So nice
The ship is also taken from the original concepting for the ISD, which is neat
This is masterful writing. The tension in this scene and the release of it at the very end is brilliant. This is what Disney can do when it hires competent people that actually care about and love Star wars. Best Star Wars show ever.
I don't think Gilroy is a fan, but he knows how to tell a story rather than spoon feed a tired message we don't want to hear.
"That has to be the worst pirate I've ever seen! 🤣"
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"That has to be the best pirate I've ever seen!😱"
This is (in my opinion) one of the absolute best battle and escape scenes in all of Star Wars! Luthen is a true badass!
The Fondor is a droid! This amazes me, since I don't know SW's ships at all, except for Han's Falcon and Ties. This droid advises, calculates, plans. In the very first ISB meeting of the series, someone mentions a Fondor had been stolen, among other aircrafts mentioned by names. It would be interesting to watch the whole season by paying attention to the Fondor. I hope we get to learn it's backstory and how Luthen made it so smart.
I'm glad somebody else caught this because I was thinking the same exact thing like that little AI did a lot of the work
the haulcraft itself looks to be of correlian construction, i’m interested to learn more about it.
Technically speaking, most of the Separatists’ navy were droids as well. That is, “sentient” ships programmed for space combat. Hyena Bombers, vulture droids, tri-fighters and separatist gunships.
@@Luke_SkywaIker thats kinda fucked up the more i think abt it lol
Here's what I found out about the ships: The imperials sent out three regular TIEs and one TIE/sa bomber. The regular ties are cheaply manufactured and inferior in one-on-one dog fights due to their limited viewport. Meanwhile the TIE/sa bomber is capable of sending a homing missile at its target. Guess which one Luthan and Fondor took out first?
The sound of those projectiles releasing, and then making contact with the beam is what keeps me coming back
Everything about this scene is the personification of peak Star Wars.
Start to finish, this is the best space encounter in SW cinematic lore
This man is the James Bond of Star Wars.
or the Batman. Expensive gear, lots of advance plans, ruthless, and - unlike Bond - often shows up disguised as someone harmless. Also unlike Bond: not a heavy drinker and doesn't chase every skirt reflexively.
quite literally one of my favorite scenes in all of star wars. There's so much "show, don't tell" going on and we're left to pick it up at our leisure.
Even though it was only a few minutes long, this has to be one of the best space battles I’ve ever seen! I especially love the flares that shoot out of Luthen’s ship in bursts and completely annihilates the sensor dish. Really cool Imperial cruiser design too! Amazing scene and incredible series. Second only to Mando for me!
Andor far exceeds Mando all ways
I love The Mandalorian but Andor is better imo. Probably the best star wars project ever
*Mandor
This reminded me of some BSG battles
God, why can't all the Disney+ Star Wars shows be this good!?
That rotating laser thingy is cool AF! Luckily his timing was perfect 😉
Luthen set up the timing. He powered away from them so they had to to come around and then converge on his approaching position. This gave him the line up for the shot. Luck helped but that was all thinking multiple steps ahead of his enemy. And yes, cool AF.
@@solazoth6661 Yeah, it's one of the few plausible cases where lightsabers make sense as a vehicle weapon.
@@rileymclaughlin4831 It's not a lightsaber, it's a beam laser, like the LAAT gunships use or the SPHA walkers in EPII. You can also see Venators using their ventral beam lasers in the EPIII opening
@@willj78 naw dog. space sabres. headcanon lore.
3:28 "Tractor beam is failing us."
"ARE WE BLIND? DEPLOY THE AIRWING!"
Whats genius about this scene is that he full throttled knowing the tractor beams wouldnt allow him to pull off so he full throttled to get them to turn up the intensity of the beam so that his counter measures would hit 100%. He was baiting them to go full power on the tractor beam.....like........Benjamin really directed this episode well and Gilroy really nailed the writing in ANDOR.....hands down UNMATCHED
Never get tired of watching this sequence....
It’s a great scene. One of the best scenes in all of the new Star Wars. The dude smacks up the bigger enemy ship, performs squad whipe, buzz’s the observation deck and leaves doing a burnout.
This is one of the greatest star wars scenes ever. It may be my favourite. It’s a masterpiece.
Exactly.
When I'm having a bad day I come here and rewatch this
This scene on TH-cam made me watch Andor and it was an awesome experience! Whatta show!
the bridge shots on the imperial cruiser are sooooooooo george lucas its nuts. they captured the feel of those original trilogy imeprials perfectly
The bar for production of Star Wars shows is nuts. Some serious love from the graphics team put into this.
I'm old enough to remember the original trilogy from its initial release, and this scene had me like "HOLY FUCK! DID YOU SEE THAT?"
I felt like I was 7 years old again.
One of the best scenes ever made within the Star Wars universe. I was on the edge of my seat. The tension was palpable
There are a ton of awesome things about this scene, but I think the most underrated one is how the ship's computer moves. It's probably one of the most convincing instances of a pointless "if a computer had a physical presence in the cockpit" thing that I've ever seen.
The whole encounter is just so clean and cool, tense yet smooth. I love this show
This encapsulates Luthens entire plan. Make the empire tighten their grip more and more until it punishes them.
This gets better every time I watch it. So awesome!!
The look of the Imperial captain at the end, shaking his head, like 'How am I going to explain this?' is priceless.
Very simple actually standard patrol which turned into finding a heavily armed ship unknown the crew but the admiral will have something to say about this
3:17 the astonished confusion of the Imperial Officer in this scene heightens the danger in the scene. Incredibly well written.
My favourite scene of Andor. My reaction was hysterical 😅 the face of the Imperial Patrol Captain after Luthen’s escape is priceless.
Everything is good in this scene the timing, the astonishing sound design, the music that make the suspens building up crescendo
The more I watch this the more details in it I find to love. The first ship Luthen takes out is the TIE Bomber to eliminate the biggest threat in the air wing.
The bomber would be no threat to him....its just the one that is easiest to hit first ..its not that deep
It's actually a TIE Boarding Craft, the same one that Captain Nieda used in ESB, it's a TIE Bomber used for troops and carries no ordnance.
Andor is the best thing which happened to Star Wars since the clones war series or rebels. Even Mandalorian pales compared to Andor.
I love the humming/whoosh sound of the tractor beam, very subtle but such a class Star Wars sound effect.
One of the best scenes in the Star Wars Saga
Luthen knows to get the most out of his countermeasures, the tractor force needs to be at 5. He then tricks them into full power up to 5. Great scene and a great series. I feel the Andor series the Rogue One are some of the best story telling we have had in years.
this is a fantastic scene from every angle. love it
Luthen is a triple OG
*Yes he is indeed.*
Foundation. This scene is inspired by one event on the Foundation novel (Foundation Saga of Asimov) when a member of the Foundation escapes from a warlord warship on a merchant ship equipped with better technology a nuclear powered engines.
I love this Andor’s scene because it made justice to the surge of inspiration.
This is one of the best star wars moments ever
Excellent scene, innovative and suprising, love the sound of countermesures hitting the tractor beam array :) "Andor" is one of the best SW series, more adult, more sophisticated. Good job, I'm waiting for season 2 :)
This scene never gets old. Never.
Man, more thought went into this scene than the entire sequel trilogy. I'm going to have to get this series on Blu-ray.
This scene is like crack! Cant get enough! The acting, Stellan kills it as Luthen, the CG, the audio ( my god the f**king audio) headphones are an absolute must! Chefs kiss to it all, why isnt all new Star Wars like this instead of the w**k we have been subjected to
I love the 'what the hell just happened' thousand-yard-stare at the end. Brilliant wilting, acting, and directing.
i love that the Imperial ship lurches forward when he puts the boosters on, i like seeing accurate physics
The best part of the entire series, I think. Wonderful.
"Countermeasures armed" - sends chills down my spine
One of the best action scenes in Star Wars
That is a glorious scene. Star Wars at It's authentic best.
This show gets it right where a lot of others haven’t, unfortunately
That fuck-you flyby was straight out of Top Gun.
The British actor playing the Imperial captain went to Sandhurst in real life. So, he has The Empire Stuff down cold... :)
Absolutely loving this show and this character specifically
I love this scene!! 💪🏼🦾 The rocket darts were sick, and then the laser barrel roll !!!
Only Stellan Skaarsgard could have played Luthen. Such a compelling performance all the way through.
this is so well directed, the tension and pay-off of this scene is just perfect
He made them jack up the tractor beam in order to capture the counter measure.
damn that makes sense. The shrapnel was even more effective
I think this video just convinced me I need to buy the series in Blu-ray to see that radar dish disintegration in full bit glory
Captain: enough practice for today
Everything about this scene is gold.
It’s now my favourite Star Wars space battle scene by a long way
Andor is the best thing In Star Wars Since Empire Strikes Back. The dialogue and in depth characters are genius.
Лучший эпизод на мой взгляд не только в серии, но и в сериале.
This scene is great for one reason. Because. Sometimes. "We're all fine here. How are you?' Won't cut it it, and you got it where it counts!
Gotta love how he goaded them into turning up the tractor beam's power so that the explosive flechettes could easily sail towards their target - they had to 'charge' but most likely had no form of propulsion to keep them a low profile on scanners - you would probably route ship's power into them discreetly, similar to how blaster power packs could be used as an explosive. And faking the engine burn allowed that power routing to go unnoticed. Someone might complain that the ship had no shields, but it's pretty well-known that you have to disable shields to pull someone in with the tractor beam in the first place.
Energy Shields won’t stop accelerating physical shards the size of a cannon ball anyway, and Matter Shields like the one on Scarif requires heavy infrastructure that you can’t put on a ship. So people can’t call shields here