This is why Andor is some of the best Star Wars content ever. The people who made this and Rogue One should be in control of all future content for the franchise
Tony Gilroy isn't into star wars so I'm not sure he'd want to be in charge of anything. He didn't know much about it and I noticed that's why so many people hate on Rogue One and Andor.
This why we should love the Prequel, because it did not bashing or destroying the Original Trilogy, it shows why the original Star Wars really important. Unlike the sequel garbage, killed every our favourite characters like they are nothing compare to "rey".
@@zamhobby9662 The prequel trilogy was shit and I don't care that you fell in love with a cartoon series that was made to fix how bad the prequels were or that you were a child when they came out. This revisionist history about the prequels will never makes any sense to me but I was also old enough when they came out to be able to recognize when movies are bad. And just you wait, in about 10-15 years there will be people just like you trying to convince everyone that the sequel trilogy was also great.
@ 25 years ago I would have said the exact same thing to you about the prequels but here we are. To be clear I’m not saying the sequels are good, they’re not, I’m just saying that there’s a generation of kids who will have grown up watching those movies and they’ll love and defend them forever
Maarva's funeral speech, Kino Loy's declaration to the prisoners of Narkina-5, Nemik's manifesto, Luthen's monologue about sacrifice - I cannot believe we got FOUR of the best written and best acted single-character monologues I think I've ever seen on TV, all in the same season of the same series. Disney may have brutalized and humiliated the Star Wars franchise into an early grave in terms of profitability, but holy hot dogs am I glad this show exists. Absolutely phenomenal all the way through!
@@Andrew1990M From the lip movement at the end I suspect she was originally saying "Fuck the Empire" rather than "fight", and I wish they'd left it in.
@@owhwaodwa6210 That would have been out of character for the character and the speech. It would also have been less clear as a call to rebellion. "Fuck the Empire" can just as easily mean "ignore the Empire."
Also, I love how nearly everyone watching this scene gets super mad when that Imperial officer pushes B-2 over. It shows how deeply invested so many people got in the story haha
I love Luthen's reaction to this speech. He is on Ferrix while trying to lay the groundwork for a rebellion, but never expected Maarva's funeral speech (is it a eulogy when you deliver it yourself?) to actually ignite the flame. Up until this moment, he probably just thought of her as Cassian's mother, of no consequence or use to him, but now he can see what Cassian is made from, and how the people of Ferrix can factor into his plans.
It's more than that. Remember the line from the Aldhani heist? That freedom is a pure idea, and it occurs spontaneously. This is what the Ferrix uprising represents. That in that crucial moment when the oppression becomes impossible to ignore, the spark that ignites rebellion can suddenly burst forth. So while people like Luthen are necessary, it ultimately takes the people under that tyranny to rise up too. It's not that he's thinking how they can factor into his plans, it's his realization that they will be the spark that starts the Rebellion. He wanted that spark, he just didn't expect it to be there, where's he's just at to find Cassian.
Andor, along with Rogue One and Empire Strikes Back is peak Star Wars. The three of them standout by making the Empire an actual threat and showing the levels the Rebellion must stoop to to beat them. It makes it much more compelling and therefore better, IMO, than it's already good counterpart films and shows not mentioned above. Well, mostly good films and shows. Mentioning no clear drop outs.
@jazzx251 yeah, that's a fair point to make. Whilst I don't disagree, in the spirit of friendly debate, would you say the destruction of it somewhat tarnishes the theme I alluded to in my comment which was the threat of the Empire? Given they fell prey to subterfuge and intelligence? Or would you consider that a reinforcement to your and my points that they were so strong this was the only way they could be effectively touched at first? Thanks for the comment, I like discussing this kinda stuff.
Hmph - its low viewing figures suggest a good reason why the USA elected a fascist (they have been dumbed down so much, that morality and wisdom go out of the window) , effectively ruining the sacrifice of all of those who died in World War II I think it did way better in Mexico considering who THEY'VE elected to office - a wise scientist with a heart of gold ... Dr. Claudia Scheinbaum Faced with a bullying tyrant (moron - more like ..), she casually did a deal with the Chinese as she prepares her people for the Tariff Wars ... Mexico's first female President is proper ANDOR material - a lifelong revolutionary - but rather than rely on droids to display a recorded message, she has decided to go high-energy by addressing the nation every morning in a press conference herself As mayor of Mexico City, she had to deal with thugs and gangsters all the time - so Trump will be easy
I don't think many had expected that out of the Star Wars live actions shows we got, the show dedicated to a character we've seen in only a single movie, was the one show that would move the entire fanbase to it's core like this. Obi-Wan Kenobi? Was fine. Book of Boba Fett was... Meh... Ahsoka was okay... But Andor? Andor was a MASTERPIECE! Take notes, Disney, because THIS is EXACTLY how you create a good Star Wars series.
Because Andor is not a good star wars show. It is a good show, period. I dare say you can love this show, even if you don't like or don't care about the SW universe. And that's something i would not say of any other show of the franchise.
It goes both ways really. I’m independent but I’ve lived in cities and I’ve lived in small towns in the country. And what I’ve seen is that the right leaning folks living in small towns just want to be left alone, it’s really nothing malicious. So when there’s more left influence and the cities are making all the decisions about the way things work for everyone, that causes major government control over these small towns that don’t need it or want it. To them the government involving themselves and requiring them to need their help feels like the Empire to those folks.
@zacharyjamesdixon and there it is... The alt right are the antivax, flat earthers, regilgious extremists, militaristic nuts, and all kinds of ignorant people that does not let other people alone. Forget this fantasy of a "moderate right", the extreme right are devouring then on the ballots. These will aways be seduced by bthe Dark Side.
lmao, you know nothing of the real world. Trying to compare Star Wars to modern politics is insane. The Empire is a representation of Nazi Germany, which we are far from. Get out of your echo chamber.
You can tell who are the better reactors by the ones who aren’t yapping during this speech because they feel like they should say something. The best reactors know when to shut up and watch.
As soon as Fiona Shaw appeared on screen I was expecting something huge from Maarva. You don’t cast Fiona Shaw and then not let her loose. I thought Maarva was going to sacrifice herself too somehow.
Every time the reactors say "with _the brick?"_ I think _no no, that brick is_ Maarva, _so say it right: Brasso hit that imp upside the head _*_with Maarva._*
Maarva's speech is truly among the most powerful Star Wars moments. Also, I am glad I am not the only who hated that Imperial captain for aggressively overturning B2EMO.
The reason they let the speech go on as long as they did, I believe, is because they were awaiting orders from Deirdra, but she was letting it go on so that she could find and capture Cassian.
@@FrankKillsRight-wc2pj No, I haven't seen an interview in which Tony Gilroy has specifically said "Andor" is based on Marxism. Link it, please. But I have seen is this interview with Tony Gilroy: "Pick your revolution. I saw an analysis about Luthen’s [Stellan Skarsgård] accelerationist Marxist view. People understand these ideas fundamentally; they don’t need terms for them. They don’t need to be put in a dialectical form. They need to feel instinctive. It’s very pleasing, on the other hand, to watch people argue and find things in there that are applicable, but my primary responsibility is to the characters and to make an adventure story. This is a ripping yarn and it is an adventure story, and there’s a lot more energy that goes into the plotting and the adventure story aspect of it - no one sits around thinking about what we should do politically. It just happens instinctively." He has said that one _character's_ view can be seen as Marxist in terms of revolutionary strategy. That's a specific reference to the Marxist strategy of "heightening the contradictions" by forcing the opponent to over react and broadly expose their true nature. But we could say that the Boston Tea Party was intended for the same effect. OTOH, Saw Gerera is an anarchist and Vel Vel is inspired by the Baader Meinhoff group, Patty Hearst, and Red Brigade...the "rich girl gone revolutionary" thing. Gilroy has said that the riot of Maarva's funeral was inspired by the "Bloody Sunday" incident in Ireland in 1972. Gilroy's Empire is classically fascist, pretty close to how Mussolini described it. Nemik, if anything, is very close to Patrick Henry. Mon Mothma could easily be compared to John Hancock and Luthern to Samuel Adams. Gilroy took something from practically every historical revolutionary effort.
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This is why Andor is some of the best Star Wars content ever. The people who made this and Rogue One should be in control of all future content for the franchise
Tony Gilroy isn't into star wars so I'm not sure he'd want to be in charge of anything. He didn't know much about it and I noticed that's why so many people hate on Rogue One and Andor.
This why we should love the Prequel, because it did not bashing or destroying the Original Trilogy, it shows why the original Star Wars really important. Unlike the sequel garbage, killed every our favourite characters like they are nothing compare to "rey".
@@zamhobby9662 The prequel trilogy was shit and I don't care that you fell in love with a cartoon series that was made to fix how bad the prequels were or that you were a child when they came out. This revisionist history about the prequels will never makes any sense to me but I was also old enough when they came out to be able to recognize when movies are bad. And just you wait, in about 10-15 years there will be people just like you trying to convince everyone that the sequel trilogy was also great.
@reconsoldier135 Good luck with that shit in 10000 years
@ 25 years ago I would have said the exact same thing to you about the prequels but here we are. To be clear I’m not saying the sequels are good, they’re not, I’m just saying that there’s a generation of kids who will have grown up watching those movies and they’ll love and defend them forever
Maarva's funeral speech, Kino Loy's declaration to the prisoners of Narkina-5, Nemik's manifesto, Luthen's monologue about sacrifice - I cannot believe we got FOUR of the best written and best acted single-character monologues I think I've ever seen on TV, all in the same season of the same series. Disney may have brutalized and humiliated the Star Wars franchise into an early grave in terms of profitability, but holy hot dogs am I glad this show exists. Absolutely phenomenal all the way through!
And everything mon mothma did!!
That snarl in her voice when she says "I'd wake up EARLY..." gets me every time. Fiona Shaw killed this role.
And hearing “bastards” in a Star Wars story.
It’s sometimes lazy to use cursing to make something suddenly mature but this was perfect.
@@Andrew1990M From the lip movement at the end I suspect she was originally saying "Fuck the Empire" rather than "fight", and I wish they'd left it in.
@@owhwaodwa6210 That would have been out of character for the character and the speech. It would also have been less clear as a call to rebellion. "Fuck the Empire" can just as easily mean "ignore the Empire."
@@kirkdarling4120 exactly
I absolutely adore the delivery of "there is a wound that won't heal at the centre of the galaxy". It's just so good!!!
Even in death, Maarva fought the Empire! EAT BRICK!
Also, I love how nearly everyone watching this scene gets super mad when that Imperial officer pushes B-2 over. It shows how deeply invested so many people got in the story haha
I came here to say that. You never hurt the messenger. If you do you get bricked!!!
and they were all mostly quiet, listening to every word of that speech
Marva would be very happy that her brick was used to clobber an Imperial.
I love Luthen's reaction to this speech. He is on Ferrix while trying to lay the groundwork for a rebellion, but never expected Maarva's funeral speech (is it a eulogy when you deliver it yourself?) to actually ignite the flame. Up until this moment, he probably just thought of her as Cassian's mother, of no consequence or use to him, but now he can see what Cassian is made from, and how the people of Ferrix can factor into his plans.
It's more than that. Remember the line from the Aldhani heist? That freedom is a pure idea, and it occurs spontaneously. This is what the Ferrix uprising represents. That in that crucial moment when the oppression becomes impossible to ignore, the spark that ignites rebellion can suddenly burst forth.
So while people like Luthen are necessary, it ultimately takes the people under that tyranny to rise up too. It's not that he's thinking how they can factor into his plans, it's his realization that they will be the spark that starts the Rebellion. He wanted that spark, he just didn't expect it to be there, where's he's just at to find Cassian.
The speeches in this show were so good. By far the best content Disney has put out Star Wars wise
This and Luthen’s monologue are in my top 5 favorite Star Wars scenes
I cannot wait for season 2, this speech along with Kino's and Luthen's were all epic!
I'd add Nemik's Manifesto to that list! This is unshakably one of the most incredible shows I've ever seen and am ecstatic for Season 2 o_o
So hard to think Fiona Shaw was so evil as Harry Potters Aunt - she killed this. So many amazing monologues
She was superb as the MI6 spymaster in "Killing Eve"
One of the most powerful scenes of modern television.
Andor, along with Rogue One and Empire Strikes Back is peak Star Wars. The three of them standout by making the Empire an actual threat and showing the levels the Rebellion must stoop to to beat them.
It makes it much more compelling and therefore better, IMO, than it's already good counterpart films and shows not mentioned above.
Well, mostly good films and shows. Mentioning no clear drop outs.
You forgot the original Star Wars - that shows you the awful Death Star's capabilities ...
Without that - you don't get the other three
@jazzx251 yeah, that's a fair point to make. Whilst I don't disagree, in the spirit of friendly debate, would you say the destruction of it somewhat tarnishes the theme I alluded to in my comment which was the threat of the Empire?
Given they fell prey to subterfuge and intelligence?
Or would you consider that a reinforcement to your and my points that they were so strong this was the only way they could be effectively touched at first?
Thanks for the comment, I like discussing this kinda stuff.
Oh my God this show. Watched it so many times and it just seems to get better each time. I am so psyched for season 2.
I basically just alternate between this and the expanse when inbetween seasons of other shows
Andor is right up there as some of the best written and acted Star Wars content. ❤
Any content. I’m an Andor truther, it’s one of the best made shows period, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.
It does give you the will to fight fascism
Hmph - its low viewing figures suggest a good reason why the USA elected a fascist (they have been dumbed down so much, that morality and wisdom go out of the window) , effectively ruining the sacrifice of all of those who died in World War II
I think it did way better in Mexico considering who THEY'VE elected to office - a wise scientist with a heart of gold ... Dr. Claudia Scheinbaum
Faced with a bullying tyrant (moron - more like ..), she casually did a deal with the Chinese as she prepares her people for the Tariff Wars ...
Mexico's first female President is proper ANDOR material - a lifelong revolutionary - but rather than rely on droids to display a recorded message, she has decided to go high-energy by addressing the nation every morning in a press conference herself
As mayor of Mexico City, she had to deal with thugs and gangsters all the time - so Trump will be easy
Well to fight facism, to fight communism and so more...
Yes it does. Luthens monologue also spurs you to fight injustice…
"Maarva was here."
"Wasn't she great?"
Andor ages better than wine. It is an endless source of love for Star Wars.
LOVE this series.
I no longer watch television but I’ll be making an exception for series 2.
The trifecta of Kino, Luthen & Maarva…..all epic speeches, but this one is a world series walk off grand slam.
FTE!
Who knew Aunt Petunia could make me feel?
I didnt realize until your comment, thank you
Holy sh*t I never made the connection until I read this hahahahahahahaha
I don't think many had expected that out of the Star Wars live actions shows we got, the show dedicated to a character we've seen in only a single movie, was the one show that would move the entire fanbase to it's core like this. Obi-Wan Kenobi? Was fine. Book of Boba Fett was... Meh... Ahsoka was okay... But Andor? Andor was a MASTERPIECE!
Take notes, Disney, because THIS is EXACTLY how you create a good Star Wars series.
Because Andor is not a good star wars show. It is a good show, period.
I dare say you can love this show, even if you don't like or don't care about the SW universe. And that's something i would not say of any other show of the franchise.
In our real world we have the rise of the extreme right, claiming "order".
Thats why I cryed so hard watching this.
It goes both ways really. I’m independent but I’ve lived in cities and I’ve lived in small towns in the country. And what I’ve seen is that the right leaning folks living in small towns just want to be left alone, it’s really nothing malicious. So when there’s more left influence and the cities are making all the decisions about the way things work for everyone, that causes major government control over these small towns that don’t need it or want it. To them the government involving themselves and requiring them to need their help feels like the Empire to those folks.
@zacharyjamesdixon and there it is...
The alt right are the antivax, flat earthers, regilgious extremists, militaristic nuts, and all kinds of ignorant people that does not let other people alone. Forget this fantasy of a "moderate right", the extreme right are devouring then on the ballots.
These will aways be seduced by bthe Dark Side.
lmao, you know nothing of the real world. Trying to compare Star Wars to modern politics is insane. The Empire is a representation of Nazi Germany, which we are far from. Get out of your echo chamber.
@@zacharyjamesdixon "really it's both the empire and the rebellion that's the problem." Be for real.
@@zacharyjamesdixon Oh PLEASE!
Shut the hell up.
Angela is so touchingly feeling and empathetic. To see her slight nods in response to some of the lines as her tears were brimming is moving!!!
I gotta watch Andor Season 1 before Season 2 drops
Little slow to start but.. it’s a ride.
@@Justanotherconsumer The payoff is always better after a slow burn to start.
You've never watched Andor?
Or just need a recap ...
Either way - you're in for a great show
somehow a brick became one of the most important weapon in Star Wars, and deserved
You can tell who are the better reactors by the ones who aren’t yapping during this speech because they feel like they should say something.
The best reactors know when to shut up and watch.
I watched Star Wars with my mom...she passed away in 2012...but I can hear her still in Maarvas voice!
Fight the Empire!
As soon as Fiona Shaw appeared on screen I was expecting something huge from Maarva. You don’t cast Fiona Shaw and then not let her loose. I thought Maarva was going to sacrifice herself too somehow.
Top 10 scenes in SW history.... If you didnt understand what The Empire was about after this nothing will .. 😎
Everybody must watch this next week and start to fight the Empire!
That was peak Normies reactions back when they still cared about what they were actually watching 😂😂
Greatest Star Wars Show Ever!!! 💯🥇🏆
This hits so different now, in the BEST way! 💪🏽🫡
Deny, Defend, Depose
He got Marva to the face 😂
Feels like the writers are speaking to the true stars wars fans telling us to take back whats ours.
Every time the reactors say "with _the brick?"_ I think _no no, that brick is_ Maarva, _so say it right: Brasso hit that imp upside the head _*_with Maarva._*
the actor that played marva said the original quote was FUCK THE EMPIRE!!!!.....cheers all waiting for andor season 2...
Maarva's speech is truly among the most powerful Star Wars moments. Also, I am glad I am not the only who hated that Imperial captain for aggressively overturning B2EMO.
The reason they let the speech go on as long as they did, I believe, is because they were awaiting orders from Deirdra, but she was letting it go on so that she could find and capture Cassian.
We fought the Separatists to fight the Empire again!
1:40 "She recorded this before she died?" As opposed to recording it after she died?
3:44 a real old man’s reactions to some real shiiite.
Peak Star Wars. ❤🔥
I love pReview'd so much!
@15;29; is that MOO hoodie?
Andor is the best Star Wars has ever been. May disney leave it in peace for s2.
art becomes life?
Maarva was way better than Mon Mothma. She really inspired people to rise and fight against the Empire.
America has been sleeping.
Karl Marx couldn't be more proud.
You mean Patrick Henry couldn't be more proud.
@kirkdarling4120 I guess you didn't see the interview in which the makers of andor says it's based on Marxism.
@@FrankKillsRight-wc2pj No, I haven't seen an interview in which Tony Gilroy has specifically said "Andor" is based on Marxism. Link it, please. But I have seen is this interview with Tony Gilroy:
"Pick your revolution. I saw an analysis about Luthen’s [Stellan Skarsgård] accelerationist Marxist view. People understand these ideas fundamentally; they don’t need terms for them. They don’t need to be put in a dialectical form. They need to feel instinctive. It’s very pleasing, on the other hand, to watch people argue and find things in there that are applicable, but my primary responsibility is to the characters and to make an adventure story. This is a ripping yarn and it is an adventure story, and there’s a lot more energy that goes into the plotting and the adventure story aspect of it - no one sits around thinking about what we should do politically. It just happens instinctively."
He has said that one _character's_ view can be seen as Marxist in terms of revolutionary strategy. That's a specific reference to the Marxist strategy of "heightening the contradictions" by forcing the opponent to over react and broadly expose their true nature. But we could say that the Boston Tea Party was intended for the same effect.
OTOH, Saw Gerera is an anarchist and Vel Vel is inspired by the Baader Meinhoff group, Patty Hearst, and Red Brigade...the "rich girl gone revolutionary" thing. Gilroy has said that the riot of Maarva's funeral was inspired by the "Bloody Sunday" incident in Ireland in 1972. Gilroy's Empire is classically fascist, pretty close to how Mussolini described it. Nemik, if anything, is very close to Patrick Henry. Mon Mothma could easily be compared to John Hancock and Luthern to Samuel Adams. Gilroy took something from practically every historical revolutionary effort.