It makes the Empire seem large,cold, and impersonal. Which it most certainly is. And gives the viewer a look into all different kinds of life in the galaxy. From the wealthy, the poorer which seems like the majority, and even the lives of lower ranking regional Imperials.
I absolutely love how Major Partagaz pits his supervisors against one another to see whose talents will stand out amongst them. Phenomenal storytelling!
I love this type of Star Wars, I wish everyone would give it a chance and just watch it for what it is. They would know how good it is and how this connecting more of the star wars universe
This has been my absolute favourite Star Wars series so far. Obviously we all love the nostalgia and familiarity of the Skywalkers and the mysticism of the Force, but keeping the universe tightly wrapped around Luke and his family, as well as other Force users, makes the universe feel small. There is so much galaxy and so many more people who lived through this history who we need to meet, and who we will relate to as the poor and oppressed who fight to survive.
I actually kind of love when it feels small for those specific reasons. I’ve also loved the Rogue One-esque approach because it really shows the Empire and the Rebellion for everyone else. Vader as an unstoppable force of nature, not Dad. The Empire as the immovable object and dictator of reality - oppressive as it may be.
Speak for yourself...Not all of us love the "nostalgia and familiarity" of the Skywalkers. For that very reason, however, I have to agree with you that it is very refreshing to have Andor provide an alternative kind of Star Wars storytelling.
Have to say it: this was the Star Wars Prequels I wanted to see. The adult story. The story that shows how the galaxy devolved into a totalitarian state.
Yularen! Absolutely love the way they've nailed the vicious mystique of the ISB, what they say they are versus what they do. And Anton Lesser is devouring the dialogue
How about the irony of Syril's mom calling out his high collar as saying he was looking to stand out and be noticed only to end the episode on the shot of him being lost in a sea of uniformity.
This shows it fantastic. Shot with such cinematic flair that it feels like a proper movie. This also seems the most grounded in reality than any other StarWars production. The production is so we’ll done that you can actually feel the tension and oppression depicted on screen. This is a master piece in my opinion.
That scene of Andor getting arrested and charged gave me bad dreams...not nightmares exactly but I found myself replaying the scene in my sleep trying to figure out a way he could have phrased his words differently so he'd be let off...reminiscent of a few experiences I've had with bad-natured/corrupt police who had such a hard-on to find a criminal that they would turn you into one(whether you were innocent or not) just to meet their quota and "get their fix"...
The first time we saw the offices, it reminded me of the TVA in Loki. Probably a common inspiration. But I love the "not quite" jacket and tie look of their uniform, really unique.
You made a really good point regarding the mining site being filled with water and covered up by the empire. We did see those hexagonal structures in the water surrounded by green landscapes in one of the trailers that can be deduced to be the prison we later see andor in during the same trailer (due to the waterfalls in the background of the prison catwalk). It could be possible that the Kenari was refitted as a prison world for the empire.
The "ornament" hanging in Mavva's house is now sporting a brake disc from a motorcycle. The swirls and holes are for brake dust removal and heat dissipation.
I'm glad someone else caught that. With how incredibly reclusive the Chiss Ascendency is, they probably aren't sending an agent to essentially the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
I know so many Star Wars fans that won’t watch anything by Disney Star Wars due to the last three movie but I’ve begged them to give it a go because it’s SOOOO GOOODDD. Watch it with my dad who’s 67 and we both enjoy it immensely.
I Find Andor a product of rebel and imp reval , it is nice how they were able to bling bling up, get 6 years, and be a pain in the back-side throughout the years.
I think that Andor is quite possibly one of the best productions 'Star Wars' has done so far, apart from the Original trilogy. Have been watching your videos for a little while now and I really love your attention to detail and energy. Have subscribed for sure.
The action figures on his shelf at 0:28 look like Phase 1 Clone Troopers. You can see them using the DC-15 heavy blaster that the clones use, and the one closest to the camera looks like it has the fun of Phase 1 Clones.
I got AOTC the Clone training room vibes from that Bureau of Standards floor. Also, not sure it was intentional, but the skiff that Senta rides reminded me of the skiff accessory for Luke way back in 1995 with the POTF toy line. What if Clea is Cassian's lost sister????
The action figures, i think those are clonetroopers, probably phase 1, cause not only do they have like a lil pointy thingy at the tip of their heads, but also it will make more sense for Baby Syril Karn to have republic soldiers than stormies
Didn't realise they shot scenes in the McLaren technology centre, that's pretty cool. Imagine if Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris had cameos in the background.
00:05 For those outside the USA, the country is ruled by the car industry. It is a car-dominated society where all public and pedestrian modes of transport have been diminished.
So many good scenes in this episode! The one that impressed me the most was the meeting between Vel and Kleya. Both women were almost unrecognizable compared to the original impression we had of them. It's incredible how these rebels can hide in plain sight.
Those "Imperial actions figures" in Syril's room are Phase 1 *Republic* Clone Troopers. They have helmet fins, and are holding DC-15s. Pro-tip: Stormtroopers do not use long rifles. Scout Troopers use E-11s, which look nothing like DC-15s.
Non-cannon now, but Ord Mantell had it own adventure in the 1983 radio drama “Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell” Funny thing is, it was a mission on funding the rebellion. Non-cannon now, but the radio dramas were good covering before and after ANH.
6:27 Most likely a Pantoran, not a Chiss. Pantorans are way more in the Imperial community. The Chiss are very disconnected from the Empire, they're basically China to the Empire's Rome. Thrawn is an extreme exception, according to the books.
I got some Hunger Games vibes more this episode, but here and there in other episodes. Or maybe that author took inspiration from other SW content. Not sure the timing. I don't think Andor/SW is inspired by HG, but just there are similar themes, especially the rich people in fancy clothes with fancy food and lives vs. people struggling in the rest of the world.
The knock is actually drawn directly from Mexican folklore. It is used both as an insult as it is for taunting. Lets just say it might be something you knock on your car horn angrily at another driver for doing something stupid. But also for taunting someone, or telling them to f* off.
I doubt that the one blue alien is Chiss. The Thrawn books make it fairly clear he is the only one that the Empire is involved with, with the rest of the species almost being considered a mythical story
And none has pointed out that the bureau of standards, which closely resembles the "Dept. of weights and measures" in some states, resembles The Central Bureaucracy from Futurama? Worker bees at their best.
Yeah I thought so at first, then at a certain point I was like - yeah, pretty sure I walked in that exact spot :D. I went to london years ago and got to visit someone living in the barbican. It's a fascinating complex.
I was thinking they look like the ID model seeker droids. So far we've seen an ID9 and ID10 in things like Battlefront II, Rebels, Obi-wan, etc. The viper model probe droids are the ones we see on Hoth in ESB and in Solo (the 11-3K). Though it could the Separatist probe droid from The Clone Wars, though it doesn't look round enough for that tbh.
Fun fact. Ord Mantell is also shown in Star Wars The Old Republic MMO. The game is not canon I know, but the planet is, so what we see there takes place somewhere on Ord Mantell, but it's not stated where on the planet this takes place afaik.
Yup. Almost looked like an old school ray gun of some sort, and that certainly appeared to be a lightsaber underneath it. Maybe the kyber crystal he gave Andor powers it?
Perfection this series is. booooooom looking for this! K2so hype 😂 even though it’s not k2so. The acting of the emperial admiral (can’t remember the name sorry) is amazing
coming back to watch these bcause andor is amazing. I dont think they messed up the aurebesh charges on the prison sentences. I just think the empire doesnt care and they were making stuff up
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The absolute best thing about this is they managed to make the empire intimidating and scary as hell again.
No mum jokes in sight
It makes the Empire seem large,cold, and impersonal. Which it most certainly is. And gives the viewer a look into all different kinds of life in the galaxy. From the wealthy, the poorer which seems like the majority, and even the lives of lower ranking regional Imperials.
Yes.
You get the feeling in this that the storm troopers really can fire straight!
1984 Orwellian
I absolutely love how Major Partagaz pits his supervisors against one another to see whose talents will stand out amongst them. Phenomenal storytelling!
I love this type of Star Wars, I wish everyone would give it a chance and just watch it for what it is. They would know how good it is and how this connecting more of the star wars universe
This has been my absolute favourite Star Wars series so far. Obviously we all love the nostalgia and familiarity of the Skywalkers and the mysticism of the Force, but keeping the universe tightly wrapped around Luke and his family, as well as other Force users, makes the universe feel small. There is so much galaxy and so many more people who lived through this history who we need to meet, and who we will relate to as the poor and oppressed who fight to survive.
Hear, hear!
Couldn't of put it better. THESE are the stories i wanna hear about in other IP's flesh out the world give us all the perspectives :)
I actually kind of love when it feels small for those specific reasons. I’ve also loved the Rogue One-esque approach because it really shows the Empire and the Rebellion for everyone else. Vader as an unstoppable force of nature, not Dad. The Empire as the immovable object and dictator of reality - oppressive as it may be.
Well said
Speak for yourself...Not all of us love the "nostalgia and familiarity" of the Skywalkers. For that very reason, however, I have to agree with you that it is very refreshing to have Andor provide an alternative kind of Star Wars storytelling.
Have to say it: this was the Star Wars Prequels I wanted to see. The adult story. The story that shows how the galaxy devolved into a totalitarian state.
Yularen! Absolutely love the way they've nailed the vicious mystique of the ISB, what they say they are versus what they do. And Anton Lesser is devouring the dialogue
The actor played him very well
Every actor is nailing everything. This is better than what a lot of the premier networks make these days.
How about the irony of Syril's mom calling out his high collar as saying he was looking to stand out and be noticed only to end the episode on the shot of him being lost in a sea of uniformity.
This shows it fantastic. Shot with such cinematic flair that it feels like a proper movie. This also seems the most grounded in reality than any other StarWars production. The production is so we’ll done that you can actually feel the tension and oppression depicted on screen. This is a master piece in my opinion.
There's an alien guard at the imperial court room place which is rare to see alien guards under imperial rule which usually consist of humans.
That scene of Andor getting arrested and charged gave me bad dreams...not nightmares exactly but I found myself replaying the scene in my sleep trying to figure out a way he could have phrased his words differently so he'd be let off...reminiscent of a few experiences I've had with bad-natured/corrupt police who had such a hard-on to find a criminal that they would turn you into one(whether you were innocent or not) just to meet their quota and "get their fix"...
Alright calm down
@@aldolopez2664 😂
Shaddap...
"I can't breathe"
The dialogue is quite funny but also has a deeper meaning
Shore trooper is back, baby 🎉
Surf's up, citizen. STOP RUNNING
The lunch troopers have returned
@@Nightwizard63 Alfresco Troopers
I do food reviews while I’m high on my TH-cam channel
@@SevenHunnid cool
This was my favorite episode yet by far, really loved how Yularen was in it too, was not expecting that!
Hope we see more Clone Troopers too!
Tony and Dan have assembled a writing team that is something special.
Andor is some of my favorite Star Wars of all time.
The first time we saw the offices, it reminded me of the TVA in Loki. Probably a common inspiration.
But I love the "not quite" jacket and tie look of their uniform, really unique.
you think they might be reusing the set?
You made a really good point regarding the mining site being filled with water and covered up by the empire. We did see those hexagonal structures in the water surrounded by green landscapes in one of the trailers that can be deduced to be the prison we later see andor in during the same trailer (due to the waterfalls in the background of the prison catwalk). It could be possible that the Kenari was refitted as a prison world for the empire.
The "ornament" hanging in Mavva's house is now sporting a brake disc from a motorcycle. The swirls and holes are for brake dust removal and heat dissipation.
Chiss aren't common in the known galaxy so it would be interesting if it was. He could be a Pantoran though from Pantora
I'm glad someone else caught that. With how incredibly reclusive the Chiss Ascendency is, they probably aren't sending an agent to essentially the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Duros, too, like Cad Bane, could be an option. But definitely NOT Chiss.
Wulf’s character was also the opening narrator of every Clone Wars episode.
I know so many Star Wars fans that won’t watch anything by Disney Star Wars due to the last three movie but I’ve begged them to give it a go because it’s SOOOO GOOODDD. Watch it with my dad who’s 67 and we both enjoy it immensely.
I Find Andor a product of rebel and imp reval , it is nice how they were able to bling bling up, get 6 years, and be a pain in the back-side throughout the years.
I think that Andor is quite possibly one of the best productions 'Star Wars' has done so far, apart from the Original trilogy.
Have been watching your videos for a little while now and I really love your attention to detail and energy. Have subscribed for sure.
this is fact. Andor is going to take of HanSolo's spot for Cool factor. I actually like Andor a bit more that Solo.
@@prew_gaming Nah Cassian isn't nearly as charming as Han
That shoretrooper will be the reason why Cassin fights and probably the last kind of troopers he'll fight in rogue one
The action figures on his shelf at 0:28 look like Phase 1 Clone Troopers. You can see them using the DC-15 heavy blaster that the clones use, and the one closest to the camera looks like it has the fun of Phase 1 Clones.
Can’t imagine why Cinta didn’t unveil a bright metallic purple Vespa 🛵 on Aldhani
Ugh. Don't remind me
😂 ☠️
The mother would drive me to jump into a sarlacc 😂
I am wondering if Kleya (Luthen's assistant) is going to end up being Cassian's sister. It might explain how Luthen knew so much about him.
Vel's meeting place was filmed in the Brunswick Centre in London and Niamos is filmed in Cleveleys in Lancashire
It looks more like the Barbican, not the Brunswick Centre.
I agree, it looks like the Barbican Centre.
I got AOTC the Clone training room vibes from that Bureau of Standards floor. Also, not sure it was intentional, but the skiff that Senta rides reminded me of the skiff accessory for Luke way back in 1995 with the POTF toy line. What if Clea is Cassian's lost sister????
i feel like the office was more of a reference to "1984"
Thanks to Erics love of dramatic deliveries and just his overall awesomeness......I cannot watch any other reaction videos!! They just don't compare!!
The action figures, i think those are clonetroopers, probably phase 1, cause not only do they have like a lil pointy thingy at the tip of their heads, but also it will make more sense for Baby Syril Karn to have republic soldiers than stormies
I guess the art team didn't thinks us nerds would translate the letters on the rap sheet. I like Mon's car. It's like a flying Cadillac.
14:35 That song was really cool. I kept winding it back to relisten to it and then it appears on the credits too
Didn't realise they shot scenes in the McLaren technology centre, that's pretty cool. Imagine if Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris had cameos in the background.
00:05 For those outside the USA, the country is ruled by the car industry. It is a car-dominated society where all public and pedestrian modes of transport have been diminished.
I want a Gilroy made Mon Mothma series explaining the Bothans line in ROTJ
The subtitles refer to the trooper at the beach officially as a Shoretrooper
So many good scenes in this episode! The one that impressed me the most was the meeting between Vel and Kleya. Both women were almost unrecognizable compared to the original impression we had of them. It's incredible how these rebels can hide in plain sight.
Those "Imperial actions figures" in Syril's room are Phase 1 *Republic* Clone Troopers. They have helmet fins, and are holding DC-15s.
Pro-tip: Stormtroopers do not use long rifles. Scout Troopers use E-11s, which look nothing like DC-15s.
That's how I recognised them too 🙂
DC-15a*
@@vartii1366 Goes without saying.
Andor is legit the best live action Star Wars we've had since Return of the Jedi.
For real
Syril's action figures have been confirmed to be that of Clone Troopers
The blaster rifle is the the clearest giveaway at a distance.
Witwer also voices Galen Marek in The Force Unleashed and Palpatine in Battlefront II
It's a grown up star wars.. we needed this
The end of the episode had a very Trainspotting meets 1984 ending for me.
Non-cannon now, but Ord Mantell had it own adventure in the 1983 radio drama “Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell” Funny thing is, it was a mission on funding the rebellion. Non-cannon now, but the radio dramas were good covering before and after ANH.
6:27 Most likely a Pantoran, not a Chiss. Pantorans are way more in the Imperial community. The Chiss are very disconnected from the Empire, they're basically China to the Empire's Rome. Thrawn is an extreme exception, according to the books.
It's also known that chiss were commonly confused with pantorans
Luthan and his assistant are former Jedi. As he said in episode 7, "We can't hide forever".
I got some Hunger Games vibes more this episode, but here and there in other episodes. Or maybe that author took inspiration from other SW content. Not sure the timing. I don't think Andor/SW is inspired by HG, but just there are similar themes, especially the rich people in fancy clothes with fancy food and lives vs. people struggling in the rest of the world.
Well it parallels reality. For example, most famously, Nazi uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss.
@@badideabearcub2747 Not so much designed as produced in their shops by forced labor...;-/
The knock is actually drawn directly from Mexican folklore. It is used both as an insult as it is for taunting. Lets just say it might be something you knock on your car horn angrily at another driver for doing something stupid. But also for taunting someone, or telling them to f* off.
I totally thought of the Miami Vice opening theme song, especially with that sweeping shot over the surf.
Andor has the most bizarre vibes from
Star Wars but I'm loving it so much.
so is “shave and a haircut two bits” now officially canon?
funny thing is I live in Cleveleys so we saw everything going on there was a few actors and tie fighters and a x wing models it was so cool
ngl when that Droid walked up the beach I got excited and thought we were seeing K2SO T-T
Just want to mention that alot of this episode was shot at the Barbican in London, not the national theatre!
I wanna see more Space Miami! 😭
Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
"Welcome to Niamos"
"Bienvenidos a Niamos"
The Keith Seymour Art you used was from Masters of the Universe. That's a Sky Sled
The mom is the one that gave all the information on Cassian.
Then Ma must work for Lutheon. Cassian must suffer, it’s part of the plan.
Mothma's hubby looks very much like he's wearing a high fashion version of jedi robes. Jedi appropriation!
No one's mentioning how luthens assistant recorded the conversation he had w mothma at the start of the episode
I was wondering about that
I doubt that the one blue alien is Chiss. The Thrawn books make it fairly clear he is the only one that the Empire is involved with, with the rest of the species almost being considered a mythical story
So that alien's basically a pantoran then
And none has pointed out that the bureau of standards, which closely resembles the "Dept. of weights and measures" in some states, resembles The Central Bureaucracy from Futurama? Worker bees at their best.
I think some of bits of it was shot around the Barbican centre. I recognize some bits.
Yeah I thought so at first, then at a certain point I was like - yeah, pretty sure I walked in that exact spot :D. I went to london years ago and got to visit someone living in the barbican. It's a fascinating complex.
Theres another scene where in the shop you can see Starkiller's Vader-like mask from The Force Unleashed Game!
One of the buildings in Niamos sure looks like it took it’s look from Space Mountain in Disneyland, pretty cool
I'm pretty sure those are viper droids, like the ones in Solo, not standard probe droids like from The Empire Strikes Back.
I was thinking they look like the ID model seeker droids. So far we've seen an ID9 and ID10 in things like Battlefront II, Rebels, Obi-wan, etc. The viper model probe droids are the ones we see on Hoth in ESB and in Solo (the 11-3K). Though it could the Separatist probe droid from The Clone Wars, though it doesn't look round enough for that tbh.
I couldn’t believe they want to kill Casa. He did his job for the rebels.
The beach scene was filmed near me on a beach called Cleveleys beach in England
Fun fact. Ord Mantell is also shown in Star Wars The Old Republic MMO. The game is not canon I know, but the planet is, so what we see there takes place somewhere on Ord Mantell, but it's not stated where on the planet this takes place afaik.
How tight to close fist - reference to Princess Leia in EP IV "the more will slip through your fingers"
Is it just me or was their a lightsaber and a blaster stuck to the wall in the museum when he was told to wipe the smile off his face?
Yup. Almost looked like an old school ray gun of some sort, and that certainly appeared to be a lightsaber underneath it. Maybe the kyber crystal he gave Andor powers it?
Thanks and safety to ya all as always!!
Niamos looks more like Space Ibiza than Miami.
2:43 If we see Grand Admiral Thrawn, I will have a huge smile on my face 😌
I still don't understand how Andor gets arrested........for nothing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
the turtle noise at 1:59 😂😂
7:50 Kleya looks SO much like Leia, I wonder if that’s a coincidence or not?
At first i thought it was leia
In one episode, the golden headdress Padme wears to and on Naboo in Attack of the Clones is in the gallery.
The Brutalist architecture in London pre-dates Thatcher in the main, generally 50s-70s.
The Brutality architecture began in the 1960s, about 20 years before the Margaret Thatcher era.
I believe the chalk marking and the meeting was filmed in The Barbican in London (in The City)
I had to watch Rogue One after this ha, incredible
I love love love this episode andor is a hidden gem among all the other shows
FYI those brutalist buildings in London you referenced were not built in Mrs Thatcher’s time but in the 1960s
The shave and a haircut jingle made me think Jar Jar was going to breakthrough the wall
#15 is a very clean looking friction plate from a clutch assembly. Probably worth 15-20 credits.
0:29 those are clones not imperial
It’s just 212th they could be imperial or not depending on the time
@@BenSmith-br4nh yeah but he clearly thought they were stormtroopers
Are those more Clone Trooper statues on Syrils shelf rather than Imperial ones?? The far right one at least
Nice nod to Terry Guilliam's 'Brazil'!
Ryan Arey made some great points in this analysis. Screen Crush does some great work. I’d copy them too
FAV episode so far actually!!!
Lets Goooooo Voss
Thanks for all you guys do. ❤
Perfection this series is. booooooom looking for this! K2so hype 😂 even though it’s not k2so. The acting of the emperial admiral (can’t remember the name sorry) is amazing
coming back to watch these bcause andor is amazing. I dont think they messed up the aurebesh charges on the prison sentences. I just think the empire doesnt care and they were making stuff up
have been enjoying the different storylines of motherly figures
The area where Vel meets Kleya is the Barbican Estate in the City of London.
Just a thought: is "Revanog" refering to Revan?