Star Wars series Andor concerned Disney Plus on Wednesday, with the first 3 episodes landing together to give us a binge-worthy opening. The series is set 5 years before spinoff movie Rogue One, which occurred directly prior to the occasions of initial Star Wars movie A New Hope.
Prepare to go into the Rebel Alliance of SPOILERS.Tears in the RainMORLANA ONE– On this cool-looking sci-fi dystopia of a world, the series exceptionally Blade Runner opening sets up the psychological stakes, as Cassian attempts to discover his lost sibling in a brothel. They attempt to shake down the incorrect man in Cassian, and he accidentally eliminates one and shoots the other as he asks for his life.We satisfy Cassian as he searches for his sister, but a pair of surly security hooligans ruin his mission.
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It mirrors our first encounter with Cassian in Rogue One, where he guns down a rebel informant rather of letting him fall into the hands of the Empire. Our hero isnt part of the Rebel Alliance in Andor, so he kills these men to conserve his own skin rather than for the cause.This proves to be the shows inciting incident, considering that it catches the attention of the one zealous Corpo officer and a rebel recruiter.Cassians nemesisCORPORATE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS– That Corpo officer turns out to be Syril Karn (Kyle Soller), whos looking exceptionally well put together as he provides his report on the killings to his manager, Chief Hyne (Rupert Vansittart, whom you might recognize as Game of Thrones Lord Yohn Royce). Hyne right away recognizes that the 2 dead Corpo young boys were dirtbags who got themselves eliminated.
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The ignorant Syril doesnt consider the bigger picture and is silently disgusted at the chiefs determination to look the other way. On the face of it, its difficult to argue with him– two of his associates were killed. Quickly empowered by Hynes lack, he gathers a inexperienced however passionate security team to hunt Cassian down.Welcome to FerrixFERRIX, MORLANI SYSTEM– The bulk of these very first 3 episodes focus on the drudgery of life on this difficult commercial world, and the intentional pacing reveals that Andor is refreshingly patient with its universe structure. Characters work regular tasks, and the more resourceful ones have side hustles (or several side hustles, in our heros case). Bix Caleen has an intricate relationship with Cassian.
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Lets run through them so we can keep track: Maarva Andor (Fiona Shaw) is Cassians adoptive mom. Ive been in this fight since I was 6 years old,” Cassian informs Jyn in Rogue One.” We find out a big amount about Cassian in these episodes, including the childhood he pointed in Rogue One.
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I love that the Kenari flashbacks dont have subtitles, because it requires you to take note of characters body language. Its clear that Cassian was a little a sneaky chancer even as a kid, entering into situations where he does not always belong– like joining the group of older kids to take a look at the ship that crashes.After one of the children is killed by a trigger-happy officer, Kassa checks out the vessel alone and finds everybody on board was killed by gas (presumably launched when the ship sustained the damage that made it crash). Its most likely these individuals became part of a mining effort, probably strip-mining Kenaris resources.He encounters a young Maarva and Clem Andor, in addition to Bee (back when the android was shiny and new), whove relatively boarded the downed ship in search of salvage. Knowing the Republic is on the method and will kill Kassa if they discover him on board, Maarva decides to take him with them. This is kinda kidnapping; I wonder if it was ever a source of stress between Maarva and Cassian?The people on the ship have the logo of the Confederacy of Independent Systems (aka the Separatists, led by Count Dooku) on their uniforms, recommending that they were transporting material for the war versus the Republic. In the present, we learn that Kenari was “abandoned after an Imperial mining disaster. Abandoned and considered hazardous– Imperial prohibition.” The Empire might have tried to mine the planet after the Clone Wars.Rebel DawnFERRIX– “Insurrection, destruction of Imperial residential or commercial property, assault on Imperial soldier.” Cassians rap sheet hints at his anti-Imperial leanings, and his effort to sell a taken starpath unit (which looks a lot like Darth Vaders chest piece and consists of Imperial collaborates) puts him on the radar of rebel recruiter Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård). Luthen Rael encourages Cassian to get away to a rebellious new life.
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When their paths cross, the program turns awesome and incredibly extreme. Luthen is impressed with Cassians capability to utilize the Imperials conceit to slip right through their defenses, and pushes the younger male to sign up with the rebels. ” These days will end, Cassian Andor. The way they laugh, the way they press through a crowd. The sound of that voice telling you to stop, to go, to move. Informing you to pass away,” he grumbles, exuding charisma with every syllable. “Dont you wish to combat these bastards genuine?” They get away the Corpo security goons effort to track Cassian down, which goes totally off the rails when individuals of Ferrix push back versus their bullying– the banging on metal is daunting as heck.The third episodes final minutes see Cassian getting away Ferrix with Luthen, while Syril looks shell-shocked that his passion has actually ruined his profession, Bix mourns Timms death and Maarva sits with Bee in her cold apartment.
Britells Succession intro music works beautifully over Andor and Star Wars imagery as well.Where is Cassians sis? Its when everybody recognized that the Rebel Alliance wasnt just foolin around.For prequel context, Andor occurs 14 years after the Empire took control of the galaxy in Revenge of the Sith and 4 years after Obi-Wan Kenobis battle with Darth Vader in the Disney Plus series.Its unclear when the flashbacks take place– recommendation books say Cassian was 26 in Rogue One, so he d be 21 in the present day part of the program. Ouch.You might be questioning why Cassians fellow Rogue One hero Jyn Erso does not have a program.
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They attempt to shake down the incorrect guy in Cassian, and he inadvertently kills one and shoots the other as he begs for his life.We satisfy Cassian as he searches for his sibling, but a pair of surly security thugs destroy his mission.
” We find out a big amount about Cassian in these episodes, including the childhood he alluded in Rogue One.” They run away the Corpo security goons effort to track Cassian down, which goes entirely off the rails when the individuals of Ferrix push back against their bullying– the banging on metal is daunting as heck.The 3rd episodes last moments see Cassian leaving Ferrix with Luthen, while Syril looks shell-shocked that his passion has ruined his career, Bix mourns Timms death and Maarva sits with Bee in her cold apartment.
Its when everybody recognized that the Rebel Alliance wasnt simply foolin around.For prequel context, Andor occurs 14 years after the Empire seized control of the galaxy in Revenge of the Sith and 4 years after Obi-Wan Kenobis battle with Darth Vader in the Disney Plus series.Its uncertain when the flashbacks take location– reference books say Cassian was 26 in Rogue One, so he d be 21 in the present day part of the show. Ouch.You might be wondering why Cassians fellow Rogue One hero Jyn Erso does not have a show.