I'm so glad Rebels became a cornerstone in Star Wars. It's a magnificent blend between the mystic side of that universe and the more down to earth part. About having the courage to stand up, even if all you can do just feels like throwing a pebble at a mountain but knowing the smallest pebble can start a landslide.
Actually during the Clone Wars, that's what the perspective story for the Separatists supporters were against what they believed the corrupt/lobbyist Republic to be. Rebels was just the same thing but for a different side at a later time.
Because there is no wizardry here, no (male or female) « Mary Sue », just this simple, grounded and relatable fact: against an armed air-or starcraft, a bunch of guys with handguns don’t stand a chance, in the SW Universe or in ours. And that link to reality makes the show so great.
@@ZachKopkaZake lol this show is a slow burn and so far has been excellent. I just focuses on a different type of story telling than the typical blaster here, lightsaber there, poor writing here.... the characters on this show have depth.
I'm in love with this show. What an absolutely amazing episode! I don't really get the "This is so slow" complaints, every scene is so tense & so dense. I'm so fully invested in every conversation, I personally don't need the big action set-pieces (althoguh it will be amazing when they come). Great breakdown, Ryan!
The issue is with a society that now has a hard time operating outside of sound bites, tiktoks, reels etc. They have no patience for a "slow burn" because all they seem to want is the Cliff's Notes for everything. I fucking hate it.
At the same time, the same people complain about Kenobi being too fast with too little character development. You just can't please the typical SW fan base.
@@jeffs6090 Because the « typical » SW fan base does not exist. It’s just a strawman created by Kathleen Kennedy and her goons to explain the failure of her sequel-trilogy.
I liked the line about fighting from below, which is what they ultimately do in Rogue one on Scarif. Cassian is learning all the lessons he needs to be prepared for his final sacrifice.
The way the ISB agent is finding patterns in events that are "too random to be random" reminds me of Thrawns ability to see connections that others miss. I hope she will reach out to Thrawn at some point
If you look to the right of the Sith Holocron (which looks like the one from Solo, particularly size-wise) you'll see the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The acting of this series is incredible not to mention the cinematography loving the transition of andor it makes you savor the rise of the rebellion. Episode 6 gonna be lit!😳🔥
Mon Mothma tells her husband the driver's name as a way of encouraging him to get to know him and be familiar, and when she has to tell him again later I feel she's disappointed in him for not caring enough to remember.
Star Wars “Andor” is the SW ive been waiting for since the original trilogy. It scratches all my itches. Cant wait to watch the episodes all back to back
Fun fact: those Sheep you see there are a breed called Jacob sheep. They already have four horns so to make them even more Star Wars they added two more.
Karn's continues to be a relatable character he basically lives with his mom who berates him while eating cereal during the days. He's a villain, but he's not a bad guy .
I completely agree with you. I would just add a precision. He’s not a villain (which comes from the french word « vilain », which means « bad guy » from a moral point of view), but he is rather an antagonist.
@@Hawk199031 How exactly did he get people killed? He was the highest ranking officer during the raid, but he left all the tactical decisions to the squad leader. He knew his limitations and left the operation to a more experienced officer. If you never saw Rogue One and only saw this show, who is Andor as a person? He's a thief and a murderer, a criminal. The first two police kills were slightly justified since they were corrupt and were probably going to maim or kill him, but killing the special forces squad was not justified. The raid squad did not hurt any one to get Andor, not even his step-mother who possibly knew his exact location. Not until their comrades were being killed off did they start to panic or shoot mildly hostile individual and even then no random civilian casualties.
@@Hawk199031 How do you know he wasn’t affected? He seems pretty down about everything. If you look at it from his point of view, he didn’t do anything wrong. He did disobey an order but he was trying to apprehend a murder suspect.
@@Hawk199031 he ABSOLUTELY is affected by those deaths, he is still in shock and is realizing how disillusioned he has been! He's been humbled AF and is broken now, his world view and his own view of himself has been... Shattered! He's realizing what a putz he is and is at rock bottom!
I'm thinking Luthen might be either a Jedi historian or a Guardian of the Whills: 1) his retractable bantha prod looked like a lightsaber 2) his kyber crystal which was "very important to him" and that "he wants back when this is over" 3) his collection of super rare and valuable antiques (I'm not convinced those holocrons are replicas) Great video! :)
@@arthurgabriel360 I somehow doubt that it's that simple. He's collected artifacts from all over the galaxy and appears extremely well-travelled... plus, his combat training.
maybe he’s a former republic officer who was in intelligence and worked with enough Jedi to know they’re not bad people. When the Empire came in and killed them off, maybe he felt that what the Empire was doing is clearly wrong. Even if it’s simpler than that, I like how the show is showing (pun intended) and not telling his origins
I imagine Mon Mothma's kid has also been manipulated by her dad, he was the one who made separate plans with her, etc. She also comes off as incredibly spoiled and entitled just like he does, especially in his first appearance where he invites all Mothma's political enemies to dinner just to spite her.
I imagine the daughters feelings are justified! Mon is in so deep and preoccupied by her idealism and work that it affects her relationships, and the people around her! The daughter's "spoiled brat" comments are a cry for help to her mother, and this does not affect Mon on an emotional level that it should by any parent whose child tells them this is how she feels, she is hurt and needs her mom! Mon DOES make it all about her, instead of trying to connect and or communicate and reconcile with her daughter!
I agree with both of you, I think it's just a natural human thing to do to drift apart from your family when work becomes all-consuming. Mon Mothma is fighting an Empire and her family, like the rest of the galaxy, are indifferent to the oppression. They don't care. I have a feeling that Mon Mothma's family is gonna die (the catalyst for her becoming a rebel full-time and publicly fighting the Empire could be that she has nothing left to lose) And they aren't even gonna see it coming either. I think it's gonna be sad.
@@JdeMolay It's sort of a reversal of most situations we see in fiction. The person who is away from home is the one who is the idealistic one, not just a workaholic as is the standard. At the same time, the parent who has way more free time to spend with the daughter isn't the nurturing one, he's the vindictive one. You can see it in that scene where he organizes the dinner where he is intentionally punishing his wife, how he only cared about the present she bought him or how he has no idea the names of the driver. He not only doesn't bat an eye when she mentions that she didn't tell him about the new charity because she knew he wouldn't care because it's a charity, he nods in agreement. The husband _knows_ he's the bad guy, he just doesn't care. So I _wholeheartedly_ disagree with the person above about how this is all a cry for help from the daughter. The father has molded the daughter in his image. The father treats people like garbage, so does the daughter. See, the thing is, Mon Mothma isn't playing a role while pretending to be someone else, she's openly tying to help people like the Ghormans. She's openly trying to make things better for others, so it's not like she's sneaking around trying to be altruistic, so the daughter (who clearly isn't stupid) can see that her mom is trying to help an entire planet full of people from dying. The daughter just doesn't give a crap because she's an entitled brat who takes after her dad.
@@andrewshandle I would agree! The daughter has been coerced into her father's apathetic, Imperial way of thinking. Which is why she only sees her mother's public displays of compassion as grandstanding, because no one cares about the downtrodden. She rationalizes it as selfishness in disguise, because the Empire is a culture of selfishness. I just hesitate to completely condemn them, because they are rich and comfortable, and when all you know is luxury, it is hard to maintain perspective (especially for the daughter). It is a lot easier to fall into fascist thinking than we think. Not to be divisive, but I definitely think we can draw a connection between some cutthroat capitalist attitudes and the Imperial mindset of success above everything else and everyone else. The exploited beings of the galaxy are not in view, and the Imperial system relies on their labour, so it is not only easy, but vital for them to pretend that their suffering doesn't exist.
It doesn't need constant battles when every moment feels tense. The first episode was light in comparison to something like The Mandalorian (which is still fun, don't get me wrong,) but by the end and going into the next three I was gripping my chair without realizing it because of the stress of the situations.
This show fits SO well with both Solo and Rogue One. Disney made a lot of fumbles in the cinema but their two prequels got the reign of the Empire spot on. This show just fits into the timeline so well.
Love these. As an '82 baby, you reveal many times things I hype out on while on my own couch. Love the Pavlovian positive reinforcement. Thanks so much.
You missed the biggest easter egg of the show. Cassian's gun is Kyle Katarn's Bryar pistol. Katarn was the original death star plan thief in the legends game Dark Forces
Nemik is what I like to call “the think-piece character”. He’s not really a living breathing character. He’s an idea. He’s what drives the entire rebellion to achieve their goals. He’s the heart of the cause. The think-piece character may or may not directly serve or influence the plot but they are essentially the MacGuffin of the story.
I love just how much time we're getting to learn about these characters - their hearts and their lives. Did we NEED to know how estranged the Mothma family is? Or the troubles with Karn and his mother? Or have that talk about tattoos and their meaning? Probably not, but all these scenes and more add so much depth. Just for comparison, how much do we really know about the day-to-day lives of Luke, Han, or Leia? Some of the original characters, yet... what do they do when they're not in the middle of a conflict? What are their views on things outside of the Rebellion? What is a simple thing such as having a meal like with each of them? They're fine characters, but in Andor we're not just seeing characters, we're seeing people.
This show is so good. An extended movie as an extended movie is supposed to be. All action building to a completed story, not simply filler like traditional 22 week network shows, or all too shorten 6 or 8 episode short series that try to tell too many stories in too short of times.
great breakdown @screencrush i never thought about the axe and tree theme as weaved through the characters through out the whole show. i really appreciate the way u broke that all down.
When the officer is talking on the bridge about the facility being torn down, it appears he's also envisioning a rebel base with thousands of ships rather than an empire base of full of ships. He says this to the guard but of course hiding his true ambition all the while. Not sure if if this carries any weight but that's what I got from it.
Great recap and analysis. As always. Thank you. Man, of all the stuff going on in this episode, Monmothma’s family situation had me on edge the most. It seems like they are “all in” on that bought-and-sold-empire-pawn-senator life. Maybe that’s why they dislike thier mother: they knows she’s actively screwing up thier cushy lives by being remotely empathetic to sympathetic causes and bucking the sentiment of the empire.
I loved this episode, it didn't have any "action" but it didn't need any. Also, the reviews on this channel are always superb, but this one was just incredible with all the comparative parallels and so on...just a master class on reviewing a media product. ~Be Blessed
Thank you for having a positive attitude about the episode and the series as a whole. It's becoming tiring listening to many fans who can't stand Star Wars material that doesn't have blaster and laser sword action.
11:40 this moment reminded me of the line from Silence of the Lambs: "Doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random - like the elaborations of a bad liar?"
The container from which the Dray milk was poured from in this episode, was a modified kelly kettle ( a camping kettle), much in the same theme as the famous ice cream maker in Empire strikes back
Throwing it back to Clone Wars….that Mortis arc was so powerful, some of the best in a very good series. Also very very dark and why I tell people that not every episode of TCW is for kids!
This is a much needed break from the goofy and silly Boba Fett show or the Kenobi show. I feel like I’m immersed in this world like i used to when watching the Prequels all those years ago
@@Chrondon yes and no. The story beats in Kenobi was goofy compared to the prequels (which is what I’m primarily referring to), but Jar Jar Binks or the EPII dialogue is probably on par with Kenobi show. At least with the prequels, it feels lived in and you can feel the grandiose scale. With Kenobi, it feels very superficial and reference-centric
A friend put me on to this channel, after we'd talked about how good Andor is. I had little idea just how obsessed Star Wars fans are. I'll just add that the dialogue, acting and atmosphere in this series is so much better than other Star Wars films or series is. I can't wait for the next episodes 🎥
Not sure if this is just a coincidence, but on the shelf to the right of the hollogram things in his shop, there are stones that kinda look like the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom. I may be reachign though, since it's been awhile since I watched Temple.
I came here to post the same thing. Same line markings, shape and colour. Slightly different arrow lines pointing up towards the top, but similar enough to make me think it wasn't an accident.
It really throws something into the star wars universe we havent really seen until now. Sure we have seen family moments, most notably the Larrs, and less notably, Cut Leqwane. We have seen parents interact with their parents, but with this episode, but for one mother, showing her son what she thought abou with his actions, while the other is being slapped by her own inability to be a mother. To sides of the story that really draw how different the universe is. AND, it's all on the same planet!
I had never heard of "Network" before, Thank You! I just looked up that whole scene, going to have to watch the film now...What a great speech though, and your right. It's (almost) mirroring our times, give or take a couple items.
The tugging of the collar as if thinking of being force choked, During the conversation about the thefts. Could be a sign of previously seeing it done before, and worrying it could be her if she can't stop them
Hey Ryan! Love the show and always watch your breakdowns and look forward to them! I’m also a subscriber of heavy spoilers as well so it’s funny to hear you two guys reference each other. I think I caught a Easter egg that you might’ve missed. If you go back to Luthen‘s office in that scene where you’re talking about the Jedi Holicrons look to the right I’ve rewound it a couple times I’m pretty sure those are Ankara stones from Indiana Jones… And since Disney has that IP as well, they sold replica stones about a month or two ago that look just like that. What do you think?
My husband and I really enjoy your videos and insights. I think the navigation device/Polaroid camera is also an Easter egg harkening back to the original light saber which was part of camera equipment that held flash bulbs.
I'm thinking the girl will be the Judas. Her betrayal will be why Andor was reticent to trust Jyn Urso. It could be Lt. Gorn, setting himself up to be a hero who single handedly saves the day while everyone else is partying during what the Empire sees as a trite local custom, but he seems sincere in the scenes on the base, so I'm thinking it will be the quiet girl. The quiet ones are always the most dangerous.
Safe man. I found out about your channel you were mentioned in one of Heavy Spoilers videos. Am glad happy and enjoy the content your channel is putting out ✌️
I'm glad I watch these easter egg videos for many reasons, but this especially because the scene in that scene where that guy talks about his tattoos, I didn't even clock that he could have been 'branded'. The dialogue in that scene did that pretentious suggestive nonsense that a lot of projects do these days where it was like 'here are two characters psycho-analysing each other and saying vague stuff like 'you know what this means' and that's it'...well the audience might not know; what is it?! Might just be me, but whatever...Thanks Ryan/Doug/SC for making things clear XD
14:00 when she am being irritated by her neck-thingy it reminds me of how officers (and other) was afraid of being strangled by Darth Vader, so they loosened the pressure by doing that move. .
What's awe-inspiring is that Karn's mother lives nowhere near the bottom. She's not in the skyscrapers, but she's got real, of reflected, sunlight. That puts her at Level 5127. Zam crashes at the surface, again, just below the sky scraper tops.
Loving this show. The Star Wars fans are growing and so is the intrigue and politics of the franchise. The heart of Star Wars has always been Orwellian. The only period that breaks away from it, is the Old Republic. Exploring real life problems in a fantastical setting. As much as I like the Jedi and Obi, Star Wars needs more shows which explores the common people in every era, showing the universe from common people's perspective who can't always leave their planet.
They finally got it right!!! Rogue, One and Andor are they only thing keeping the Star Wars story alive for me. I hope the rest of the writers for Star Wars study this show.
This show just has…. “It”. Whatever “It” is. I feel invested in the characters and what happens to them. That’s a first for Disney+ Star Wars.
💯💯💯
I almost fell asleep in the last episode
@@Arteus_Hoplit Go watch Rings of Power then, that shite might keep you awake 😄
@@Arteus_Hoplit My Dad fell asleep in the Lego Movie so that doesn't say much. It was a slow episode however.
Its definitely the best SW show so far. It is terrific
I'm so glad Rebels became a cornerstone in Star Wars. It's a magnificent blend between the mystic side of that universe and the more down to earth part. About having the courage to stand up, even if all you can do just feels like throwing a pebble at a mountain but knowing the smallest pebble can start a landslide.
Actually during the Clone Wars, that's what the perspective story for the Separatists supporters were against what they believed the corrupt/lobbyist Republic to be. Rebels was just the same thing but for a different side at a later time.
The first time I was scared of a TIE Fighter heading towards the main character was in this episode and i don't know why. Love it.
Because there is no wizardry here, no (male or female) « Mary Sue », just this simple, grounded and relatable fact: against an armed air-or starcraft, a bunch of guys with handguns don’t stand a chance, in the SW Universe or in ours.
And that link to reality makes the show so great.
I was scared that TIE fighter would open fire all of a sudden
it was intimidating as hell
Horrible episide nothing happened
@@ZachKopkaZake lol this show is a slow burn and so far has been excellent. I just focuses on a different type of story telling than the typical blaster here, lightsaber there, poor writing here.... the characters on this show have depth.
I'm in love with this show. What an absolutely amazing episode! I don't really get the "This is so slow" complaints, every scene is so tense & so dense. I'm so fully invested in every conversation, I personally don't need the big action set-pieces (althoguh it will be amazing when they come). Great breakdown, Ryan!
The issue is with a society that now has a hard time operating outside of sound bites, tiktoks, reels etc. They have no patience for a "slow burn" because all they seem to want is the Cliff's Notes for everything. I fucking hate it.
The people complaining are the people who pay to see Michael Bays latest films in the cinema
@@sonny9493
So.On.Point. 🤣🤣🤣
At the same time, the same people complain about Kenobi being too fast with too little character development. You just can't please the typical SW fan base.
@@jeffs6090
Because the « typical » SW fan base does not exist.
It’s just a strawman created by Kathleen Kennedy and her goons to explain the failure of her sequel-trilogy.
I liked the line about fighting from below, which is what they ultimately do in Rogue one on Scarif. Cassian is learning all the lessons he needs to be prepared for his final sacrifice.
butt buttt...the highground!!!
@@vinnie8792 LOL just more proof that fighting from below doesn’t end well.
Next to the Holocrons on the shelf are three stones that are very similar to the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Was just about to mention that, too.
@@rbprx1204 same
I’m glad I’m not the only one!
IM SO GLAD OTHER PEOPLE NOTICED
I think I was the 1st one to notice them. I'm waiting for someone to claim otherwise
The way the ISB agent is finding patterns in events that are "too random to be random" reminds me of Thrawns ability to see connections that others miss. I hope she will reach out to Thrawn at some point
"Taken separately they may seem unrelated but together"
Thrawn would be great, I would even be happy if she gets connected with Wulf Yularen, who could go on to introduce her to Thrawn
Are we possibly one red eye away from Ysanne Isard?
If you look to the right of the Sith Holocron (which looks like the one from Solo, particularly size-wise) you'll see the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
The acting of this series is incredible not to mention the cinematography loving the transition of andor it makes you savor the rise of the rebellion. Episode 6 gonna be lit!😳🔥
The acting is green...what is everyone on?
Mon Mothma tells her husband the driver's name as a way of encouraging him to get to know him and be familiar, and when she has to tell him again later I feel she's disappointed in him for not caring enough to remember.
Then she has a lot of nerve, seeing as her duties as a senator are causing her to neglect her daughter
Star Wars “Andor” is the SW ive been waiting for since the original trilogy. It scratches all my itches. Cant wait to watch the episodes all back to back
Fun fact: those Sheep you see there are a breed called Jacob sheep. They already have four horns so to make them even more Star Wars they added two more.
They can actually grow more than 4 horns. I’ve seen them with 6.
@@Dawgust420 oh, I did not know that. So they maybe didn’t even change anything on them.
Karn's continues to be a relatable character he basically lives with his mom who berates him while eating cereal during the days. He's a villain, but he's not a bad guy .
I completely agree with you. I would just add a precision.
He’s not a villain (which comes from the french word « vilain », which means « bad guy » from a moral point of view), but he is rather an antagonist.
I'd say it's the other way around, he is a bad guy but he isn't a villain. Dude isn't even effected by the fact that he got people killed.
@@Hawk199031 How exactly did he get people killed? He was the highest ranking officer during the raid, but he left all the tactical decisions to the squad leader. He knew his limitations and left the operation to a more experienced officer.
If you never saw Rogue One and only saw this show, who is Andor as a person? He's a thief and a murderer, a criminal. The first two police kills were slightly justified since they were corrupt and were probably going to maim or kill him, but killing the special forces squad was not justified.
The raid squad did not hurt any one to get Andor, not even his step-mother who possibly knew his exact location. Not until their comrades were being killed off did they start to panic or shoot mildly hostile individual and even then no random civilian casualties.
@@Hawk199031 How do you know he wasn’t affected? He seems pretty down about everything. If you look at it from his point of view, he didn’t do anything wrong. He did disobey an order but he was trying to apprehend a murder suspect.
@@Hawk199031 he ABSOLUTELY is affected by those deaths, he is still in shock and is realizing how disillusioned he has been! He's been humbled AF and is broken now, his world view and his own view of himself has been... Shattered! He's realizing what a putz he is and is at rock bottom!
I'm thinking Luthen might be either a Jedi historian or a Guardian of the Whills:
1) his retractable bantha prod looked like a lightsaber
2) his kyber crystal which was "very important to him" and that "he wants back when this is over"
3) his collection of super rare and valuable antiques (I'm not convinced those holocrons are replicas)
Great video! :)
It’s more likely he’s a guardian of the whills, the director of Andor seems to want to stay away from jedi and fanservice and stuff.
Or maybe he is just an collector who likes ancient secrets of the galaxy
@@arthurgabriel360 I somehow doubt that it's that simple. He's collected artifacts from all over the galaxy and appears extremely well-travelled... plus, his combat training.
maybe he’s a former republic officer who was in intelligence and worked with enough Jedi to know they’re not bad people. When the Empire came in and killed them off, maybe he felt that what the Empire was doing is clearly wrong. Even if it’s simpler than that, I like how the show is showing (pun intended) and not telling his origins
I imagine Mon Mothma's kid has also been manipulated by her dad, he was the one who made separate plans with her, etc. She also comes off as incredibly spoiled and entitled just like he does, especially in his first appearance where he invites all Mothma's political enemies to dinner just to spite her.
I bet they’d both gonna die ! There’s gonna be an assassination attempt on Mon but they’re gonna get it instead.
I imagine the daughters feelings are justified! Mon is in so deep and preoccupied by her idealism and work that it affects her relationships, and the people around her! The daughter's "spoiled brat" comments are a cry for help to her mother, and this does not affect Mon on an emotional level that it should by any parent whose child tells them this is how she feels, she is hurt and needs her mom! Mon DOES make it all about her, instead of trying to connect and or communicate and reconcile with her daughter!
I agree with both of you, I think it's just a natural human thing to do to drift apart from your family when work becomes all-consuming. Mon Mothma is fighting an Empire and her family, like the rest of the galaxy, are indifferent to the oppression. They don't care.
I have a feeling that Mon Mothma's family is gonna die (the catalyst for her becoming a rebel full-time and publicly fighting the Empire could be that she has nothing left to lose) And they aren't even gonna see it coming either. I think it's gonna be sad.
@@JdeMolay It's sort of a reversal of most situations we see in fiction. The person who is away from home is the one who is the idealistic one, not just a workaholic as is the standard. At the same time, the parent who has way more free time to spend with the daughter isn't the nurturing one, he's the vindictive one. You can see it in that scene where he organizes the dinner where he is intentionally punishing his wife, how he only cared about the present she bought him or how he has no idea the names of the driver. He not only doesn't bat an eye when she mentions that she didn't tell him about the new charity because she knew he wouldn't care because it's a charity, he nods in agreement. The husband _knows_ he's the bad guy, he just doesn't care.
So I _wholeheartedly_ disagree with the person above about how this is all a cry for help from the daughter. The father has molded the daughter in his image. The father treats people like garbage, so does the daughter.
See, the thing is, Mon Mothma isn't playing a role while pretending to be someone else, she's openly tying to help people like the Ghormans. She's openly trying to make things better for others, so it's not like she's sneaking around trying to be altruistic, so the daughter (who clearly isn't stupid) can see that her mom is trying to help an entire planet full of people from dying. The daughter just doesn't give a crap because she's an entitled brat who takes after her dad.
@@andrewshandle I would agree! The daughter has been coerced into her father's apathetic, Imperial way of thinking. Which is why she only sees her mother's public displays of compassion as grandstanding, because no one cares about the downtrodden. She rationalizes it as selfishness in disguise, because the Empire is a culture of selfishness.
I just hesitate to completely condemn them, because they are rich and comfortable, and when all you know is luxury, it is hard to maintain perspective (especially for the daughter). It is a lot easier to fall into fascist thinking than we think.
Not to be divisive, but I definitely think we can draw a connection between some cutthroat capitalist attitudes and the Imperial mindset of success above everything else and everyone else. The exploited beings of the galaxy are not in view, and the Imperial system relies on their labour, so it is not only easy, but vital for them to pretend that their suffering doesn't exist.
It doesn't need constant battles when every moment feels tense. The first episode was light in comparison to something like The Mandalorian (which is still fun, don't get me wrong,) but by the end and going into the next three I was gripping my chair without realizing it because of the stress of the situations.
This show fits SO well with both Solo and Rogue One. Disney made a lot of fumbles in the cinema but their two prequels got the reign of the Empire spot on. This show just fits into the timeline so well.
It's because Disney didn't write Solo or Rogue one.
When the officers are talking on Ferrix you can hear a Clone Trooper say "Yes Sir, right away Sir!"
The tension in today's episode was soo Crazy. Gawd this show is amazing....Great breakdown as always.
This episode made me anxious over ONE solitary TIE.
i love TIE fighters .!!! but that short scene was very cool
I love that this show is a great bbc drama with 90% of the same actors but in starwars
What did you think of the episode?
I enjoyed it - I always feel like I need more when the credits hit. It's been a good five episodes so far.
A bit strange, and the dialogue was really hard to understand sometimes. It was enjoyable though. That Tie-Fighter scared the .... out of them xD
Love these. As an '82 baby, you reveal many times things I hype out on while on my own couch. Love the Pavlovian positive reinforcement. Thanks so much.
And also: My favorite part was YOUR MOM
And Mister Mothma is probably going to be one of Mon's biggest setbacks.
You missed the biggest easter egg of the show. Cassian's gun is Kyle Katarn's Bryar pistol. Katarn was the original death star plan thief in the legends game Dark Forces
..and the armor of Starkiller. 😁
He pointed them out last week.
@@jesset2504 No mention of starkiller armour or bryar pistol in last weeks vid
@@alanbyrne9972 my bad. Must have been one of the other reviews I watched.
I have to say, so far I'm very pleasantly surprised by this show. Wasn't expecting this from a Disney SW show...
Loved the scene with the tie fighter flying over them
Crazy how this show makes a single TIE Fighter feel terrifying.
@@tmdblya This is the way! 😁
Love the detail of them holding their ears after showing the TIE roars by.
I am soooooo loving this show so far! Best story and characters yet...and that includes the movies and a lot of the books.
Was looking forward to this breakdown. You gotta love Ryan & Doug for their awesome work.
Nemik is what I like to call “the think-piece character”. He’s not really a living breathing character. He’s an idea. He’s what drives the entire rebellion to achieve their goals. He’s the heart of the cause. The think-piece character may or may not directly serve or influence the plot but they are essentially the MacGuffin of the story.
He might be an Imperial spy.
I love just how much time we're getting to learn about these characters - their hearts and their lives. Did we NEED to know how estranged the Mothma family is? Or the troubles with Karn and his mother? Or have that talk about tattoos and their meaning? Probably not, but all these scenes and more add so much depth.
Just for comparison, how much do we really know about the day-to-day lives of Luke, Han, or Leia? Some of the original characters, yet... what do they do when they're not in the middle of a conflict? What are their views on things outside of the Rebellion? What is a simple thing such as having a meal like with each of them? They're fine characters, but in Andor we're not just seeing characters, we're seeing people.
The advantages of a TV serial versus a movie.
This show is so good. An extended movie as an extended movie is supposed to be. All action building to a completed story, not simply filler like traditional 22 week network shows, or all too shorten 6 or 8 episode short series that try to tell too many stories in too short of times.
Sup Ryan, one of the best brakedowns, love the show and Daug
great breakdown @screencrush i never thought about the axe and tree theme as weaved through the characters through out the whole show. i really appreciate the way u broke that all down.
When the officer is talking on the bridge about the facility being torn down, it appears he's also envisioning a rebel base with thousands of ships rather than an empire base of full of ships. He says this to the guard but of course hiding his true ambition all the while. Not sure if if this carries any weight but that's what I got from it.
Great recap and analysis. As always. Thank you.
Man, of all the stuff going on in this episode, Monmothma’s family situation had me on edge the most. It seems like they are “all in” on that bought-and-sold-empire-pawn-senator life. Maybe that’s why they dislike thier mother: they knows she’s actively screwing up thier cushy lives by being remotely empathetic to sympathetic causes and bucking the sentiment of the empire.
I loved this episode, it didn't have any "action" but it didn't need any. Also, the reviews on this channel are always superb, but this one was just incredible with all the comparative parallels and so on...just a master class on reviewing a media product. ~Be Blessed
I was crying from laughter when you did the Jimmy Buffet bit. Love the show!
Loved the “will it just be starting”
I was only noticing the "scars" on the rebels but not on the imperial side, great analysis
"The Javier to his Jean Valjean." 😆 Neeeerd. I *love* it!
Thank you for having a positive attitude about the episode and the series as a whole. It's becoming tiring listening to many fans who can't stand Star Wars material that doesn't have blaster and laser sword action.
Dope as always, glad you're back!!
at 14:52 are those Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie's Sankara stones on the shelf or what?
11:40 this moment reminded me of the line from Silence of the Lambs: "Doesn't this random scattering of sites seem desperately random - like the elaborations of a bad liar?"
The container from which the Dray milk was poured from in this episode, was a modified kelly kettle ( a camping kettle), much in the same theme as the famous ice cream maker in Empire strikes back
I missed the best star wars breaker downer in the galaxy! Welcome back!
Those 4 horned sheep are actually Jacob Sheep - a very rare British breed. They actually look like that in real life
Ryan's back! Glad Doug has some help again.
Throwing it back to Clone Wars….that Mortis arc was so powerful, some of the best in a very good series. Also very very dark and why I tell people that not every episode of TCW is for kids!
This is a much needed break from the goofy and silly Boba Fett show or the Kenobi show. I feel like I’m immersed in this world like i used to when watching the Prequels all those years ago
You think Kenobi was more goofy/silly that the prequels?
@@Chrondon yes and no. The story beats in Kenobi was goofy compared to the prequels (which is what I’m primarily referring to), but Jar Jar Binks or the EPII dialogue is probably on par with Kenobi show. At least with the prequels, it feels lived in and you can feel the grandiose scale. With Kenobi, it feels very superficial and reference-centric
@@kingbooomer9231 agreed 10000%
To the right of the holocrons you can see the Shankara Stones from Temple of Doom sitting on the top shelf
Show gets Doug's high five of approval. That's how you know Andor is amazing. Writing is 💯
A friend put me on to this channel, after we'd talked about how good Andor is. I had little idea just how obsessed Star Wars fans are. I'll just add that the dialogue, acting and atmosphere in this series is so much better than other Star Wars films or series is. I can't wait for the next episodes 🎥
Not sure if this is just a coincidence, but on the shelf to the right of the hollogram things in his shop, there are stones that kinda look like the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom. I may be reachign though, since it's been awhile since I watched Temple.
I came here to post the same thing. Same line markings, shape and colour. Slightly different arrow lines pointing up towards the top, but similar enough to make me think it wasn't an accident.
I think they are definitly the Sankara Stones.
yes those are the stones
Next to the Holocrons are the three stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom too!
Another object hidden in the background are two of the objects from Temple of Doom. They’re found to the right of the sith holocron
Such a great star wars show to rewatch. The slow burn and time to breath gives it build up.
15:42 you also missed Starkiller’s Armor and Plo Koon’s mask there as well!!!!!
This was a great episode....left me hanging and waiting for next week.
It really throws something into the star wars universe we havent really seen until now.
Sure we have seen family moments, most notably the Larrs, and less notably, Cut Leqwane. We have seen parents interact with their parents, but with this episode, but for one mother, showing her son what she thought abou with his actions, while the other is being slapped by her own inability to be a mother.
To sides of the story that really draw how different the universe is.
AND, it's all on the same planet!
I had never heard of "Network" before, Thank You! I just looked up that whole scene, going to have to watch the film now...What a great speech though, and your right. It's (almost) mirroring our times, give or take a couple items.
I need to see the Will Farrell as Bush show where he randomly says "Diego Luna".
The tugging of the collar as if thinking of being force choked, During the conversation about the thefts. Could be a sign of previously seeing it done before, and worrying it could be her if she can't stop them
Although its not a star wars easter egg, Im surprised you didnt mention the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones, which is seen in Luthens shop
Good to have you back sir
Hey Ryan! Love the show and always watch your breakdowns and look forward to them! I’m also a subscriber of heavy spoilers as well so it’s funny to hear you two guys reference each other. I think I caught a Easter egg that you might’ve missed. If you go back to Luthen‘s office in that scene where you’re talking about the Jedi Holicrons look to the right I’ve rewound it a couple times I’m pretty sure those are Ankara stones from Indiana Jones… And since Disney has that IP as well, they sold replica stones about a month or two ago that look just like that. What do you think?
yeah I watch both of these breakdowns too, they're def the Ankara stones from temple of doom :)
Sanakara stones, i guess. 😊
I saw that too made me think of how the Ark was tucked away in the shop in Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland when it first opened.
So who else thought the kids old navigation tool was a Polaroid One Step..lol
Luther has the Shankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on the shelf beside the Holocrons.
Fantastic job as always!!! Love your videos!🤘🏻🤘🏻
OOOOOOHHHH! I love it. Ryan just declared war on Heavy Spoilers' Paul!! Can't wait for the cage match!
You can see the scars on his back in the scene while he’s talking to Andor
I love this show so much. As someone who enjoys a good cop film, this just hit right!
good to have you back ryan!
Also filmed in Scotland at Cruachan Dam!! Let’s here it for the fellow Scot’s
After finishing the series, it's very impressive how much you were right about.
My husband and I really enjoy your videos and insights. I think the navigation device/Polaroid camera is also an Easter egg harkening back to the original light saber which was part of camera equipment that held flash bulbs.
This show feels like an early era Netflix show like House of Cards which is a good thing.
Rewatching. Crazy how you called the Judas / Skeen prediction
I love that micro is in this
I came here to say that was a great ad transition!
Loving this series of Andor
Love the 2 Sankara stones from Indy on the shelf behind Luthien!!
The clone trooper models on his desk was crazy
11:25 The dry cleaning reference reminds me of The Handmaid's tale
I love Doug and Ryan's breakdown every week, the knowledge is incredible 👏 🙌 ❤
Literally perfect timing :)
Just watched the episode.
RYAN IS BACK ❤
I'm thinking the girl will be the Judas. Her betrayal will be why Andor was reticent to trust Jyn Urso.
It could be Lt. Gorn, setting himself up to be a hero who single handedly saves the day while everyone else is partying during what the Empire sees as a trite local custom, but he seems sincere in the scenes on the base, so I'm thinking it will be the quiet girl. The quiet ones are always the most dangerous.
Safe man.
I found out about your channel you were mentioned in one of Heavy Spoilers videos. Am glad happy and enjoy the content your channel is putting out ✌️
Indiana Jones Sankara stones were on the shelf next to the holycrons. Neat little throwback to my childhood
I missed the clues due to boredom . Literally falling asleep watching this show
Taking down Heavy Spoilers is a revolution I can get behind.
I like the fact that Andor treats its audience like adults.
I'm glad I watch these easter egg videos for many reasons, but this especially because the scene in that scene where that guy talks about his tattoos, I didn't even clock that he could have been 'branded'. The dialogue in that scene did that pretentious suggestive nonsense that a lot of projects do these days where it was like 'here are two characters psycho-analysing each other and saying vague stuff like 'you know what this means' and that's it'...well the audience might not know; what is it?! Might just be me, but whatever...Thanks Ryan/Doug/SC for making things clear XD
There are two Sankara stones, from Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom, in the background in the antiques shop.
I liked this episode
14:00 when she am being irritated by her neck-thingy it reminds me of how officers (and other) was afraid of being strangled by Darth Vader, so they loosened the pressure by doing that move. .
What's awe-inspiring is that Karn's mother lives nowhere near the bottom. She's not in the skyscrapers, but she's got real, of reflected, sunlight. That puts her at Level 5127. Zam crashes at the surface, again, just below the sky scraper tops.
Loving this show. The Star Wars fans are growing and so is the intrigue and politics of the franchise. The heart of Star Wars has always been Orwellian. The only period that breaks away from it, is the Old Republic. Exploring real life problems in a fantastical setting. As much as I like the Jedi and Obi, Star Wars needs more shows which explores the common people in every era, showing the universe from common people's perspective who can't always leave their planet.
They finally got it right!!! Rogue, One and Andor are they only thing keeping the Star Wars story alive for me. I hope the rest of the writers for Star Wars study this show.
I’m so into this episode.