Star Wars: Andor

[yakumo]

5 minutes ago, Boothjan said:

 

I would say it's consistent with the rest of the season.

 

So, yes - it's good.

Nice, cannot wait til the evening.

[Steve McQueef]

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Cassian not being aware that he was helping to build the weapon that would ultimately kill him, is some dark and heavy shit. 

 

[Monkeyboy]

Fantastic finale. Superbly paced and executed.

[scottcr]

that was very good....

 

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And who didn't get serious Darth Maul vibes when Luthen was speeder biking over the fields towards his ship....?

 

[Thor]

That was majestic. Fantastic post credits too. 

[ZOK]

Brilliant stuff! Like @MardiganX said, the gathering of the plotters was just beautiful. Although it did make me laugh when Luthen pulled his hood up to hoon off on his hyper bike. Goggles probably more useful!

 

My favourite bit:

 

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When Vel said to Cinta ‘You’ve got blood on you’, and instead of saying ‘it’s not mine’ which my cliché-addled lizardbrain was automatically expecting, she just said ‘it’s nothing’, like the cold hearted rebel assassin she is.

[Benny]

Fbthlum. flibbit blergh argh wurgh.

 

I've just been roused beyond the capacity for rational thought.

 

Fucking immense. Goosebumps. Chills. Nailed. It.

[Bucky]

Yeah, that was brilliant. 

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I also think they showed admirable restraint in the finale to ensure that all the opposing parties (the Rebel and Imperial assassins, Dedra Meero, Syral Karn, Luthen and Andor) didn't bounce off each other in series of unlikely events.  

 

The ending was only ever going to be that ending...sign posted from day one... but cinematically so elegant in its portrayal.  It's funny how the death part of the Death Star was the last part to be put in place, the Emperor didn't make that mistake a second time.

 

[Benny]

My favourite scene may not be what you're expecting:

 

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Syril and Dedra's budding sub/dom fascist love story is one of the funniest, most disturbing, and incredible things, and I was watching that scene where they are cramped together in that store room with a mixture of revulsion and glee.

 

[Benny]

The music in the last episode was especially good too, particularly the credits.

 

Just overall a fantastic series. Roll on part 2.

[Delargey]

41 minutes ago, Benny said:

My favourite scene may not be what you're expecting:

 

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Syril and Meera's budding sub/dom fascist love story is one of the funniest, most disturbing, and incredible things, and I was watching that scene where they are cramped together in that store room with a mixture of revulsion and glee.

 

 

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Oh, yeah I'm totally for their sick twisted relationship. Even evil space nazis can find love.

 

[Stanley]

Yyyyyyyywwwww wow 

[Benny]

5 minutes ago, Delargey said:

 

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Oh, yeah I'm totally for their sick twisted relationship. Even evil space nazis can find love.

 

 

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One of the reasons it's so good though is it reveals so much about the inner nature of their fanaticism and makes them so much more terrifying as characters because they can still live lives with similar desires as anyone else. Like the rest of the show it lays bare the structures of dominance and control.

 

[SpagMasterSwift]

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I think the show peaked with the prison break and the last couple of episodes have been in its shadow, but when that Imperial shuttle landed and Dedra came out with those death troopers I was as hard as Syril.

 

[Stanley]

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I think the show peaked with the prison break and the last couple of episodes have been in its shadow, but when that Imperial shuttle landed and Dedra came out with those death troopers I was as hard as Syril.

 

They looked truly terrifying as well. 

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And storm troopers were equally brutal once it all kicked off. 

[Darren]

Fantastic as always. This week on Space Fascism we had Kettling, trigger happy cops frightened of the people they’re supposedly there to protect, and a shot of Luthen looking over the city that could have been Gaza.

[jonamok]

Just fucking immense.

 

Nothing to add really beyond what’s been said, bar one thing not mentioned: the voiceover from

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the rebel lad’s manifesto

was some powerful, moving, prescient shit.

 

Basically an astonishing piece of television, from start to finish. All the more remarkable that it took place in a cinematic universe that has been largely creatively moribund for decades.

 

Right. Time for a rewatch.

[cassidy]

Trigger warning start of ep 11. Sad droid makes you sad. 

[Waggo]

Absolutely superb ending to what has been a fantastic show.

 

Gutted there will be no more for a year or more now.

 

The look of: 

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Revulsion combined with growing attraction on Dedra’s face merits a 10 for the episode on it’s own.  

Once again brilliant casting and acting.

 

[Danster]

Excellent finale, I just wish there was more. 

 

Brilliant series.

[Jammy]

Holy fuck. Pitch perfect.

 

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Called the content of the post credit sequence on Oct 31st in this thread, but loved the reveal

 

[Benny]

I've just realised because of the character name "Dedra Meero" I've been mixing it up in my brain in all my posts and calling her "Meera". Doh

[Phantoon]

14 hours ago, SonOfSoAngry said:

Not going to lie; teared up a bit a couple of times.

 

And also inappropriately laughed when:

 

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Cassian’s dead mum got used as a blunt instrument.

 

I loved every single bit of it, but that was both hilarious and hugely appropriate

[Sexton Hardcastle]

Five stars!

 

I loved that by having the Imperials all played by English actors they found the most Irish sounding member of the cast to give a speech on rising up against invading oppression. 

[lolly]

They stuck the landing. lots of people have  mentioned  the various nuances in the final episode  so I won't bother  apart from one thing

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O'Reilly's disgust as   Mon Mothma  when they meet  the son is palpable, she doesn't have a lot to do in this episode but it's masterfully done.

 

[Benny]

Probably the one criticism I would have about that episode is:

 

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Not quite enough Mon Mothma.

 

I'd have lapped up another twenty minutes with a bit more going on in her world.

 

[Don Rosco]

What a wonderful series. So much going on. So many great performances. Such a long wait til next season. Wow. 

[Don Rosco]

On 18/11/2022 at 14:13, Don Rosco said:

 

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Prediction for the finale - Marva's brick ends up somehow violently connecting with an imperial head, fulfilling her desire to rebel. 

 

\o/

[Pob]

When the Prefect of Ferrix

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turns B2EMO over, people across the country cried out in unison "oh you are so fucked now". This series' greatest triumph is making me look more kindly upon my Henry hoover.

 

[merrychan]

That was the Absolute Best.

 

And to whoever on here described a mid series location as Space Skegness, that is still killing me