Cassian returns home to Ferrix, a tinderbox that is experiencing a spark of rebellion.Cassian returns home to Ferrix, a tinderbox that is experiencing a spark of rebellion.Cassian returns home to Ferrix, a tinderbox that is experiencing a spark of rebellion.
Storyline
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- TriviaThe funerary stone that Brasso carries has the following text written on it in Bazeese script: Maarva Andor and the dates 7895.330.9-7972.216.4. In an earlier scene, Cassian touches his adopted father's funerary stone, which reads Clem Andor, 7896.39.5-7959.318.3.
- Quotes
Karis Nemik: [Recording] There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this: the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024)
With the Galaxy increasingly falling under Empirical rule, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) a low-level thief is recruited by Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgard) for a dangerous mission. Whilst no fan of the Empire, Andor does not have a passion for their destruction, but the money promised is too tempting. Mon Mothma (Genevieve O'Reilly) is a politician on Coruscant, whose outward chiding of the Empire for various overreaches and power grabs hide her real work, of financing rebellion missions. However, in the Empire's intelligence services, a bright and under appreciated officer, Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) comes to believe that the Rebellion is far more organised than her superiors realise.
This first season of "Andor" can be split into four subsections, each of three episodes. In non-spoiler terms they could be described as "Setting the scene", "The Mission", "Detainment" and "Returning Home". I'll have to admit that during the first three episodes, I wasn't overly struck on the show. The performances were always really good but not a whole lot happens. It's only looking back on those episodes in retrospect that I see how important they are as building blocks for what is to follow. Those four elements show the radicalisation, for the want of a better word, of Andor and why he's prepared to kill, and die, to defeat the Empire when we meet him again in the future.
Though I enjoy "The Mandalorian" and "Obi-Wan" (and have mixed feelings about "Boba Fett") one thing I liked about this series was how unlike any Star Wars we've seen before was. There are no heroic Jedis fighting with Lightsabres, there are no debates about the nature of the force. There are scenes though showing the crushing banality of evil, Empirical officers bickering over which planets they have oversight on. Prison sentences arbitrarily dolled out because they do have the time or manpower to properly try anyone. But the other side is displayed too, the rebellion is not only led by the virtuous, but by those willing to make hard and costly decisions about which pieces advance and which are sacrificed. There are some speeches, across this season, that demonstrate some phenomenal writing and performers like Skarsgard, Fiona Shaw and Andy Serkis perfect with their delivery of them.
As I say, even three episodes in I wasn't convinced, but by the end this was a genuine highlight of the year.
- southdavid
- Nov 24, 2022
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- Runtime57 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1