I always love seeing the Shoretroopers. The best trooper design of the entire Disney Era.
Spoilers Andor season one
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As long as they're not holding a lunch tray in the same room with Bill Burr.
Admiral Yularen, onetime Republic military officer and future Death Star Briefing Room meeting attendee.
Colonel now.
Episode 7 was just superb. Some excellent direction and writing there. Mon Mothma is racing up the ranks of my favorite characters "I learned from Palpatine", wow. More more more of Mon Mothma please.
By the end of this episode I thought "I'm so glad we are getting another season" unlike 'The Rings of Power' that had me groan "4 more years of this?".
By the end of this episode I thought "I'm so glad we are getting another season" unlike 'The Rings of Power' that had me groan "4 more years of this?".
Anyone else notice a similar stripe on the Aldahni Imperial Army troopers armor?As long as they're not holding a lunch tray in the same room with Bill Burr.
As long as they're not holding a lunch tray in the same room with Bill Burr.
He needs the tray because the penne all'arrabbiata is hot.
That's what I settled on, too, with the old alien retirees kibitzing on the beach as Cassian walked by.
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The Empire is trying to close its fist, to strike fear into people. That's what empires do when they feel like they're losing control. Sentences where "harming the Empire" (a terrific play on how the US uses "jeopardizing national security" which is so vague as to mean anything in our post 9/11 world) means a compounded sentence, overkill, to discourage others from doing the same, which as we generally know, when you try to close your fist tightly around grains of sand, more sand begins to escape.You see her in the trailer, obsentially after the events of the heist - a SD will show up -, so she's up and made it out. I wonder if she, uh, 'did the deed'. My bet is she did.
I, for one, was surprised with this show. I gave episode 1 a lazy watch. As soon as Andor was accousted by those pricks and he kills one by accident and shoots the other after judging better for a pound than a penny, I was hooked. Then seeing that stuck up nerd Sybil get his world turned upside down was just, mwah.
This show is what I wanted from Star Wars and even Star Trek. Grounded, detached from most of the usual stuff, doesn't shove fanservice down your throat, it just exists in the setting and seamlessly.
The heist was great and went into all the drama that dropping a merc in on the last minute would do. The eye was beautiful, and how Andor handled the liar was - I gotta stop before I sound like a ST fanboy. But I'm deffed hooked. This was what I've been bemoaning for for years, and it's finally here.
There are some things I would had changed, for sure, but mostly just minor dialogue. Or as in the trailer, does a heist of 80 million credits really deserve a Star Destroyer...? Why not a Aquitens sort of 'Marine' cruiser transport, or a victory class, ya know? Rebels did that sort of right in that one episode with that other cell, Iron? Squadron? they think they're taking on Star Destroyers but it's just the bulk cruisers. But I've also long bemoaned that Star Destroyers never got their 'proper respect' and are just thrown around like police cutters.
The same basic principle applies here: the more the Empire squeezes, the more people will begin to notice the squeeze, because up until this point, it's been gradual enough that most people who have comfortable margins (that is, people who can generally survive from day to day without great cost) don't notice, and of course the wealthiest at the top understand it as politics as usual and are generally insulated from it, but the most vulnerable, the people at the bottom, the outer rim worlds where survival isn't just a theory, it's day to day torture, they're aware, they can see what is happening here. We could apply what we're seeing in Andor to current events. The more empires begin to fear they've lost control, the more they lash out at those they believe have wronged them or, worse, will wrong them if they don't show a strong display of force.
That's a lot of words to say that the Star Destroyer is perfectly reasonable given the mindset the Empire is projecting onto the people it has oppressed.
To the episode itself, this was terrific. The time passed quickly, and I wanted to see more.
If only there was some movie out there about this...
A career progression (or rather, regression) that makes no sense, but whatever.
I'm guessing transferring from the Republic's Navy to the Imperial Security Bureau necessitated a new rank structure due to the new organization's composition and roles. So Colonel might be the functional equivalent of an Admiral in the Republic military of the Clone Wars period or close enough so Yularen didn't feel like it was a demotion.
I mean, the ISB would be a fully new organization, with different structures, responsibilities and ranks, so I don't necessarily see it as a demotion either, especially given that Yularen ends up with more power as an ISB colonel than as a Republic admiral, given ISB's reach and capabilities. I doubt Yularen felt there was much of demotion there, especially since he would be among the first to support the new order.
I am loving the slow burn buildups of the show. It works on a different level than the others and yet it's not so adult that it needs to do the GoT stuff to play. Reminds me a lot of the 60s and 70s spy thrillers. Or more recently Captain America Winter Soldier.
Great visuals, excellent scripts and acting. Loving this show.
Great visuals, excellent scripts and acting. Loving this show.
Another great episode! Everything that happens is logical, all the characters feel like real people, the dialogue rings true. I don't want to say it's "Star Wars for adults!" - because I'm an adult and I enjoy pulpier stuff like the prequels or the Mandalorian a lot too - but it kind of is!
Admiral Yularen and his famous moustache! He was a much nicer guy in Clone Wars.
It's amazing how the show can get me rooting for Dedra even though she's a space Nazi! But a a smart space Nazi!
It would be hilarious if Syril never actually impacts the plot again and just goes through a series of shitter and shitter jobs before killing himself in the finale.
Space beach resort was an unexpected delight! And the music! I was kind of expecting to see "AND ALAN TUDYK" in the closing credits but maybe the droid doesn't have his voice until Andor reprograms it (or they all have different voices and that wasn't actually K-2 I don't know.)
Admiral Yularen and his famous moustache! He was a much nicer guy in Clone Wars.
It's amazing how the show can get me rooting for Dedra even though she's a space Nazi! But a a smart space Nazi!
It would be hilarious if Syril never actually impacts the plot again and just goes through a series of shitter and shitter jobs before killing himself in the finale.
Space beach resort was an unexpected delight! And the music! I was kind of expecting to see "AND ALAN TUDYK" in the closing credits but maybe the droid doesn't have his voice until Andor reprograms it (or they all have different voices and that wasn't actually K-2 I don't know.)
Yes, because suicide is hilarious...
What does this mean? Adults can't enjoy regular Star Wars? I see this stated a lot but haven't the foggiest clue what it actually means to people and it's confusing and while I doubt this is the intention, seems like a slap in the face to all other Star Wars for not being "adult."
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In fairness, Syril is presented as a mini-fascist, so it would be funny if he ended up in a shitty dead end job that amounted to nothing.Yes, because suicide is hilarious...
What does this mean? Adults can't enjoy regular Star Wars? I see this stated a lot but haven't the foggiest clue what it actually means to people and it's confusing and while I doubt this is the intention, seems like a slap in the face to all other Star Wars for not being "adult."
Him ending up in a dead end job is funny and quite honestly a reasonable expectation given the regime change. It would be, dare I say, logical as an outcome.
The pushback that gets under my skin (and yes, I'm sensitive on this point) is the idea that wouldn't it be funny if he killed himself? Oh, that's a real knee slapper, I'll tell you what, boy...
like...what?
I hope I'm reading this wrong.
