A/V Just Announced 7 Years Ago: Andor!! It happened!!!

"Crap" has been kicking around for a while too, not sure where it was first used though.

I know some made-up swear words sound kriffing silly, but personally I hope Star Wars rarely if ever crosses the "swear barrier." Curses stronger than "hell" or "damn" are something the franchise has famously tended to stayed away from, and frankly that's always been somewhat refreshing in the modern film/TV environment (where even Star Trek shows now routinely drop f-bombs). I realize why the writers may have felt it necessary for the dark and gritty tone of Andor, but here's hoping future films and series keep the potty mouth mostly stowed in the cargo bay and employ it only when necessary.

 

Just in case but we now know the flashback is before the clone wars. So Maarva was right when named the Republic.

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Huh, interesting. I saw a lot of speculation on that plot point, but I didn't see anyone guess this, yet it still makes sense in retrospect.

Still makes me curious about the full story of what happened, especially if the frigate showing up afterwords shot down the gas ship, was its escort, or just a random patrol responding to a distress beacon.

....come to think of it, if this is a pre-sepratist plot, maybe the frigate is a banking clan frigate.

 

A great episode, setting up a lot of world-building and the emerging political intrigue.

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Plenty of Easter eggs for fans. Namedrops of planets including Ghorman, Plexis, Eufornis Major, Hosnian Prime, and Sev Tok. We get to see Mon Mothma's husband, who appears to be an Imperial sympathiser. And guests invited to his dinner party include the Governor of Hanna, Sly Moore, and - most surprising of all - Ars Dangor. I'd tag Jello, but it feels like poor form on a spoiler tagged post!

 

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And overthrowing the Rakata - that was another big EU callout.

 

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Absolutely adore how perfect the Ghorman line is. It's so minor, but lays the seeds of the unrest that leads to the eventual Ghorman Massacre, which finally drives Mon Mothma out of the Senate.

 

Fantastic show, really enjoyed how this started.

 

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MORTIS HAND SIGNS

 

That was my fav line in the show.

 

I am in speechless shock, love of the beauty of this episode and the references... in life action... Oh my... if this is just the shows beginning, I dread what it may lead to! Will it kill me with sheer awesomeness and epic beauty?

 

yes and even know its probably not a reference to her I took luthen mentioning a sun goddess sharing a mouth with a serpent as one to our beloved queen of stars

 

I found an error this episode though... they did not name Coruscant Imperial Center

 

Titles are just pro-rebel, hence using BBY.

 

The goddess face in the circe is surrounded by WBW-esque lines and starpath mural style we know from other Mortis stuff, Force Priestesses cave background and likewise depictions in other sources!!! So if this goddess is connected to any celestial, Mortis/WBW stuff... it has to be her! And the circle and stuff surrounding her head are slightly angled, shaped like a Vortex...

 

Abrupt ending aside, this was an excellent episode.

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"I know you'll die fighting these bastards."

Empire-era Coruscant! And it is a grey hive of paranoia.

The Rakata mention was smart.

Loved the TIEs suddenly turning up too.

Meanwhile, Deputy Inspector Charisma Void finds out exactly how badly he screwed up.

The ISB is a snakepit and Anton Lesser is the chief serpent.

Superb stuff.

 

One thing I really enjoyed:

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according to Cassian, the Seperatists are still around. Sounds like he may have fought alongside some on Mimban.

 

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Interesting that when Cassian was rattling off words to describe Luthen, he mentioned the Alliance. What alliance? The Alliance to Restore the Republic has yet to be founded, is there another pre-Rebel alliance that exists publicly in this era?

 

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Syril Karn is a weirdly interesting character. Like, .... what? I don't even.... And I'm loving the crap out of it.

 

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90% certain she's talking about Bail, although they've been in cahoots since the end of the Clone Wars but maybe she hasn't brought Bail up to the level she's at with Luthen yet.

Anyway Mothma is totally gonna Space Divorce her dopey husband, that'll be fun!

Also I loved the Mimban shout out and the Rakata too! So was Mimban ended up being Imperials fighting Imperials as Luthen referenced? also out of all that mud fighting only 50 people made it out alive? Cheese and crackers!

Also I think the lady ISB agent is totally Andor's sister, if only because process of character elimination and Star Wars Family Melodrama Dynamics.

 

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The Atrivis Resistance Group is known as the Alliance before 2 BBY. And generally the early rebellion gets called the Alliance before then anyway. There's still a central core to the disparate rebel cells before Mon formally unites them.

 

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Hmm, so when they had that in the first episode it doesn't come with an explanation as to what "BBY" stands for...so the general audience would have just been left in the dark?