Andor: Anti-f*scist Art

You look like Bucky Barnes if he became a dad.

Andor is the first Star Wars story that feels genuinely interested in ideology, not as a background or dramatic plot- but as the point

As a Scottish person, I found the Aldhani arc very interesting. That arc was filmed in the highlands of Scotland. The forced eviction of the shepherds from the highlands and relocation to the lowlands mirrors the highland clearances when the tenant farmers of scotlands highlands were forcibly evicted and forced to the lowlands and industrial cities by the landlords, often violently. This devastated alot of Gaelic language and culture. Even to this day the population of the highlands hasnt recovered.

"The exhaustive period is over" Oof. Now we're in the "It's even more exhaustive, because Andor showed us what we could have instead" era

the most powerful scene in the entire series for me though was when mon mothma looks at her daughter with that haunted fear when she hears what that scumbag proposes for their deal. you see her actually fight with the reality that she’s considering it, and more broadly you see the moral and ethical cost of rebellion. you realize that all these people are forced into positions where they must make choices they themselves don’t agree with because they’re desperate. i think that’s the real cost of rebellion. everything else is acceptable, noble to an extent, but when you’re forced to sacrifice your own conscious for others, that’s when you realize the true cost.

One thing I like also is how the stormtroopers are not the main ennemy. They fight naval troopers, enforcers, but the only time you see the stormtroopers is when things get out of control and they are unleashed on the townspeople. They absolutely massacre them and you can feel the fear and terror they bring. Instead of being treated as a joking rank and file bad guy, they are portrayed as the crushing fist of the Empire.

What's also rather interesting about the action scenes is the sense of genuine threat they all share. Every time, it's not "the heroes mow down the baddies" but rather "people are fighting, and some of them will die". Both the narrative, and the characters, act like this is the case.

No Alien chacters but the dogs on Ferrix? How could you forget the squiggly fishermen, the prison killed all their squiggles near and far. Great video :)

ANDOR is like the 'finally some good f-ing food' meme given a budget.

It just hit me now ... he said it's better to live, eat and sleep to Luthen ... that was a metaphor for the prison life. He saw that in prison he can eat, sleep, and live but the empire had him imprisoned and whether outside or inside of prison the Empire still has everyone in prison. That's epic man, to have an ahha moment weeks after watching the season finale ... that is a good show.

It kind of feels like Andor was the first piece of Star Wars media made for adults.

Andor, even outside the Star Wars universe, was one of the best TV stories told in a long time.

Luthens speech to Lommi about what it has cost him is brilliant, “I share my dreams with ghosts”

When Andor is being transported to prison, Diego Luna’s acting is extraordinary as he shows pure terror.

About what the prisoners were building in Prison: If you watch the post-credit scene at the end of the last episode, you can see the droids carrying the same large cross-like pieces to embed them in what is revealed to be the Death Star. So Andor was helping build the super weapon that he eventually destroys.

Did you notice that the prison structure Andor is locked in is literally built in the shape of the Imperial ensignia? it's a Panopticon, which i never noticed until this series. Brilliant.

All I want for Christmas is Nemek's complete manifesto, in a fine leather-bound, pocket-sized journal. Nemek was the one for me, in a cast of absolutely brilliant characters.

Andor being made in the Disney+ Machine is like if Chernobyl were somehow made by the CW. A genuine masterpiece of television, everything that could've gone right, went right.

You know how good Andor is? I throughly enjoyed it even though I completely forgot that Andor was a character in Rogue One. I didn't know this was a sequel, I thought it was a stand alone story and I never felt lost and always enjoyed myself. Only now watching this video where he mentions Andor's story in Rogue One did I realise they were connected

I was rewatching Andor yesterday and I noticed another "punishment" for Syril. During the scene where he gets briefed on his new job at the bureau of standards, you can see a mouse droid going straight towards Syril and he is the one who has to step aside to avoid collision. It's almost like Syril is such a loser that can't even get recognized by the most humble droid.