re: Andor (Disney+) Season Thread

Summer 2024 is the expected release for season 2. It will have four story blocks where 3 episodes cover one year leading into Rogue One.

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four story blacks

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Damn liberals struck again.

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"We sort of set up this back-history that he had a family, that he was a factory worker, a shop steward and a foreman in his life outside of prison, but he was very vocal about workers’ rights. And then he forgot all about that as soon as he was in prison and just became a tough shell of his former self. He just wanted to get through the day. And in that moment that you are talking about, the scales fall from his eyes, and he re-engages with his truth and finds himself again."

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Serkis had worked on the character’s backstory to the point he felt it was likely Loy was arrested while protesting, which makes his descent into the desensitized and brusque floor manager even more tragic:



"Yeah, in my mind, he was vocally standing up for workers’ rights and that was seen as being unpatriotic in some way, or that he was stepping out of line and being a troublemaker."

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When Kino reaches the exit of the prison, he reveals in a crushing development that he can’t swim, which is the only way out of the facility. It’s dropped on Cassian and the viewers in the final moments of their escape, but according to Serkis, this had been playing on Kino’s mind the whole time. He was deliberately sacrificing his life, knowing that he likely wouldn’t be able to escape with everyone else. This is why he struggled making his big speech earlier on, knowing that he couldn’t join them.

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"Yeah, absolutely. And that’s exactly why I wanted him to have been from a place of integrity prior to being in prison, and that the Empire — in all its cruelty and desensitization and its way of holding people down and divide and rule — has just knocked it out of him.

But then in [episode 10], he finds that desire to act on behalf of others again, to serve others, to enable others to find their freedom, even though he knows ultimately it’s not going to happen for him. So it really was a wonderful arc. It was a wonderful journey that I was able to go on with all that."

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When the interviewer asked what became of Kino Loy after the escape, Andy Serkis actually remained coy and tight-lipped about it.



Perhaps that wasn’t the last we’ve seen of Kino Loy after all.

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It’s dropped on Cassian and the viewers in the final moments of their escape, but according to Serkis, this had been playing on Kino’s mind the whole time. He was deliberately sacrificing his life, knowing that he likely wouldn’t be able to escape with everyone else. This is why he struggled making his big speech earlier on, knowing that he couldn’t join them.

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That’s definitely what I took away from it. I thought it was pretty brilliant acting.. one of those little touches that you appreciate as a viewer. He was hesitant enough that it kind of grabbed my attention - as in “hey, something’s kind of weird here.” But not so hesitant that it became distracting. And then what he said he can’t swim it’s “oh shite, THAT’S what was getting to him!”

That article got me looking up empire hardware to see what parts they might be making. I'm thinking they may be parts that connect the the fighter wing to the body. The size and shape makes sense. Tie fighter wings can collapse, so that may explain the joints. I don't know. Just spit balling ideas.

Here's a life size tie fighter showing how the part they are making is similar in size to the wing connection.



Eta: this show is still amazing. Best Star Wars in a long, long time. Maybe the best since ESB. No other SW show/movie has come close to showing how truly evil the empire is. Yeah, we know how evil the dark side can be (Anakin murdering tons of kids), but we've never truly seen how evil the rank and file empire employee is and how they made life suck for tge common man. It's like we are finally getting to see why the rebellion formed.

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Syril is either going to turncoat over to the rebels or he'll continue down this Moby Dick obsession he has with Cassian and go down in a blaze of glory.

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He's on the same trail as the ISD, but isn't aware of their plans. He's going to do what HE thinks is the right thing, and screw up their sting.

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In my mind Kino found another way out and there is nothing anyone can tell me otherwise.

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ITs what made the scene so great. He just risked his life to ecase a prison and he succeeded only yo see the way out and he cant go because of something simple like he cant swim.. It was almost funny to him because he excepted death in the escape and what ends up killing him is not being able to swim.

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He's on the same trail as the ISD, but isn't aware of their plans. He's going to do what HE thinks is the right thing, and screw up their sting.

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I could see this, and then when he is punished for it he could be set on the path to being a rebel in season 2.

Phenomenal show.

Consider the first 3 just 1 episode. 3 has a more traditional star wars shootout and really sets up what the entire series is going to be about.