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Andor Recap Episodes 1-3
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Welcome to The GALactic Podcast! In this episode, Andrea and Lauren chat about the Andor premier episodes 1-3! Is this the Star Wars spy thriller they hoped it would be? What moments in the first 3 episodes did they enjoy? What do they hope to see the rest of the season? They talk these topics and much more! Go listen and enjoy!
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Return from COVID Break
00:00:10
Speaker
Okay. Well, hello everyone. And welcome to the glad to podcast. I am Lauren Romo with me as always is my cousin and fellow nerd, Andrea Gutierrez. What's going on cuz? Uh, nothing.
00:00:24
Speaker
We're back, baby. I know. I'm so excited to talk to some Star Wars. Yeah, me too. A little bit of a hiatus because of me and getting COVID. So that was a lot of fun. Yeah, man. How are you feeling? Way better. I mean, definitely. It probably wasn't as bad as a lot of other people probably got it. So I'm a little bit thankful for that for sure, but still sucks. Yeah. Wear masks, kids. Keep wearing those masks. You still want to get it because you never know. You think you'll get another booster?
00:00:55
Speaker
Yeah, I have to wait 90 days. They say if you get COVID, if you are eligible for a booster, you got to wait 90 days. So I'll get one. Definitely. Science, baby. Science. Science. That's probably why you didn't get as sick, you know? Probably. I mean, again, science.
00:01:14
Speaker
Science, baby. We love science around here. Star Wars loves science too, so we'll talk. We're nothing to talk about in Star Wars. Also science fiction. I love science fiction. Science fiction as well, yes. We are all science here today, kids, science here. But yeah, we're back.
Anticipation for Andor Series
00:01:27
Speaker
We're back. We're going to talk some Andor today. Very excited. I know Andrea and I are pretty pumped, and we loved it.
00:01:34
Speaker
So we're going to dive into it for sure. But before we do all that, if this is your first time listening to us, welcome. We are Star Wars podcasts that discuss anything and everything within that galaxy far, far away. Each episode, we'll dive into one or two topics and have a general discussion on them. Topics could be movies, TV series, books, comics, a specific character, you name it. And we talk about it. All right, Ang. And or first three episodes, they dropped three on us.
00:02:04
Speaker
Thank God. Right. We needed it. We needed some big Star Wars. We haven't had Star Wars in a minute. Nope. They had, uh, I think it was that summer vacation Lego came out, uh, was it in September? Did you watch that? Oh no, it was in August. I didn't, I haven't watched it yet, but I heard it's really, again, it lives up to the Lego. Yeah. Lego Star Wars. It's always got some good humor in it, good chuckle moments.
00:02:31
Speaker
Yeah, so it's it's it's fun is that that's what's our worst bottom line is fun. And that's what those movies do. So I got to watch that. So we'll probably talk about that definitely in another episode. But and or is going to take us through these next nine weeks because 12 episodes and we got three down. So we got nine more to go. It was and it was a lot of fun. So, Ang, I want to talk to you first about heading into the show expectations.
00:02:59
Speaker
Were you hyped with the trailers that you watched? Where were you feeling wise heading into these first three episodes?
Andor Premiere Reactions
00:03:08
Speaker
Where were you? Talk to us. You know, I wasn't like hype. I mean, I was Jones in for some Star Wars content, but I wasn't like.
00:03:20
Speaker
I had no predictions, no nothing. I just kind of knew that this was going to be a well-written story just because Tony Gilroy was at the helm of that and he did the screenplay and say,
00:03:35
Speaker
Not saved, sorry. Worked, cleaned up Rogue One. And he's done a lot of really great work around suspenseful TV, so I was pretty excited what was going to happen story-wise. I did not watch any of that extra footage that they put out. I did not watch any of the extra teasers, trailers, nothing like that. I saw the original trailer, and that's as far as I went.
00:04:03
Speaker
like you and I considered doing a episode prior to talk about our anticipation and I was kind of like you know what I really don't want to because I don't want to go dig into what's coming up I kind of want to go in somewhat blind which um
00:04:20
Speaker
I mean, I would say this was like the first premiere TV premiere Disney plus premiere that I watched and I wasn't like a little bit let down this one. I was just like, this is great. I absolutely love this. I don't know if it's because I went in blind or because of the overall performance of this show was just completely outstanding. So I was pretty like.
00:04:45
Speaker
I did not have much of an anticipation or anything going into this. What about you? Yeah, I mean, I saw the all the trailers and I did see that footage that went out when they
00:05:01
Speaker
dropped for IMAX, they eventually put it onto Disney Plus, like you were talking about. So I watched that, and that was that scene that we'll talk about, because that's one of my favorite scenes and moments with Luthan and Andor. But I was excited, because I think this was something, and I was hoping it was going to be different, and it is.
00:05:27
Speaker
It's not your George Lucas Star Wars. And that's not a bad thing. It's not at all. And not a bad thing, not your typical Star Wars. It's like watching just like any like new show, like anybody can get into this. Anybody could get into this. I agree. I agree. And even if you're
00:05:53
Speaker
casual Star Wars fan I think you should you you would probably enjoy it but I will ask you though in a little bit but yeah overall my hype for it was was good it was up because I wanted it to be a different feel and it is and the trailers proved how different it was going to be you know and it and it has hit for me so far I mean like you said Tony Gilroy
00:06:22
Speaker
He's killing it right now, writing the storytelling so far. I'm really digging it. But yeah, my hype was it was up there because I think I watched all the trailers and I was just getting excited for it with each trailer that dropped and those little behind the scenes that they were that they were showing. I was very excited for this show and I was excited to see what they were going to do with this type of story. And they have met my expectations so far.
00:06:52
Speaker
So let, let me, so let's dive into overall thoughts in the first three and then we'll, we're going to dive into moments and characters for sure. As we do, if you guys have listened to us long enough, our reviews, we don't really dive into like episodes specifically. We kind of jump around a little bit, but we kind of.
00:07:11
Speaker
hone around characters and moments for us. So let's talk about overall thoughts though, Ange. First three episodes. What'd you think? How'd you feel? Set the scene. How were you? Did you watch it in the morning, evening? How'd it go down? What, what you got?
00:07:27
Speaker
I worked a wonky schedule this week. Um, so I did a lot of nighttime working and daytime sleeping. So I didn't watch and or until Friday. Um, I had a free day and it was like a sit down in the morning, eat some breakfast and, and watch it. And I actually thought like, Oh, maybe I won't watch all three of them. You know, maybe I'll just watch one and then come back later in the afternoon.
00:07:57
Speaker
But no, I wanted to go straight through all three. So the performances, the actors' performances were so good. I'm not trying to like...
00:08:11
Speaker
like say anything bad about previous Star Wars shows. But I feel like some of the actor choices, they're not as top tier as they could be, right? And I don't want to throw the word mid out because my daughter just taught me that word. Oh, it's a mid. But sometimes in previous
00:08:33
Speaker
Star Wars shows, some of the performances can be mid. And these were not I mean, these were like Emmy winning winning performances, they had emotion, they had suspense, the delivery was great, it was very clear on what was going on. You completely believe that this character was this character and living the life that they were in. It was just
00:08:59
Speaker
ultimate performance from every single cast that was in there. There was no misstep in performance whatsoever. The directing choices, the camera setups, the overall
00:09:16
Speaker
Like scenery and all of that stuff was huge, huge. I mean that one scene that they show a pharynx when you can see them like in the scrapyard and there's that big piece that comes down and those people on that
00:09:32
Speaker
the scaffolding stuff and it's like bringing it across. I mean, it is just, it's big world, but small world. It was great. And it was Star Wars, but it wasn't Star Wars. I really liked that we did not see one stormtrooper. There's not even a mention of a Jedi or the Force. The only thing that made you feel like you were somewhat in a galaxy far, far away is that there were droids. And the droid choice was absolutely outstanding.
00:10:00
Speaker
So B is great. So overall, I was just like, when I got done with episode three, I was like, wow, that is solid.
Cinematic Quality of Andor
00:10:12
Speaker
It was a solid show. It's a solid story. It is amazing performance. And it is...
00:10:22
Speaker
Just, I mean, just good. I loved it. And I didn't, I didn't need to, I mean, you didn't even hear normal sounds that you hear besides the sound of a blaster. There's no TIE fighters. There's no lightsaber noises. You know, there's nothing to tell you that you're in a Star Wars show, but it's still Star Wars. It, I mean, I just, these first three, I thought were great. I thought, yeah, thank God they gave us one, two, three, because three really sewn up
00:10:51
Speaker
And but the introduction of the characters in one and two was absolutely necessary and so well done. It was a slower pace. And if you're expecting a lot of action, if you haven't watched these first three episodes, you don't. It's not like this other thing I loved. I love that they didn't want to shove action down our throat, that they were that they had respect to the story and the performances of the actors to allow them to do their work and and get us in this
00:11:21
Speaker
in this world, it was so good. I love it. And they easily could have. They easily could have. Yeah, they could have. Yeah, they could have. They could have been like, I mean, it they it wasn't needed. The performances and the conversations between characters alone were enough to lock you in. Yep. I 100% agree. It for me, overall, it felt cinematic more so than I think.
00:11:48
Speaker
are the shows have. And again, that's not a knock on previous Star Wars shows. It's not. You can tell and or use a lot of live locations sets. They didn't just rely on the volume. Whereas these other shows do, which again, that's fine. And it's okay for like the Mandalorian Boba Fett. That's that stuff still worked.
00:12:15
Speaker
and the shows are still very good. And or it's just a completely different animal for me. Like in these first three episodes, prove it. Like they are these three, I think, like you said, Angel, I agree. I'm glad they did the first three because I think it's these first three are like a prologue to I think where we're going. You know what I mean? I feel like that's why they did it the way they're doing it. And I liked it. And I'm and I'm glad they do. They're doing it that way.
00:12:45
Speaker
I these characters and we'll talk about a few of them in a little bit. They're so good. The acting, like you said, is top notch. The writing is top notch. The directing is top notch. The music, the music, music. The score is great. So good. I mean, there's that scene where Andor is walking through like the scrapyard and it's like a rock almost like theme playing as he's walking through. Loved it.
00:13:14
Speaker
Loved it, because it gave me a little bit of, for me, Jedi Fallen Order vibes, because in the very first scene in that video game, you hear like this kind of metal rock music that Calcassicus is listening to. So it kind of gave me that. And in that whole, the whole pharynx motif gives me Jedi Fallen Order beginning of that game vibes, too, where it's a scrapyard and things like that.
00:13:44
Speaker
So I know a lot of people, you know, I've read online where people are like, oh, there's not a lot of Easter eggs, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Okay. That's fine. I don't, I don't agree with that take, but that's your opinion. I think there's a lot of things that touch on Star Wars. Like I just, like I said, the scrapyard gives me Jedi file and order vibes. You know, like there's things that say, yes, you are in Star Wars. And again, these are the first three episodes.
00:14:10
Speaker
I think we're going to get those quote unquote Easter eggs as the show progress. We know we're going to see. Clone clones eventually, because we saw it in a trailer. You know, there's stuff that we are going to see. We're going to see the Senate. So, yeah, we're going to get the quote unquote Easter eggs. Yeah, we're going to see Coruscant. We're going to get there. Yep. But when they said pincer move, I immediately thought of Thrawn. Right. Right.
00:14:40
Speaker
I mean, it's so good. Again, the acting though, Diego Luna, he's so good.
00:14:48
Speaker
You know, uh, skeletons, guard guard as Luther loved him. There's just so many great actors and actresses in this show that are absolutely killing it. And I loved it overall. These first three episodes were perfect for me. It sets up what I think we're going to get in these next few episodes for season one, and then head into season two, you know, moving forward. I want to ask you this age before we dive into.
00:15:19
Speaker
characters and moments that maybe we connected with and themes. So I don't know if your mom has watched it yet, but what was her take as, again, casual-ish Star Wars fan, not obsessed like we are? What was her take on these episodes? Because I want to give you what my parents told me. Okay. Interesting.
Casual Viewer Reactions
00:15:40
Speaker
So what did your mom think? One, she said Star Wars always has good droids, is what she said. Me too is amazing. Yeah.
00:15:47
Speaker
Um, I felt like she was a little bit bored in the first two. Now the third, I actually left because I had to go pick up Carmen from something. So I didn't watch the third with her. But when I got back, I go, wasn't that show good? And she goes, Oh, yeah, it was really good. So, um,
00:16:08
Speaker
Overall, she seemed bored with the first two and not appreciating what the characters were doing, which I can completely understand. A lot of a lot of show watching now has to deal with like cliffhangers, right? And he has to do with like,
00:16:30
Speaker
like twisty stuff, right? My mom kept saying that two people were, she goes, I think they're brothers. I can't remember who it was. And I was like, bro, not everything is like an M. Night Shyamalan twisty twisty. Like they're not even on the same planet. Like, no, they're not brothers. Like she kept saying, and I was like, listen, they're not brothers. I go, so just stop. I think it was Tim and Cyril. She was like, they're brothers. And I was like, no, they're not.
00:17:01
Speaker
What did Deb and Joe say? So very similar, very similar. Like, so I was in, my mom's a little more of a fan than my dad, but same thing. First two episodes were a little slow for them, which again, like you said, I get and I understand a little bit, but I think I still enjoyed them because of what episode three brought.
00:17:28
Speaker
And I think that's what happened to them. Three was a good episode. They liked it. And it kind of brought everything full circle. So I feel like that will be a common thing in these first three episodes that I think people will hear that are, again, super casual fans, maybe not deep into the lore that we are.
00:17:51
Speaker
they'll enjoy it, but I think it will be a slow burn for them, which I think we expected as viewers and as fans, you know? There's this one kid at work. He's like a big Clone Wars fan. You know, he's kind of a punk kid. Some of his opinions, you know, waver around the fandom mess, but he's good to talk Star Wars with. And I was like, are you going to watch Andor? And he was like, nah.
00:18:21
Speaker
And I was like, well, I'll tell you if I think it's something you would want to watch. So when I was watching, I was thinking he's definitely not going to watch. I want to watch these first two episodes. But I was thinking the recap before three is perfect to tell you like exactly what's going on and place you through everything, even even on Qunari. So and I was going to tell him, like, just start from three. But it is kind of it's I hate to say that because it is
00:18:50
Speaker
It is a disservice because the performances that you get up to then and the building that you get up to then is well worth it. It's just that some people these days don't have the attention span or the commitment to a show. If it's not blowing your mind every episode, they give up on it. So that's kind of like why I'm like, maybe just start with three, but that's a total disservice to the show.
00:19:17
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, everybody was kind of like, first two. What's going on? What's going on? You're watching like Emmy worthy performances. Get your act together, Deb. Right. But I think it is once you get through. Those first two, then three, just I think it does build to that moment.
00:19:44
Speaker
And it just connects everything, especially like you're saying from Qunari to where Andor is now. And we'll talk about that specific sequence and scenes in a little bit. But yeah, overall, I agree. It was good. And I think, again, for some people, it might be a slow burn, those first
00:20:07
Speaker
I mean, even three, I think it takes a minute, but once it hits, it gets rolling and it's it's good. It's really, really good. I can see that being a quote unquote thing that people will talk about until episode four. And again, I think from this point forward, we get single episodes. So I feel like they will hit harder, maybe. I don't think they will. We'll see. Not not hit harder, but like
00:20:37
Speaker
It will be a little more faster pace ish to certain degree and maybe a little more of a what's going to happen next feel, but I don't need it to be though. I think like you and I, like, I think I like the slow burn. I like the slow burn. I liked it that we are able to sit in this world and just.
00:21:01
Speaker
in like just consume what we are seeing instead of like within the other Star Wars and movies and shows, you see these kind of quick background characters and you don't get to live in that moment where now you are living in these type of characters moments, right? These background characters, these day-to-day Star Wars characters, we get to see what they're doing. I mean, we started this show in a brothel.
00:21:30
Speaker
That's so not Star Wars. How do you feel about some of the choices? I mean, I can't believe on Twitter that everybody was going nuts about, one, someone's saying shit, two, that they implied that someone had sex.
Mature Themes in Andor
00:21:47
Speaker
And it was like, really, this is like the big deal? And it's, I don't know, like,
00:21:53
Speaker
Obviously these people it's a weird take read Star Wars novels because obviously there was already sex going on in the canon universe Right. I mean again Some people will take that and just make it their stance of why they don't want to watch the show Why it's not Star Wars quote-unquote to them and it's stupid
00:22:14
Speaker
What was great is that you can still imply those things and not have to make a show R-rated and alienate another set of the audience. So I didn't even notice that that guy said shit. I just didn't. I didn't hear it at all. And then when I saw it, I was like, oh, he did? I didn't even know. Again, it's...
00:22:40
Speaker
It's a thing that I think some people want to look at and make it their stance of why they don't wanna watch the show. Right, exactly. So I'm okay with everything that they did. Again, is this more of a adult-ish show? Yeah, it is, it is. It's a little more adult Star Wars.
00:23:02
Speaker
There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that at all. Man, Mando is a very family friendly, friendly show. Boba fat for most part was as well has some big themes, but again, mostly family oriented. You know, again, all the, um, clone wars, bad, bad stuff, again, big themes, big adult stuff, but again, contained in a very family friendly atmosphere. This is different.
00:23:29
Speaker
And I feel like if you liked Rogue One, like if Rogue One was your jam and you liked that movie, this show is going to be for you, 1000%. Agreed. You know, so I mean, I think if you liked Rogue One and you liked that journey, the show will completely encapsulate you and you will love this show.
00:23:50
Speaker
If it wasn't your jam, but you still enjoyed it, I think you still enjoy, but it might not be your quote unquote favorite Star Wars, which is fine. That's not every Star Wars has to be your favorite Star Wars like that. I mean, it doesn't have to. You don't have to love everything Star Wars. You and I have had many conversations about stuff that like, yeah, we liked it. Did we like absolutely love it? No, but we enjoyed it. We found we found pieces of enjoyment to to it and things that we connected with.
00:24:19
Speaker
Like, I know some people just, they can't do that for some reason. Like it's, if there's one thing they don't like, then they grab onto it and then they take it and say, this is why I don't want to watch it. This is why it's not my Star Wars. This is why they ruin it. Blah, blah, blah, blah. It's dumb. It's just stupid. But yeah, I, I, I.
00:24:40
Speaker
I cannot wait to see where we're going moving forward for sure. So let's talk about, let's move on from our overall to let's dive deep into these episodes. Any, for you, Ang, any big themes jumped out at you. Any scenes that you want to talk about within these first three episodes that really you gravitated to, what you got, let's talk about it.
00:25:06
Speaker
You know, I haven't really picked up on a theme yet besides chaos and confusion. That's fair. That's fair.
00:25:21
Speaker
But not like I don't know where this is going. This was my absolute favorite thing about the show. It was very clear. I never felt lost. There's a lot of times I watch Star Wars shows and I'm like, man, or Star Wars movies. And I'm like, I don't even know what's going on like right now.
00:25:37
Speaker
Like I'll catch up the next time I watch it. I never felt that way watching this show, but there were so many good scenes. I mean, let's just talk about the opening scene of, you know, casting and going to the brothel, looking for, um, someone from Qunari who is his sister. So now you know that where he's from, he's from Qunari. Uh, and then you get to see the attitude of these.
00:26:02
Speaker
Um, corporate Alliance security guards pretty much is what they are. They're like mall cops. It's so funny. They're like not legit. They're not like Imperial stormtroopers, Imperial enforcers. They're like hired, um, mall cops and they take their job.
00:26:21
Speaker
very seriously, maybe too seriously, but not seriously enough to behave themselves throughout their regular lives. And that was all so clear, like right from the get-go. And then that scene where they follow Cassian out, the camera choice to just be like centered on Cassian and just kind of see them off.
00:26:43
Speaker
Yeah, and it's not. It wasn't like jumpy. It wasn't jumping to them jumping back to Cassian. It was just very on point. I absolutely loved it. And that was chaotic, too. I mean.
00:26:58
Speaker
You know, you're like, is he going to let them just go and grab his money? Is he going to fight them back? And then he hits that guy, he wrestles the other one. Oh my God, that guy is dead. And the performance is just like outstanding. Like when he says you killed him and then the employee, the corporate guy starts.
00:27:15
Speaker
panicking because he knows he's in the wrong as well too he was where he wasn't supposed to be um he was doing stuff he wasn't supposed to be doing so overall that was just a great scene for me and then i was like that i'm pretty locked in in this moment so that scene what did you think about that scene yeah no i had the same feelings as you like that
00:27:39
Speaker
that opening kind of just set the tone to set the tone of where the show is going to go, set the tone for this character that we know a little bit of right from Rogue One. But now we're really getting to understand where he came from, why he is who he is when we meet him in Rogue One. Like it's just this build up and we see
00:28:02
Speaker
We see why the rebellion wanted him. We get why Luther is wanting to talk to him because of things that started in this very first scene.
00:28:17
Speaker
Even though he gave off the vibe in that scene of maybe he was scared, I really don't think Andrew was scared at all. I think he was calm and collected. I don't think he was really scared. I think he knew how to handle himself. He told the guy to look at his other pocket. He knew what that would do. That's why he knocked him out. That's why he knew he could go for the gun, because the guy tapped him on the face with the gun. So he knew where the weapon was.
00:28:47
Speaker
Like he internally knew because of what he has been through up until that point, right? Like, so- Do you think he had killed anybody before that point? Oh, I think so. No, I don't think so at all. Oh, I think so. I do. I do. I think the panic that comes out later when he gets back to Ferrix shows that
00:29:09
Speaker
I don't think he had, he might've gotten to plenty of fights and rough some people up, but I don't think he actually killed somebody. The minute he killed that first guy and knew it, he knew how high the stakes were and that he had to do it again. But I do not think he killed anybody before that moment.
00:29:27
Speaker
No, and that's a good point. That's a very good point. You could be very, very right on that. For some reason, I just feel like, and I thought in later episode, I can't remember if it was two or three, they were talking about his rap sheet, and I thought they mentioned, unless they were mentioning these two murders under what that, I'd had to rewatch that.
00:29:49
Speaker
But I don't think he was afraid of doing it, but I think how it went down for me, how I read it was that I feel like how it went down wasn't the way he would have wanted it to go. And he had no choice but to do it. But like you're saying, he could have.
00:30:08
Speaker
He could have, you know, he could have, he probably got plenty of bar fights for sure. I mean, Binks even said like, is that because of a husband, like because of his hand? Is that because of a husband's like going after you? So like, you kind of get that he is a scrapper for sure.
00:30:25
Speaker
But that no, that's a good point though. Like he was a little bit shocked and like kind of like, Oh crap, what do I do? But I'm wondering if it was because of who he killed. If it was because he, it was these, you know, pre ox security guards who are like these empire, you know, uh, hired security, which is cool. That's another thing that I liked.
00:30:50
Speaker
Even learning from that beginning of this of those scenes that the Empire was outsourcing This security right because they knew they couldn't be everywhere right so they had outsourced to local You know these local systems security so they could take care of it So it's very it was all very interesting. I love that opening scene I'm glad you brought it up because it's it is one of my favorite is like it just kicks off the show and sets the tone
00:31:19
Speaker
You know, it sets the tone of who Cassian is. And he knew right away, like you were saying, after that, he had to he knew he was in trouble. He knew he had to get away and lay low. Like he knew what what was going to happen because of what he did. And yeah, that camera work, though, when he's walking and you're just on his face, you just hear the two security guards talking to him, but you don't see them was such a good choice of like camera shot. Like I dug that too a lot.
00:31:48
Speaker
What else you got? Any other scenes, moments? Yeah, like, I mean, these are kind of simple, but when Cyril, you know, the, uh, uh, pre-more Korpa dude, you know, the, you know, which guy I'm talking about, right? Cyril and the chief, uh, who are talking about what happened and he's like describing, like,
00:32:12
Speaker
This is what I know so far. This is what happened. And then the chief gives him the bigger picture of like the galaxy and what they're doing there and what they shouldn't be doing there and how this needs to play out.
Corporate Security Politics
00:32:28
Speaker
Like that also just gave you the tone of the overall galaxy and who's doing what. Unwanted attention. Yeah, absolutely. Unwanted attention.
00:32:40
Speaker
And then in that moment you also learn that Cyril Cyril is like more Imperial, right? He's he's a good fit to be an Imperial officer, right? He's he's there for control and order and He could care less like like two people died, right? But it's two corporate people that died. So he is
00:33:05
Speaker
He's like imperial to like a T. So he obviously is going to move on in this story and we see it I think in scenes that he becomes an imperial officer, don't we? Or he does become imperial. Yeah, maybe. I can't remember. But yeah, we definitely get into the imperial for sure coming up. Definitely. But I mean, it was
00:33:26
Speaker
It was just a great way to give you an overall picture of what's going on. I'm telling you, every performance was spot on.
00:33:41
Speaker
You know, and it's all these characters that is like, man, I think I've seen you in a movie. What movie are you in? And of course, like, I'm Googling, like, who is this guy and where is he from? You know, the chief was from Game of Thrones. He was also in Braveheart. I mean, it was just excellent choices on on casting. I just absolutely loved it.
00:34:01
Speaker
And, um, I just, that, that's something that was just like, okay, I get it. I get what's going on in the galaxy right now. I get what this planet is doing and that planet is doing. I completely understand. So it was a good way to just set up the overall story. Yeah. Through conversation, through their conversation, you learn, you learn a lot. Yeah. No, I didn't need a monologue. I didn't need like, uh, uh, like, uh,
00:34:28
Speaker
text in the beginning. I didn't need any of that. Just a conversation between two well-performing actors as the characters that they are just completely put me where I needed to be for the show. No, yeah, agreed. I love that scene too. I think it speaks volumes of A, the acting. Two, it sets up
00:34:52
Speaker
It gives you the information that, okay, this is where we are. This is what's going on in the galaxy. This is how the Empire is keeping control.
00:35:03
Speaker
is that they have to outsource. They have to, because they know they can't be everywhere. So they outsourced it to these local security, like security firms or however you want to like call it. But then within those security firms, like you're saying, like this scene just shows like, listen, like that guy was telling the deputy, the chief was telling the deputy, like,
00:35:25
Speaker
Listen, if you dig into this, this is what's gonna happen. A, you're gonna find out that those two guys were in a brothel that we shouldn't have, shouldn't even be on our planet. They're drinking stuff that shouldn't be there. It's going to bring down a whole lot of mess. You just need to scrap it and just say, hey, these guys were trying to save someone. Like he said, don't make it a big deal. Just make it a little bit of a headline and move on.
00:35:53
Speaker
But like you're saying, this deputy guy does not want to let it go, because he is very imperial. He fits that imperial model of, no, something's going on and it needs to stop. And he had his hype man, his hype man of, what's his name? The guy who was helping him, Mosak. He was like, yeah, dude, I'm with you. Let's get 12 guys, we'll go after this guy. He was encouraging this guy
00:36:22
Speaker
to do what he wanted to do instead of telling him what like the chief inspector was telling them to let it go. So you have these two different already within this, you know, pre-ox security firm, these two different ideas forming for sure. And just like that, um,
00:36:41
Speaker
Moak said to the deputy, like, you know, there's fermenting, like there are pockets of rebellion and it needs to be squashed. So like they already have this idea in their head of like what needs to be done. And I, and I love that for sure. Yeah. Great scene. Great scene. I love your choice. Uh, uh, any more, anything else you got?
00:37:02
Speaker
Yeah, let's head to Qunari. My favorite thing about Qunari was that they allowed them to speak their native language and didn't translate it because it just was- Love that so much.
Authenticity with Native Languages
00:37:14
Speaker
Love that. I absolutely love it. It's just about performance. You just need to know what's going on. You can tell- And they were kids. These kids were- I know. It was so good. It was so good. Yeah. Yep.
00:37:25
Speaker
The other thing I love that we learned is it can't see him wasn't like necessarily a leader on Qunari you would have expected him to be like the leader because of you see his initiative like later on in Rogue One and you know him
00:37:40
Speaker
like heading up things on his own in Rogue One and No, he was just a follower you get to understand like what his relationship was like with his younger sister And then the way they lived on that planet some of the shots of just the devastation that happened on the planet from whatever the mining Accident by whatever happened Was just good detail as well, too and so
00:38:09
Speaker
I really liked being there. I liked how they were all in a yellow. It was beautiful to watch and it was just, like I said, so simple. It wasn't cluttered up with a lot of dialogue.
00:38:24
Speaker
And it was very clear what was going on. So I really liked being able to experience that. What a good name. Canari. It was just a good name, you know? Yeah, no, it's a solid. It was a solid intro to his background and where he where he grew up.
00:38:42
Speaker
Right. And you, we, you know, through conversation he had with, um, accident, I think his name is when he's trying to in episode three, get a ride out. Um, that. Canari was this mid rim planet that had a devastating mining accident and that there was no survivors, but through these flashbacks, which I'll ask you in a second, but through these flashbacks, we know that somehow these, these, this group of kids survived.
00:39:12
Speaker
And like they're no parents, no adults. So like clearly their parents might've been a part of the devastation and they were living together in like this, for me, like this Lord of the Flies kind of like.
00:39:27
Speaker
You know utopian kind of world that they that they live and they've they're so like you're saying that they're so simple to like they see the. The ship falling and they're like oh maybe they can help like one of the one of the characters was like yelling and then like that leader girl was like no no no like.
00:39:47
Speaker
like stop we don't know what's going on so it was very cool how they already had like a hierarchy ish type of like situation going where there's that that girl that was kind of the leader everybody kind of followed and then the older kids were like you know the ones that were going to find out what the ship that crash what was what was going on who was it
00:40:09
Speaker
So it was a very, very cool setup. And again, we find out that Cassian's name, well, at least what his sister called him was Casa. Like was that his true name? Is Cassian his real name? I think maybe we'll find that out for sure. But I liked how we kind of get that.
00:40:27
Speaker
Little bit of little bit of background on Cassian and his sister like the one that he's looking for and that started the whole trouble of him and at that Mariano planet because he's looking for a sister. So yeah, I loved it. How did you feel and how they'd use the flashbacks like
00:40:48
Speaker
Did you like how they were going back and forth at times? How did you feel the usage of these flashbacks? Did you like it? Do you think it could have been a little bit different? What was your take on that?
Flashbacks and Character Motivations
00:40:59
Speaker
No, I liked it. I felt like I knew when we went into a flashback, but when I was watching it with my mom, I did call out, this is a flashback.
00:41:08
Speaker
just because I felt like maybe she wasn't up to speed with what was going on. So I can see how it was a little bit like not messy or not as distinct. Uh, but I mean, there were a couple where you didn't immediately know you were in a flashback, but eventually you're like, Oh, I'm in a flashback. I get it. So yes, I liked them. Um, I did. I liked them. I liked them. Fine.
00:41:38
Speaker
Yeah, I think they used him well. And I feel like this will be a thing that we'll see moving forward too. Because obviously I think we're going to get flashbacks of Luthan and obviously of the Senate by Mothma. I feel like that will happen as we move on through this first season.
00:41:56
Speaker
So I liked it though too. I like how it went, you know, that very first one too was cool, how B2 was calling his name. And then instead of saying Cassian, he was saying Casa, but was it really B2 or was that, you know, kind of Andor hearing that and then going into that, that moment. I loved it. Yeah. Canaris are very interesting and I hope we get a little bit more information as far as the devastation, like what occurred.
00:42:23
Speaker
Or what happened on that ship? Why were all those, they weren't, they didn't have Imperial Signance on them. And why were they that color? Like what, what happened? What was that all about? So I don't know if that's something that we're going to get the details on in this show or what, but.
00:42:41
Speaker
It definitely was thought-provoking, whatever is going on. And Qunari, we kind of know all those stories of what the Empire was doing. They were mining planets for ore to build the Death Star and just completely ravaging them of all their resources. So we get that.
00:43:00
Speaker
I don't think I need to go into too much detail, but I am a little curious about that ship that crashed there, who those people were. Why did they look that way? That was a little interesting to me. Oh my God, I absolutely love that scene when Casa got onto the ship and he saw his reflection for the first time. It was so good.
00:43:22
Speaker
And I just love that thought of how they went so long knowing what each other looked like, but not knowing what yourself looked like. Oh my God, it was absolutely beautiful. And he was scared for a moment, but then his anger set in because he just maybe didn't know who he was. And it was such a good scene. I loved it. Yeah, no, that was a really good scene. And it makes sense, like you just said.
00:43:50
Speaker
They have seen each other. They have never seen themselves in a reflection. So that was a really good scene. And to talk about what you're talking about about those people, real quick, my thought was that
00:44:05
Speaker
Obviously what what it was being informed to others was that it was some type of toxic because again that guy was telling Cassie and what he was reading off the computer was that there was some Maybe toxic something and maybe the reason those people were turning yellow was because of the air for some reason and again the kids because they were Born and raised like it didn't affect them that that's my take because we do see Marva later with like a mask on
00:44:34
Speaker
and everything so that that's kind of where i go but i am just like you said i'm interested to see why why they were going there one where they're trying to what were they were there mining something where they're trying to find something
00:44:48
Speaker
And then, yeah, that Cassian scene of him in that as a young kid was really good with the reflection. And it's really cool because in an episode, I think the previous episode, when he was looking at the NS9 star path unit that he had, you see his reflection in it, similar to what we see when he was in a kid. Yeah, it was great. It was really cool, right? It was a really nice touch.
00:45:14
Speaker
Yeah, I can already was cool. I can't wait to dive more into that, hopefully, or at least learn a little bit more of the of the backstory for sure. Let's let's move on. And what else? What else we got? We can move into if you want. Do you want to talk about characters or do you want to? We can go to Ferrix and dive into dive into those that that whole planet because that planet's really cool. I like that whole setup. So what you got anything from there?
00:45:42
Speaker
Yeah, Fairix was great. Just the setup of like the bell ringer. Oh, that stuff was so great. Like starting the day, ending the day. Just the shot of like the gloves for the scrappers. You know, it was just like...
00:45:59
Speaker
it was beautiful to look at it you could tell like all the work done by um like wardrobe and special effects and practical effects and all that stuff it was definitely a star wars world so i i loved being on ferrix i liked that a lot but yeah we can talk about characters um what'd you think about uh bix
00:46:21
Speaker
I liked her a lot. I think she's a very interesting character. I want to know more like her background. Is she from Ferrix or did she just end up there like Cassian? What's her story? Because obviously she's rooted within some type of rebellion, right? Because she knows Luthan, she knows how to connect with him. You know, and I think
00:46:44
Speaker
And I think that is interesting to me because I want to know how is she connected to, you know, the rebellion and losing. Like, what does she know that maybe Cassie doesn't know at this point. So I loved her character. Very, very cool. The actress was amazing. I loved her performance. Um, I heard my.
00:47:06
Speaker
One of my favorite scenes is when she was trying to, in episode three, go help Cassian. And then those guards, security guards get her and she's trying to fight him. She gets chained up and then she sees Tim, who is like her boyfriend or significant other at the time. And he tries to save her, but then he gets gunned down. And for her to see that, maybe to me, I wonder if that means
00:47:33
Speaker
It's becoming more real for her, this fight of, you know, against this, this Imperial, you know, Imperial system that they're under. Like she's been a part of it, it seems like, but maybe now that it's at her front door, what did that do to her as a character? How much does that change her? And what does she want to do moving forward? I think she's very, very interesting. What, what was your thoughts on Binks? Yeah, she was a great character. Um, Adria, Adjorna.
00:48:03
Speaker
Um, is her, her name. Um, she started in a couple of things. I didn't, she was in Morbius. I didn't see Morbius, did you? Neither of I know, but she was in good omens, which is a pretty good show that's on prime. So, um, she's been in some pretty great stuff.
Speculation on Bix's Role
00:48:21
Speaker
I just, I love that you kind of believe that maybe her and Cassian had some sort of romantic involvement at some point. For me, the scene that was awesome was when she approached him and said, did I ever tell you Cassian was from Qunari? And he wouldn't answer and she was like, I know I did. Oh my God, such a good scene.
00:48:46
Speaker
And yeah, it's interesting. Will she play more of a role going forward? She's the reason Cassian hooks up with Luthyn. Does that just stop from there? Is that just what she is? Does she have some sort of connection in the rebellion, or is her purpose just to scrap stuff? All right, so let's move on, and let's talk about Luthyn. Skelyn Skarsgard.
00:49:15
Speaker
What a great addition to the Star Wars universe. Absolutely. I love him so much. I love him. So again, this character, very fascinating, very interesting. Like, what is his role? What is he a part of? Because we've seen in trailers that he lived on Coruscant, still is on Coruscant, at some point was very rooted with some senators, mostly Mon Mothma.
00:49:42
Speaker
So I'm very interested to see kind of his connection to the rebellion, because we do see him again in a trailer talking to, um, Oh my God, Forest Whitaker's character in Rogue One. Saw Gerrera. Thank you very much. We see him talking to Saw. So again, what type of rebellion is he looking at? Is he more of kind of how Saw feels or is he more of the Mon Mothma?
00:50:11
Speaker
kind of thought process. So he's a very interesting character. He clearly knows about Andor. And I love that scene in that, in that warehouse with him prior to them getting like attacked by the security. You know, he's telling them, you know, rule one, find your exit before you enter. Like I love, I love that. Like that was such a cool, like little, again, just little things for this character that we will learn more of.
00:50:39
Speaker
So I'm very interested to learn more about him, his connection to the Senate, to the rebellion, how this will all connect, and how did he know about Andor? What was the tipping point of that? So your thoughts, Ange? Luthin, overall, what'd you think?
00:51:02
Speaker
I love Stellan Skarsgard. Like, absolutely. I love him in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He's a creep, but it's so well performed. I loved him in Chernobyl. I loved him in... What else? Oh, he was in Dune. Oh my God. I just love it. He's such a good actor. Again, when he's in a different kind of world, you just believe he belongs there. So he's great for Star Wars.
00:51:29
Speaker
Yeah, and that scene in the warehouse with him and Cassie, and there are just some great dialogue that was exchanged. You know, when they talked about Cassie and infiltrating the Imperials, and he said, you know, Cassie says, you just walk in like you belong, and how they're arrogance is remarkable.
00:51:46
Speaker
And then Luthan says they don't even think about us and Cassian's like us, like then he starts to realize like this isn't about the part about something else. And what else I found like really interesting and I didn't catch it until the second time I watched was when he talked about
00:52:03
Speaker
Rick's road and how Cassian's father was hung there. Like who was Cassian's father? And then also like, how does Luther know about this? How long has he been watching Cassian? And I really like your point. Like what type of rebellion person is he? Is he a Saw Gerrera where like, there's like no holds barred? Like you do what you want. Collateral damage is collateral damage.
00:52:35
Speaker
is doing or are you a little bit more like diplomatic and political like Mon Mothma and you kind of see the bigger picture and you know you have to be strategic in the ways that you attack.
Mystery of Luthen
00:52:48
Speaker
So he's gonna be a great character. He's just gonna be a performance I'm gonna love to watch. His scenes are just always gonna be just great. So that's my anticipation for him.
00:52:52
Speaker
You just get your point across that you don't stand for what the Imperial is.
00:53:04
Speaker
I mean, in that line where he says like, don't you want to fight these bastards for real? You just learn what his hatred is towards the Imperials. He's not just here to kind of like strategically move people around. He has some sort of stake in this, like against the Empire. So I can't wait to get more information about him. He's he's a great character. Yeah, I think he's going to be very fascinating come this season and we'll see. Does he make it to season two like?
00:53:32
Speaker
we'll find out his fate within this, you know, within this series. So it's going to be very interesting. Again, we see him talking about Mothmana trailer. So again, their connection, like it's going to be fascinating. And I just, I can't wait to get more of the Senate perspective, like more of that political side to the story.
00:53:54
Speaker
And he's going to be a major part of it, I feel like. So that's going to be really, really cool to see moving forward. Um, and I think what, when he mentioned his dad, I wonder if they were talking about that character that was with Marva in episode three, that his name is Clem. Yeah. Clem Andor played by Gary Beatle. Um, and then now see the wonderful, uh, Fiona Shaw plays Marva Andor.
00:54:20
Speaker
So that's probably who he was referring to. So it's going to be very interesting. Again, how does, how does Luther know all this? Like what, you know, he knew he was, you know, uh, he knew Andrew was captured at one point when he knew he was able to like, um, uh, like,
00:54:40
Speaker
put himself into the Imperial side and just walk in like Cassinian told him, like you just walk in and just, you believe you're part of the, the, the Imperial. I love when he said you spit in their food. Yeah. Yeah. Like so. And just showing their hatred and like loathing for the empire. I'd love it. Right. And then again, how deep does Andor's hate go? Like, is it because of what happened on Qunari?
00:55:08
Speaker
Is it what happened to Clem? Like when did he really hate the Empire? Was it when, I mean, he's said in Rogue One, he's been in this fight since he's six years old. So was it the like the mining accident that took away his real parents that we assume and you know, all that. So it's gonna be fascinating again. Luthin overall though. Yeah, I can't wait. Cannot wait. Let's talk about Marva though, because I think she's a fascinating character.
00:55:38
Speaker
Again, what were her and Clem doing on Qunari? What were they trying to get? What was their deal? And they clearly didn't know these kids were there. Like when they saw Cassian, they were shocked. They knew something happened because of what
00:55:57
Speaker
What they saw heading into this broken ship or whatever, I saw those, those blow darts, which was really cool. How the kids use those as a weapon, like the, like those old like pipes that look like, and then would, you know, spit out the, uh, the darts and everything. That was really, really cool. But she's an interesting character because again.
00:56:19
Speaker
She saw Cassian as, you know, maybe helpless and she wanted to help him. But she also, I know how you feel about this, and she kind of took Cassian or Casa, like not willingly, you know, like she just took his free will away, which I thought was kind of interesting. But again, she did it, I think, with good intentions, maybe. So how did you feel about her character?
00:56:46
Speaker
Yeah, I was wondering if that will turn into some sort of resentment from Cassian that he was separated from her sister or taken away from a situation that was dire for the rest of the kids on that planet, on Qunari. So it will be interesting if that creates some sort of tension between them. I'm sure it will. But it's possible that, you know, Marva,
00:57:17
Speaker
maybe always has been encouraging Cassian to look for her, you know, but we don't know.
Marva's Impact on Cassian
00:57:23
Speaker
So, I mean, she didn't know. She just knew that there were people coming and they were going to, you know, just wreck the rest of the planet when they got there. So she made a choice of taking him. And obviously it was the right choice at the time, but no, I don't think it's going to sit well with Cassian overall. Um, but I think of over time he comes to terms with it, I think.
00:57:47
Speaker
I think so too. No, I agree. I think he will see in like maybe the bigger picture what she did for him surviving. And then clearly somehow again, this will be interesting to find out as how does Cassian know his sister survived? How did he know where to go to that brothel? Like how did he know all that? And was Marva helping him? Like you said, was Marva helping him find his sister?
00:58:14
Speaker
We don't know. Well, hopefully that will that will be a question answered. But she definitely was not happy with him when, you know, that that bulletin went out and she said, you know, who knows about Qunari? And it was interesting because he's like, well, I mean, he's like, I don't keep track of it. You know, like, how am I supposed to know? We're making a list. Yeah. Like, again, he's told Binks and then Binks told Tim, you know, so it's like,
00:58:43
Speaker
How can you keep track? And just like Cassian said, so super interesting. Her character is super interesting. And I love her conversation with those two security guards as they're watching her. She's like, you know, that sound, you have to be more afraid when it stops. And that sound is the reckoning. So.
00:59:04
Speaker
Yeah, I love, loved your character, loved your character. Any final thoughts on, on Marva before we move into Andor? No, I, I loved Marva's character. I like Fiona Shaw, you know, Harry Potter, Mrs. Dursley. She's, she's a terrible person in that, in that movie. So, um, it's good to see another side of her and just a fabulous actress.
00:59:29
Speaker
Yeah, I hope if we're leaving Ferrix, we still get to see her a little bit more. It's kind of like my worry is that we're going to kind of like lose Marva and lose Bix because we're leaving Ferrix. So it will be interesting if we see them a little bit more later in the season or in these upcoming episodes. But yeah, her performance was just outstanding.
00:59:57
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like because of what Cassian said to, uh, I think his name was Barroso Barroso. He said, like he said he'd be back. So I feel like that's again, maybe a little bit of a, uh, flash, you know, uh, flash forward or like a forward thinking that he will be back to Ferrix at some point. Because again, we see in these trailers, I don't know if it's a flashback or what is to come.
01:00:25
Speaker
But we do see stormtroopers, like we assume is walking down the streets of Ferrix. So is that obviously pre or post Cassian's big, you know, him and Luthin, you know, big escape. We'll find out. We'll definitely find out. And I'm very excited to see what happens with her moving forward. But yeah, let's, let's talk about Andor himself. I mean, first of all, Diego Luna. Amazing. He does such a good job with this character. He understands.
01:00:54
Speaker
This character, he understands what this character is going through. He can emote that in so many different ways. And like, it's just so good. And it's, I'm so glad he's back in Star Wars.
Diego Luna's Performance
01:01:07
Speaker
I'm glad we're getting this show and I'm glad it's a, he's leading it. You know, a Latino lead in a Star Wars is so cool. Obviously with, especially for us, I feel like because we are Latino ourselves, like it's a big deal. It's a huge deal to see.
01:01:23
Speaker
him be the lead of the show. But it feels like he never left. I feel like he just went right back into this character and just, boom, him and Tony Gilroy just knew how to do this story and they knew where to put this character and how to show where he's been. And then these younger scenes of him in Canaria is very interesting again. We didn't know in Rogue One that that's
01:01:51
Speaker
where he's from or what his, his big backstory was, you know, we assumed, or at least I assumed that was, you know, he was, his parents were separatists and you know, they were fighting the, they were not really against the rebellion, but because of what happened to his planet, they, he was against the empire. Like that's where I thought, but the show was really changing his backstory for the good.
01:02:18
Speaker
So I'm enjoying it. I can't wait to see where else we're going to go with him in more of his backstory. But what's your, what's your thoughts overall with Cassie and himself and then Diego Luna himself?
01:02:29
Speaker
Yeah, I love Diego Luna. My first introduction to him obviously was Rogue One. I didn't take any notes on him because it's just we know who he is and we know where he fits in the Star Wars universe. It was just great to see him back again. There were just some outstanding performances by Diego Luna, some just well executed to show you who Cassian is. So again, like,
01:02:59
Speaker
Was it the first time that he actually took somebody's life? Is it some sort of a spiral that's going to carry him through the rest of this rebellion? He's a great character to follow, so I'm glad that he's the lead of this, and he's the anti-hero, I guess, we're rooting for.
01:03:23
Speaker
Right now, yeah, I agree. So, yeah, it was just like a really good choice of character to follow this story and this part of the timeline. So, you know, I just Diego Luna is awesome. And he's passionate about this as well, too. And he respects the Star Wars universe. And he wanted to be involved in this project. Isn't he a producer?
01:03:45
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, pretty sure. Yeah. So, um, you got to love that as Star Wars fans when people get drawn in by a character and a story, um, and the fact that it's Star Wars and, and our, just as passionate as fans are about, um, this galaxy. So it's, it's just great that he's, he's around. Yep. No, a hundred percent agree. I, I'm so glad that he was, like you just said, as passionate as he is.
01:04:13
Speaker
to wanting to do this character and wanting to tell more stories with Tony Gilroy. I mean, again, Tony Gilroy, you set it up top. He's done so many great TV shows, thrillers that the combination of this type of story with him writing it makes so much sense. It makes so much sense.
01:04:35
Speaker
Yeah, I'm excited to get back to, to this world, especially seeing it from this type of perspective that we have never seen it before from like the common just galaxy person. Like this is just the day to day that these people go through. It's really fascinating to see. So wrap it up and any final thoughts you want to give on the first three episodes and what you're looking forward to anything you're looking forward to seeing coming up.
Excitement for Future Episodes
01:05:02
Speaker
Uh, I'm looking forward to, um, just more characters that we know are coming my math, my soccer era, um, seeing Coruscant the Senate, you know, going to other planets and places. And then of course, learning more about what we've been shown already. So, um,
01:05:22
Speaker
Will there be more information about Qunari? Will Cassie never find a sister? All that stuff. So I'm just super happy as a Star Wars fan. Again, this is where I love Star Wars, is it's giving us stuff that we just did not know existed or didn't even know that we needed. You know, that's always my favorite thing when it comes to these shows.
01:05:46
Speaker
I didn't really have much anticipation or was trying to figure out what the show was going to be like, but it's everything I wanted. His first three episodes is everything I wanted. It's going to be interesting when we're going to start to see Stormtroopers and things like that.
01:06:04
Speaker
and what kind of cameos we get, how Star Wars we get, because we're so far from Star Wars right now. So it will be interesting if that stuff gets integrated or what it looks like, if it changes the feel of the show once it gets integrated. So, but I have an open mind and I'm just very happy with what I've experienced so far.
01:06:29
Speaker
Well said, I couldn't agree more. I think it's going to be interesting to see how they integrate, just like you said, these things that we know are Star Wars, stormtroopers, the Senate, Coruscant, things, Sal Guerrero, that, you know, rebellion. How how are they going to integrate it into a show that, again, feel Star Wars, but also doesn't feel like Star Wars? And that is not. A bad thing. It's a good thing.
01:06:59
Speaker
for sure. I think overall for me, I'm looking forward to the Senate stuff for sure. Mon Mothma, the politics, like I think I'm really, really excited to see that play out. How does the Senate factor into all of this? Like everything? How does it factor in? And at what point did Mon Mothma say, okay, it's time to act. It's time to make a change because it seems like
01:07:30
Speaker
Again, it seems like these other, like these small pockets of rebellion were always there, like pharynx. Like they had that whole system of noise to let people know when something was going on with the security people. Like that sense of community, I think is the theme that I took away from these first three episodes. And it's not just of, you know, the sense of community and canary with the kids, the sense of community within pharynx, because even
01:07:59
Speaker
the security officer said, you know, to the deputy car and like, fair, fair x does things their own way. So like that sense of community within fair x and then the sense of community within the security guards, like how they feel what they're doing and how they feel about these other.
01:08:21
Speaker
planets and other systems and these other Places like pharix like they look down on it, but they are together in that thought process So that's the big for me. That's a big theme I took away with these first three episodes and I hope they continue that because it's it is a crucial part I think within the story of the sense of community and belonging and
01:08:44
Speaker
within these different areas, right? Within the rebellion, within the empire, within just these small towns or small systems like Ferrix, like everybody believes in something that maybe others don't. So it's fascinating to see, see it all come together. And then we know, I mean, obviously as fans, we know what happens, right? The, the rebellion wins, but the formation of it is what I'm looking forward to the most for sure.
01:09:12
Speaker
Anything else you got, Ang? Any other last minute thoughts? No, I'm ready.
01:09:18
Speaker
I'm ready for Wednesdays. Yeah. I'm ready for Wednesdays. It's too bad. It's good to be back. It's good to be back. It's great to be back. I'm going to jump in fast when episodes get released. The idea of doing three episodes right off the bat, I was like, I'll kind of pace myself, but I'm ready to just jump right in every Wednesday morning, get this over with and see what's going on because I'm completely invested into this show. Me too. I feel you. I feel.
01:09:47
Speaker
Feel ya, pal. We're ready. We're excited for this show. So that's it, kids. This was a long one, but we knew it was going to be a long one because it's three episodes. So I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you enjoying the show as much as we do and are taking away the big stuff from it and not just the surface level good stuff that's still there, but the deep dives, the deeper themes that are within the show, I think will resonate for sure, definitely.
01:10:17
Speaker
That's it. That's a wrap on this recap next week or our next recap. I have a guest lined up. I think we, I'm going to confirm it, but they will be on. I'm very excited to have this person on. So I will make that announcement once it's completely confirmed, but I'm excited. I'm very excited. Very excited.
01:10:40
Speaker
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01:11:09
Speaker
You can follow me, Andrea Guti Erez, at r2d2step on Twitter. And as always, kids, may the force be with you. Always. Always.