That Would Be Me

Everything about the opening minutes of this episode is done splendidly. We are quickly building such a lively and breathtaking atmosphere for the show. The serious tone and lack of censorship make it genuinely feel like an HBO show. Between more sexual innuendos and the use of a curse word, I'm honestly surprised just how ballsy they're being with the Star Wars brand.

Maarva is such a nice addition to the cast as a parental figure for Cassian. She is a great character to keep Cassian in check and you can feel her fear for her adopted son's safety.

Sgt. Mosk is also great. His enthusiasm over keeping the empire's fascist ways in place along with the way he looks up to Syril and bounces off his personality makes both villains more fun. We are shown Syril's incompetence as a leader but strong need to keep people like Andor in check. This is proving to be an interesting take on a Star Wars villain, compared to the usual over-competence they have.

While I'm understanding the concept of Syril's character more, Timm is easily the most annoying part of this episode. Him anonymously tipping felt like something only in the script to further the plot along. He's absolutely awful for not even telling Bix what he did afterward.

The flashbacks in this episode were very exciting. Seeing this primitive group of children be endangered by the separatist/republic fighting they knew nothing of is heartbreaking.

On top of how solid this was, the tease of Stellan's character excites me even more for the next episode as we continue to see the cast be rounded out with interesting faces.

We're just starting up, and this episode is just as good as the premiere.

I honestly didn't expect alot from this series, i thought this was going to be the worst SW series yet, but damn this is getting kinda good. First 2 episodes are just build-up for episode 3, which they are great in doing so. Easily introducing new and likeable, but also some people you feel kind of sad for (Karn, because of his awfull speech). Something that is really fresh aswell is the 'personalizing' (in a sense of not only showing the heroes) of the empire. But honestly the thing i was astonished by most was the entire feeling of this show, even though it doesn't really feel like Star Wars, it's still is AMAZING. This is the first SW series that feels entirely fresh, it completely differs from the rest because of the darker/grittier setting, but also because of the realism in dialogue and acting. I do however can understand the criticism about the pace, it can be kind of slow. I do think even though not alot happend this episode except build-up it still felt amazing And for the last bit, i feel like non SW fans could really enjoy this series aswell, no Jedi, no the Force, it's a series that is just coincidentally going on inside of the SW universe. So, i could really recommend this, but just one thing, don't give up because these 2 are slow, episode 3 is really worth your time if you didn't like this one.

My condolences to those whose attention span was ruined by marvel and social media. Yes, the first three eps are mostly set uo, but the show has 12 of them and the set up always pays off. There is plenty of action scenes scattered around, but the tone is serious, nothign in interrupted by a "clever" quip. The tone of the show is very mature, fitting with the themes it discusses (surprisingly in depth which i woudl not expect from a dinsey+ show).

This is what i want star wars to be - political intrigue, the struggles of real people, the beurocracy, the backstabbing, the banality of evil. And andor does it perfectly.

Favourite show of the year so far. Even outside my (love.hate) with star wars - this isn't even the best star wars, it's just a good high tension show on its own.

Can't wait for the resolution.

This episode was an intriguing continuation of the story and a set-up for the third episode. The tone of the show is terrific and unique from any other Star Wars media, and the writing is better than ever before in Star Wars. Sure, the first and second episodes didn't captivate various people in the story similar to something like the Mandalorian, in which the opening was, in my opinion, way slower than this show's, but it made the direction of the show perfectly clear and appealing. It wasn't until the third episode when the actual path of this season became apparent, and all I'm saying is, don't turn away before watching the third one, in case you weren't hooked by the first two episodes.

Again, this is mainly another setup episode for the big payoffs coming up, but I can't lie and say that this episode wasn't pretty interesting. Not only are we introduced to more new characters (who some of which will prove to be among the best), but we also get to see the tension start to rack up as the walls begin to close in on Cassian and the factions of the Empire make their advancements. It's also quite entertaining and hilarious to see the peculiar, neurotic antics of Syril Karn contrast with the steadfast, boisterous loyalty of Seargent Mosk. It's all very intriguing and I can't wait to see how things advance going forward.