In the final episode of the Star Wars franchise, Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) is the protagonist of the Rogue One series. Despite his obscurity and lack of recognition, Cassian's sacrifices and growth have been as monumental as any Jedi training. His obscurity is not cruelty from an indifferent universe, but virtue in being the anonymous hero no one expects to see coming. Dedra Mero (Denise Gough) is accused of collecting intel for the Rebellion and giving her top-level clearances to an untrustworthy subordinate. She gives up Syril for this regime, and this is what she gets. Dedra is arrested for pursuing Luthen (now-written off Stellan Skarsgärd) against orders, and her suspicious activities now seem like her doing. A load of Death Star-related emails were forwarded to her by mistake, a strange lapse in error from an otherwise strictly regimented bureaucracy. Dedra speaks to Heert (Jacob James Beswick), another one of her underlings with similarly cutthroat ambitions to rise the ranks and pick up where Dedra was forced to leave behind. Dedra provides a reluctant tip to check specific signals before offering, "It's probably too late." It is not too late, but how is Dedra going to know that from where she's sitting? Kleya, who has transformed from Luthen's unassuming assistant to assertive revolutionary, now feels every word she speaks carries weight. With her hospital carnage opening the episode, Kleya holes up in Luthen's safehouse to broadcast a signal that is slowly received by Andor and K-2SO, who has grown attached to Cassian in a short year's time since his awakening. As Cassian receives the Death Star information, he and Kleya have a more important chat about their roles in the revolution. They discuss their roles in the revolution, which is strangely concurrent with the Stormtroopers' advance on them. Kleya defends Luthen's memory that he died for the information that Kleya just shared, and when Cassian confirms he will relay it to the Rebels, she reminds him: "You owe him that." Andor ends its second-to-last episode with Stormtroopers closing in on Cassian and Kleya, setting up a grand finale for its titular hero. We know he's not going to die-not yet, anyway. But how Cassian will get out and relay the information to the Rebels is a pure shot in the dark. After escaping the Imperial hospital, Kleya finds an abandoned apartment in Coruscant, which she had prepared for emergencies. She breaks into the cement wall with a hammer and spike, assembling old radio parts and sending an SOS using a coded signal directed to Yaba, where Wilmon operates the receiving machine. Cassian and their new droid, K, believe the signal must be from Luthen, but the SOS contains a code only Cassian understands.
Wilmon brings the message to Cassian and their new droid, K, who believe the signal must be from Luthen. The Rebellion leaders accuse Wilmon of endangering their entire operation. Dedra Meero, who was arrested by Director Orson Krennic after Jung's death, informs Krennic about Kleya, who may possess valuable intelligence regarding the locations of hidden Rebel forces. Krennic refuses to let Meero participate in the search, instead assigning the task to another ISB supervisor. Dedra instructs an ISB supervisor to monitor and intercept older forms of communication, noting that Luthen kept several vintage radios in his shop. By repairing some of Luthen's equipment, they trace another SOS signal from the mainframe, leading them to Kleya. The ISB agents track Kleya to an apartment building, but Cassian and K arrive first. The droid stays behind, alerting them if anyone approaches. K accidentally turns off the radio and doesn't know how to turn it back on, leaving him unable to warn Cassian of the incoming Imperial agents. Instead, K launches a preemptive attack on a group of men stationed outside, even storming their Imperial Transport Vehicle. Kleya informs Cassian of Luthen's death and refuses to flee, determined to deliver the information about the Death Star to the Rebellion leadership. ISB troops close in, leaving us to wonder whether Cassian and K can get Kleya out alive.
