Andor 1x12 FINALE REACTION!! "Rix Road" 

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Nice to see Maarva being used as a blunt force instrument.

18:30 After a whole season of saying "If they hurt B2, we riot," it's incredibly gratifying to see *exactly that* happen onscreen.

That hammer guy is a legend. Straight up Spartan kicked a stormtrooper off his tower.

i love the fact that Maarva gets to say "FU to the Empire" without the risk of being captured, tortured, or killed by the empire. All in front of their faces.

What I love about Luthen in this episode is that he goes from determined to kill Andor - adhering to his "formula" written 15 years ago - to listening to Maarva's speech, seeing how the people of Ferrix react to it and realising that this is what his rebellion was missing; rather than using the tactics of his enemy, fighting in the dark, they also need to fight openly in the light. To give people hope, to show how weak the empire really is when everyone stands up to them. That is why he slumps away. Not just for failing to catch Andor, but the realisation that maybe his formula will never been enough. Until Andor offers to join him. And he finally gives him hope and the first time Luthen gives a genuine smile in the whole series (On Corusant, he only smiled as a facade). That hope is what will carry us on to Season 2

I love how Cassian's presence lies somewhere in the background of basically every scene (minus the coruscant stuff more or less). Like everyone's panicking over 'Cassian's here?? Is He really? Where?!' and reach the end of the episode and he had successfully got in, saved Bix, got his friends off-world and snuck on Luthen's ship all with anyone that he didn't want to know he was there being none the wiser. That's some special agent shit right there.

That scream from Brasso after hitting that soldier with Marvva’s brick is so fucking cathartic 🔥🔥🔥

My favorite speeches in this show: 1. Kino's speech during the prison break 2. Luthen's "Sacrifice" speech 3. Maarva's posthumous rebellion speech

The one scene around the 43 min mark of the finale where Luthen looks down on Rix road and you can see smoke, gunfire and the screams of the citizens of Ferrix as they are being massacred by the Empire is so chilling. What an amazing shot

"Even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our line forward."

I just finally realized "it was about wiping the taste of Aldani from the Emperor's mouth" is really showcasing how his own underlings fucked him over in the end. It's like the manifesto said earlier about tyranny being constant work. The Emperor himself, being the master player that he was, would never have let it drop if he had the full details they do as to Axis and Andor. He would have doggedly rooted them out until he was certain he had them. His people are doing the thing tyrannical managers constantly have done to them - hiding things from him and spoon-feeding him only what will make him content to leave them alone.

This Episode wouldn't have been as impact full as it was, if all the "boring parts" or all the exposition was cut out. This Series redefined what Star Wars is and what it could be, this Masterpiece of a show, because it is one, mad me love characters that weren't even main characters and treated them with so much love and care. Dear, Tony, Thank you for this amazing show. And I can't wait to see where you take it from here.

I love how the last view of the Death Star looks like an hourglass. Just 5 more years and Palpatine would wipe the Senate knowing he can park the thing near any planet, but he would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for Pre-Mor cops getting jealous at the brothel. What a wonderful experience this show was. Can't wait for season 2.

Is Maarva the mirror that Luthen thought he'd never see?

I love that Marva talked about getting up early to fight, and her brick, essentially her, becomes the first blow. The moment that truly starts the Rebellion. Great writing.

That moment when the tempo picked up on the funeral march... chills.

ANDOR was honestly a great Star Wars series so far. The writing, acting, story, characters and budget was amazing

Except for the two blokes that tried to sell Cassian out, everybody on Ferrix is ride or die and I'm here for it...

The music switch when the band comes together is from the score of Rogue One, it plays over the montage near the end when everything is going to shit and everyone is dying. The brilliance of that music cue plus the epicness of that wide shot with all those extras brought tears to my eyes. This was not only incredible Star Wars, it was incredible television. Stone and Sky!

10:28 "It's not 'Do or Do not', we are not Jedi, so we''ll have to try." Dude I was literally thinking the same thing when I heard Nemik's manifesto! Great observation!

Only one word can be used to truly describe this show, MASTERPIECE! I can’t remember the last time a show made me hold my breath from anticipation this many times throughout a season. And I’m completely with Cassian, if my mother gave that speech with that much heart at her funeral I would fight the Empire to my dying breath! If this show isn’t nominated in damn near every category at the next Emmy’s of BAFTA’s then no one deserves to be nominated.

I was ready to run through a wall after Maarva’s speech it was spectacular I’m so glad that this show has fully embraced anti-fascism into its writing and themes

When I watched The Mandelorian I thought "this is the best Stars Wars anything i've seen in the past decade" but Andor feels... a lot better. It's crazy how good it is. *This* is peak Star Wars.

All season long, Luthen is the one delivering banger lines. This ep, he gets to hear Maarva deliver them

How much do you want to bet that both Marva's speech and Farrix's riot changed the way that Luthen sees the rebellion, and his role in it. I hope that she gave him a shred of his soul back. Rael seemed pretty brooding in his private moments.

The best season of a Star Wars show to date. AND NOT A SINGLE LIGHTSABER. The brilliant writing, emotional dialogue and monologue, the sets and characters. I have zero complaints.

This show stepped into Emmy-territory with its writing and acting. Phenomenal take on the Star Wars universe. My expectations got surpassed by parsecs.

not a single force user in sight. just people living in the moment. absolutely beautiful. that town square march is the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen in star wars. you wanna talk “there is more of us,” this is how it’s done!! when i started the series i said that all i ever wanted is something that focuses on the people, and that’s what this show gave me-community, true kinship, and how our love for each other inspires us to rise up against tyranny and oppression. it’s crushing to see so many of them die but there’s also so much hope from just that scene of some of the survivors getting away. truly remarkable. tony gilroy and his team, nicholas britell, diego luna, and the rest of this amazing cast should be proud of themselves for making not just a great show but the best in the franchise. the writing, the production, and the music was not just solid but truly masterful from beginning to end. can’t wait for s2 also that tlj shoutout made me so giddy!!

I love that what action we got in this show felt so ugly. Gritty. Disorganized. Nobody was doing flash fighting moves (though damn does Diego Luna look cool). Like with Brasso, it was people driven by anger, fear, passion, and love fighting for their freedom. And seeing the Imperial officers get genuinely scared by just that wave of emotion like with the Ferrix riot and the Narkina escape was just so poignant.

If you didnt get eye sweat during Maarvas funeral speech you have no soul

I think the key to the "should Star Wars going forward be more like this?" is that people are mixing up how adult and serious this series is with how insanely well written, acted, directed and designed it is. They are separate things. Obi Wan didn't need to be adult, gritty and dark to be amazing like Andor has been. What it needed was way better writers, a better showrunner, better directors, a better story and in the case of a few people, better actors. Same with Book of Boba. Same with every show. We've all watched Disney movies for kids that absolutely destroy us because they are so well written (Toy Story for example). And yet they are animated cartoons for kids. Star Wars can be the same, where stories for just adults (like Andor) and family friendly stories are produced at a high level in terms of quality. Then we get the best of both worlds, we get a variety of stories told in different ways but the quality is always at a high level. What we are sick and tired of, especially from Star Wars and Marvel on TV is mediocre writing, directing, showrunning, acting, FX (visual and special), sets and so on. Andor is such a breath of fresh air because all of those things are golden age S tier. Disney trying to ask us to watch Book of Boba tier shows again after Andor is too big of an ask. I refuse mediocrity. I'm more than happy to wait months if not years for more Star Wars (and Marvel) projects if it means they consistently are made at a high level like Andor was instead of being rushed and mediocre.

I loved in the funeral march with that moment when they stop and it is quiet and Aaron perfectly saying "all right" and then boom the music becomes powerful, I literally got chills listening to it happen, and then the speech is amazingly powerful as well, the writing for this show is amazing and everything about it is so good!

14:25 - Eric & Aaron both doing _The Anvil_ with the gong sound coming in perfectly is just SO satisfying.

This show really knows how to do speeches lol. Kino, Luthen, and Maarvas speeches had me wanting to fight the empire too🤣

Hearing Maarva's speech was Luthen catching a briefest glimpse of the sun on the horizon. A view he never imagined he would EVER see. At least, thats how it seemed to me.

I'd never thought that my favorite plots will be the ones of Dedra and Mon Mothma. Absolutely amazing arcs!

25:00 When I saw the title card in the first episode, it reminded me of the Death Star eclipsing Jedha. I don't know if that was intentional, but it was great to see the imagery come full circle, with the Death Star resembling the title card.

I’m so glad we got to hear a chunk of Nemik’s manifesto, I’d love to hear the whole thing

The whole street fighting sequence was done very well. The funeral procession reminds me of those funerals down in New Orleans (those that are from NOLA can vouch for this). Even though the series was slow to start it picked up the pace, and now the seeds of the rebellion have been sown from this episode.

He was literally making the device that killed him. This show was amazing.

I love how 14:28 Eric and Aaron was in perfect synchronisation not only with each other, but with the actual ring of the anvil within the show as well. Love it

When the music picks up I was on the edge of my seat haha so good. Kind of game me dark knight rises vibe with the cops being rallied.

Eric's speech from 01:05:55 was pure gold. If all Star Wars RU-vidr's was as reflected as this, we all could live in peace.

Almost felt bad for Meero when she was on the ground and yelped like that, cut me deep for some reason. She’s a good actor!

I'm choosing to believe the show is called Andor after Maarva Andor now. It's about her legacy, the ideals she instilled in Cassian and the hope and fire she sparked into the people of Ferrix. What a great character!

You guys have been the most fun out of all the reaction videos, I’m sad to see you not doing Andor reactions for I guess the next 24 months - stay healthy and come back in 2024 and we will do this again !!

Erics Enlightenment over star wars is peak

I think that the Death Troopers were there because this was a special operation that could have led to possibly uncovering proof and information of a galaxy wide rebellion that the Empire still doesn't really believe exists at this point, thus making it a far more important operation than just capturing an escaped prisoner or just a single rebel.

Your conversation at the end...100%!!! The world would be so much better if we could just let people enjoy things!

On Ferrix the funerals always happen at midday (noon) but the Empire told them to do it a 2 pm. They totally ignored the Empire and held the funeral at the traditional time.

That funeral band procession was so amazing the creeping towards climax, the merging and coming together of the citizens. Then going to the no return thing was so cool.

I love how the Empire's downfall can be boiled down to an administrative error. If they'd never messed up that prisoner placement, Cassian may never have escaped prison. Without Cassian, who's to say that Jin is able to complete her mission and pass along the plans to the Death Star. And so on and so forth

it was a pleasure watching this series with you guys Soooo Goooooooood 💪

The whole funeral was so good, we didn't see a ton of Maarva but the respect everyone had for her was amazing

I love when the funeral music picks up after Bee gives his little whirl. It’s the same motif from episode three-the ending montage with the strings and the flashbacks of Maarva rescuing Cassian off Kenari. The first time I cried watching this show was that montage, and it still makes me tear up everytime we watch that episode. It was really impactful to hear it again in this context.

Loved your speech-rant at the end Eric. As usual you hit the nail on the head.

This has been, for me, the best SW product since Empire. Just incredible. The scene where Brasso replays Maarva's message to Cassian is so moving. From the way they embraced, you could feel the sorrow, the anguish, and the love they felt for Maarva and for each other. Then related what Maarva said, how he told Cassian, the way they both felt her words. That was some real $hit right there. This series has had some awesome monologues and here's how I rank them from 1-5 - Luthen: Sacrifice; Maarva: I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong; Nemik: Try; Maarva: Fight The Empire; Kino: One Way Out

Some people are complaining that this show doesn't have jedi, but that's what makes the show so amazing. No everything is about superpeople hitting stuff. Rebellions are built on people fighting people, not deus ex magical chosen ones killing one person which magically fixes everything.

Never since Order 66 have I felt so much emotion watching Star Wars. I hope this is a Renaissance for the whole franchise.

"And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority, and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try." I love how these lines from Nemik's manifesto serve the dual purpose of motivating Andor in the story and addressing the audience by alluding to Luke's journey and what Yoda would tell him on Dagobah. While Nemik would never know what the final nail in the Empire's plans would be, we as the audience know it's Luke. Andor was the spark which lit the Rebellion and Luke carried it across the finish line.

I think that Marva speaking from beyond the grave and sharing her knowledge and truth with everyone is a fantastic parallel to Jedi doing the same as force ghosts.

I think the reason they switched hats was so if chaos breaks out they can recognize each other by their own hat.

The scale of this show made me scared the Tie-Fighter. Hearing it in the post credit scene I felt again a chill in my spine, by the overwhelming weight of the empire.

This has been an excellent series, which really needs to be looked at not episode by episode but as a well-written novel. With that said, each episode has so many emotional moments to enjoy. In this episode, one moment that warmed my heart was Cassian and Brasso's hug in the tunnel. Clearly, Cassian needed that hug. He has been thru hell. He learns that his mom has died and is feeling the pain and guilt of her loss. He barely managed to escape the prison, but it's not lost on him that Kino and many others likely did not make it. But he is home now and is greeted by a friend who gives him the firm embrace he needs. He needed that recharge of the genuine love of family and community he had been missing. Cassian keeps so much of his pain hidden that he needs to let go and cry for all he has been through. But short of that, Brasso's hug lifted him to a point where he needed to prepare for his next battle.

if we got another show like obiwan or boba fett i probably wouldnt have watched the next star wars thing but after andor i feel like the first time i ever watched the originals. what an incredible story, they dont mention the force once but you can see how it effects everything thats going on. just a beautiful piece of art from Tony Gilroy

in the end he was not just ready to kill for the cause, he was ready to DIE for the cause and oh god i’ve never felt more for a sw character than i do for cassian at this point

This was a show that had a really slow burn but the payoff was well worth the build. This was a great finale, the entire time I was worried for everyone's lives except Andor (Only because we know he lived through all this) and that shows how amazing the character work for this show has been. Also, not Andor related but the sweater Calvin is wearing is amazing!

I like andor because the WRITING is good. I don’t care about the genre……. I just want this level of attention/ respect/ quality in writing in all future star war projects.

Maarva’s got me hyped and emotional. She had me ready to bash imperial troops while crying lol.

Maarva's speech sounds like something my mom would say if she hadn't had her rebelliousness beaten out when she was a teen. "But we've been sleeping, *I'VE* been sleeping." Made me tear up with how much it sounded like her vernacular.

Been waiting all night for this, amazing end to an incredible series!

Isn't Mon Mothma also trying to cover up her frozen 400,000 credits by blaming perrin for gambling?? i thougt that was her main reason to blame him. Or i am wrong???

what a phanomenol show and an amazing final episode i just want too say that i love this channel so much and all the reactions with the discussions , and interpretation from you its just truely amazing too find such a good channel on youtube

14:28 I love how both of their hits are timed with the gong from the show lmao

1:06:00 THANK YOU. I've loved Star Wars for over two decades and the true "disrespect and insult to the fans" comes from the self-proclaimed true fans trying to give themselves the authority to who's a fan and who isn't. (Let's not get into how well they understand Star Wars, not for lack of stuff to talk about) Fortunately I did find myself groups of enjoyers to chill with, but there's so much fear, anger, hate and suffering from the gatekeepers that I try not to even bring up the series at all. I'm glad to hear your thoughts against such gatekeeping.

Another brilliant detail...the Funeral march is the Andor Theme Song.....

This whole show had me crying and shaking at certain points with how deep, complex, and powerful it was. Season two can not come sooner! But I Cannot wait for Mandalorian season 3 and Asoka!

I'm so glad you talked about the prequel and sequel hate at the end there. Because I grew up with those exact things about my favourite character (Anakin). God I remember going on the internet with the love for the prequels and only seeing horrible comments. And then the same thing happened with the sequels and I still can't believe no one learnt their lessons with the prequels reactions. Just so sad. It's made me not talk about Star Wars to ANYONE for years. It was only last year I got back into it, seeking out fans like you guys has really reignited my passion for Star Wars overall and I'm about to finish Rebels for the first time (and also refill my room with my SW merch and books C': ) I'm so passionate about this topic (ruining others enjoyment in fandoms) So srsly THANK YOU Eric!!

not only a great star wars story but this was a great uprising story that really makes you root for the rebellion and overcoming oppression

I'm never one to buy someone's merch, and idk if you guys made that shirt. But that cassian wanted dead or alive shirt is sick 😂I want one

This was a really good episode and season finale, but between this one and episode 10 I'm not sure which one I like more.

At 5:49 it really sounds like Captain Price "Let's walk" "Who else knows this" It really does sound like Captain Price

Not sure if it's just me, but I don't think Nemik's "try" line was necessarily meant to go against Yoda's "Do or do not" line. On the surface I can see why one may think that, as Yoda specifically says not to try; however, I believe Yoda and Nemik are actually preaching the same message. When Yoda says "there is no try" he's not talking about a physical action, but more so a mental state. When Luke says he'll give it [lifting the X-Wing] a try, there's a clear sense of doubt and uncertainty in his voice. He doesn't believe that he can actually do it, and thus is unable to ("I don't believe it" - "That is why you fail").The idea of "doing" simply means going into something with the belief that you will succeed despite all the odds. You either succeed or you fail, and if you fail, you just go at it again. And Nemik is more or less saying the same thing (which also ties into Maarva's speech). The reason the Empire is able to reach as far as it wants is because people are unwilling to do anything, to react; there's a large sense of doubt when thinking of confronting such a massive force. Nemik and Maarva are both aware of this, and they realize that the only way to push forward is to actually take action with the belief that they can make a change, regardless of the odds.

Really satisfying finale to an unexpectedly brilliant show, and with the promise of an equally gripping second season to come, I think this approach to SW storytelling is a breath of fresh air! No filler scenes, no wasted lines, all of it added to the overall picture, with even the opening titles being a way to ramp up anticipation! The writing, acting, cinematography, direction and score (LOVED that dirge/march combo from Ferrix band in particular) has been phenomenal! Enjoyed the reaction and review, as always!

The Original Star Wars was and always will be an opera among the stars. Andor Proved it could be a tradgedy, the first modern tradgedy in a while. It actually rivals Shakespeare in its tone, depth, humanity and the depths of human depravity in a way Shakespeare never could. Its a ten out of ten best series of the year by miles and miles. it has earned its place as the best-acted, written and executed star wars project ever. I will even say it it is more sopisticated than the both the prequels and original trilogy, making this this, by every standard, the best star wars in the history of star wars. PERIOD!

Rewatching this reaction (for like the fifth time, love this discussion) and wanted to comment re: ~45:00 discussion about Tarkin, was talking to my mom, a huge Star Wars fan, after watching Rogue One, and she made a comment about how good the actor looked after all these years. I had to break it to her that Peter Cushing died in 1994.

I'm here to cry again, let's gooooo

Besides Vel not really doing anything this episode, it was still fantastic. Brick Maarva is the real MVP

love the way you guys lay out your videos for us research nerds!...lol..GREAT JOB Y'ALL!

love the episode. love the reaction. thoroughly enjoyed your discussion afterwards.

Andor series isn’t over yet and I’ll see you on Season 2 next year.

YES. Been waiting for your guys’ reaction to this

What a ground-breaking and phenomenal show. Such a shame we have to wait so long for the next one.

How dare you impeach my Enlightenment is now one of my Favorite Eric Quotes

So much emotions. I fking love the show.

its a joy to watch you guys ramble about star wars

I’ve heard some version of Maarva’s speech like ten times now and I’m still getting huge goosebumps each time

If you thought this was an incredible ensemble series, you'll LOVE _Dark_

Wow, that episode left me speechless! What a great season closer, and one of the best episodes of any show that I’ve seen in a very long time.