Andor's Ending is More Important Than You Realize 

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So satisfying when Luthen Rael gives Andor that smile at the end of the show. Andor has brought in so many lovable characters and completely rejuvenates the vibe of Star Wars, love it.

It's overlooked that Luthen constantly corrected Saw Guerra whenever he said "30 men" Luthen said "Plus Kreegyr". He counts them all, every life that is sacrificed in his crusade and he has to hide his empathy to further that goal. I think this is why Maarva's speech hit him so hard, it didn't convince him of Andor's moral character it reminded him of his own.

When Luthen asked Cassian to choose a fake name for the Aldhani heist, he chose the name Clem. His adoptive father's name - Cassian wanted to do this heist against the Empire in his father's name. Marva wasn't the only character who got to do something against the Empire posthumously.

Turned out the real death star was the parts we made along the way

Maarva: The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness. Luthan: Oh crap, I've made my mind a sunless space.

Luthen Rael could literally just walk away from all he started - the fires are lit, the dominos are toppling over, the Galaxy’s Pandora’s Box is open. But of course he CAN’T & he won’t. Luthen Rael seals his own fate.

The thing that I like about Cassian is he isn't a hulking beast of a man, he isn't a force wielder, he isn't untouchable. He is constantly underestimated because of his size. He is unremarkable enough to infiltrate Imperial facilities with ease. He blends in easily. Andor is a man who doesn't look capable and then surprises you.

The Speech. It was a conversion moment for L. He had already decided not to kill Andor in that moment - particularly knowing that Andor was raised by that woman. Good stuff.

Andor has made me actually care about the Rebellion for the first time in Star Wars

I love how Maarva's remains (as a brick) is used in the first blow. In any other context, using someones remains to start a fight would be so utterly shamefully disrespectful...but in this specific case, it's just so fitting and symbolic that she gets to be a part of the physical fighting and you know she'd love it

i honestly like these kind of "realistic" shows more then shows which only show jedis or other main characters. theres just something nice about seeing how a normal person in the starwars univserse lives.

I think the reason Luthen ordered for Andor to be killed is simple - because Andor walked away. Bringing Andor in on the heist was the test, Luthen was betting that Andor would stay on and join the Rebellion. But Andor took his payment and walked, thus becoming a potential liability. Luthen considered it too much of a risk to let someone live who could identify him. It wasn't till the final moment, when Andor was ready to join him, that he smiled because he was right all along.

The series has given new depth to Cassian telling Jin, "I've been fighting since I was six years old. I lost everything!"

I don't normally comment; I'll leave this for others. But damn, Allan... your Andor series of videos.... seriously some of the best analysis on You Tube. No one else comes close.

The way I see it, Maarva's speech was everything Luthen had hoped for but never knew he needed: To know that all the terrible things he's done actually led to something tangible, something significant, and, above all else, something good. He had never expected to see the fruits of his labour and I doubt he ever really wanted to, given the immense guilt and burden he carries. He would never hope for a medal or to be honoured with an awards ceremony. He would probably argue he didn't have the right to any of that given everything he's done. Assuming he even lives long enough to see it. But Maarva's speech indirectly forces Luthen to confront his actions in Aldhani and allows Luthen to see with his own eyes that Aldhani led to some genuine good. To know that, beyond wreaking havoc against the Empire's military apparatus, he's helped ignite the sparks of revolution among the everyday people. He's like a parent seeing their child make it. All the joy, and, most importantly, the relief they experience knowing that they've done their job as a parent. It's all helped him regain his faith in the cause and the fight, as well as his hope for the future.

After the explosions when Luthen, covered in dust, looks down at Rix Road, his expression was unreadable to me. For someone who’s made a life out of manipulating others into action without ever physically being part of it, I wonder if seeing this fight/slaughter firsthand was exhilarating or does it remind him that, not long ago, he sent Kreeger and his men to the same fate. Another thing I love about this show is that it never gives me a clear answer. Instead, plenty of food for thought. ANDOR is like an all-you-can-eat buffet and I’m staying until the servers kick me out.

Maarvas speech and her last words to Cass through Brasso gave me chills! Reminded me a lot of Jor-el speaking to superman in the fortress of solitude.

Fantastic summary of the season. Great insights. And what an amazing conclusion you drew from the Andor episodes: "Courage is about not becoming so broken by terrible prior experiences that you no longer can show kindness to anyone else. " A profound and very timely insight.

This series is so complex and beautiful it keeps rolling through my mind days after it is done. I'm not surprised you keep finding reasons to talk about it.

I noted, too, that the color correction during the beach getaway was odd and thought that it reminded me of a faded Polaroid photo or an old 70' or even 60's postcard. The direction for Luthen as Marva in holo speaks. There is pathos and regret in his face, but also something more. Made me wonder if he was thinking of what his mother or someone else important to him might have said. The acting and direction in this show, as well as other facets, are so potent!

Andor made the empire scary again,it raised the stakes.

God you give great insight and understanding of how deep this great show is, unlike over channels right now that are hating on Andor because “no Jedi” or someone from the originals/prequels, but will cry over a crappy show that had a few second cameo that will lead to nowhere

8, 9, 10 episodes was the best. The prison story was spectacular, and Andy Sarkis made amazing job.

I've watched the climax of this episode like 5 times and it's breathtaking every single time. It's been a loooong time since any series impressed me so much.

Great thought video, as always. When Andor kills Skeen (sp?) he kills that mercenary part of himself. And when he lays down his weapon before Luthen he completes the transformation and becomes the rebel that changes the course of the galaxy. Amazing arc.

I have thoroughly enjoyed your videos that have accompanied Andor. To show my age, I'll tell you they take me back to sitting in the diner with friends across from the Northpoint Theater in San Francisco after watching our umpteenth midnight show of "Empire Strikes Back" and pouring over everything in the film and speculating about where it was going to go three years later when the "last chapter" of the trilogy finally came out. Star Wars hasn't hit me in that way since then...until "Andor". This amazing series, put together on every level with care, intelligence and artistry has been a revelation. It's something that like those classic movies, is built to be watched, experienced and analyzed again and again. It's been stunning to watch something assembled with such awareness of the Star Wars legacy while at the same time making it interesting and relevant for today. Those friends I watched "Empire Strikes Back" with are long gone, but watching and listening to your videos has been a great, cathartic release for me and for that I thank you. It's been awesome seeing the response this show has received from fans both old and new. And it's been really cool watching thoughtful analysis of it...keep up the fires burning and take care!

When Maarva says, "the empire is a disease that thrives in the darkness"; Luthen hears it as a call to come out of the shadows.

Hey GenTech, love your content today. I think it reminded me of the story of Esther in the Bible. The quote that comes to mind: “who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this” why was he rescued and others died, why did he survive the aldhani raid, the prison break, the whole last episode? It seems he was created to be there with Gin to retrieve the plans. Yes this is just a show. But isn’t this true for all of us. I choose to believe that each of us were created to be a part of something greater than themselves. Boy that seems deep. You did a good job today making me think. Best

Imagine if Disney had led with this and the Mandalorian as their first offerings to the new Extended Universe. Hopefully, this is a sign they've found their pace and will continue to produce high quality material.

Everyone is a coward, what makes a person brave is to know your a coward and you fight anyway. Fear keeps you alive, people who fight without fear either die or get other people killed.

I’m going to miss watching new episodes of Andor and having this channel to help me digest what I just watched the day after. Thank you for the thoughtful commentary!

This has evolved from a slow burn that managed to pique my interest but didn't quite have my confidence to surprisingly, what I think is the best Star Wars since Empire. Such a fantastic show.

The clock to Rogue One is ticking, Luthen found himself a great recruit and saw how another town was sacrificed to light the fires of the Rebellion.

His fate in rogue one is so much more emotional

Two seasons of Andor plus Rogue One makes for a REAL Prequel Trilogy!

I have been watching/listening to videos on RU-vid for at least 20 years and this is the first video I have ever liked because I enjoyed it that much.

I was yelling at my TV "Brasso better not get killed!" 🤣 if Brasso dies we riot.

Thank you for this. no one has gone into detail like this for the ending of the show

ANDOR... unlike ObiWan Kenobi, ....is about ANDOR.

Brilliant video. Courage is Andor. Courage that we don't even know we have until the moment calls upon us. Cassian does this repeatedly, and as he does his path is revealed.

We all knew how Anekin/Vader life ends and we still wanted to know how what when..... same goes for Cassian for all main caracters for that matter in all of the star wars universe (palpatine chewie and last but defenatly not least Joda) who deserve their own 1 maybe 2 season series Joda has 900+ years to choose from.

That last look in Andor's eyes, totally Puss In Boots

God damn, may we all go out as bricks being used to beat down fascists

I just discovered your channel and holy hell, these are probably the best analysis videos of Star Wars I’ve ever seen. You’re speaking some serious truth here.

Dude you’re a poet. Great analysis.

Great analysis, as always. Thank you! You have me thinking... As you point out, Luthen is a coward in that he can't find a way to both save Lonnie *and* Krieger and his men. Mon Mothma, on the other hand, is courageous: She was in a situation where she had to either (a) betroth her daughter to a gangster or (b) get busted for her financial sponsorship of the rebels. Instead of succumbing to her situation and making the impossible choice, she finds a way where she can keep her daughter *and* stay under the radar (presumably setting up her husband and the gangster...? We'll see). Luthen uses the "tools of his enemy" and it has destroyed his soul. Mon Mothma is determined to create her own path, one that may not be as easy or clear cut, but one that will allow her to maintain her morals and her soul. That is why she will lead the rebellion in the end, not Luthen.

Andor…….not the show we deserved…..but the show we needed

Absolutely everything in Andor ... Remember when Luthen told Lonni that he needs all the heroes he can get?

“I don’t have enough time or claymores to keep the dolphins away.” Well said, sir. Well said.

"The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness. It is never more alive than when we sleep." Such a beautiful, poetic line. And it's delivered with proper magnanimity and grace. I genuinely choked up hearing it the first time.

These Andor videos get so philosophical and I'm all here for it

Honestly Cassian was one of my fav characters since rouge one, after this season I am liking him even more.

This series has well developed, deep characters and great stories, congratulations go to the writers and actors, very well done.

I think if you listen to Luthen's big speech, it can very easily be interpreted as a Jedi who turned from the light, cut himself off from the force and is now "using the tools of his enemies" (Sith--Anger, violence, fear), "sacrificed calm, peace, love" (Light side virtues) "sharing his dreams with ghosts" (self-explanatory). By cutting himself off, he can use the tools of the dark side, but keep himself from falling completely. He walks a dark path on the edge of a blade. He cannot afford to turn back from the path he has chosen, because to do so he would make himself vulnerable to fully becoming a tool of the dark side. Much like Obi Wan at the beginning of his own series, he is now an ordinary person, but whereas Obi-Wan never sacrificed his ideals and was able to "walk it back", Luthen has gone too far to ever reclaim what he has lost.

The thing about Nimos is that when we first see it, it’s teaming with people and tourists. When Ardor goes back for his stash, it’s empty. I think the Empire was using it as an excuse for getting prison labor. That is why the trumped up charge and the long sentence. Andor just got caught up in a press gang for the empire.

I love this show so much! Can’t wait for season 2

Just want to say thanks for your awesome reviews Alan, and what the heck, how good is this!?! Amazing story, worth every effort, but you help bring it all together. You have such a great heart and such a good feeling for this show, thx so much.

Another beautiful, insightful, encouraging video. Well done. ❤️

Cassian Andor is just like the legendary Andor Vex... Force swirls around him, he ahs a great destiny, he will afffect history of Galaxy ... just in quite unexpected way

I love the visual storytelling, from the sunrises, to the beautiful destruction of The Eye, to the cog shaped prison cracking and leaking, to the final shot of the Death Star’s beginning, mirroring that of the sunrises and the start of the Rebellion (the two symbols which of course also define Andor’s inevitable death).

You are wrong in defining Luthen's actions around the Kreeger attack as cowardice. It's anything but that. A coward would have warned Krieger. This story line is a direct play on the work of Bletchley Park. Through which in WW2, the British government knew about un-told shit that was about to land on them. But chose not to use it. Not because they were cowards, but because they understood how important of what they were getting to know was. Historians now credit the work of Bletchley Park, the intelligence it allowed them to gather as shortening WW2 by 2 years. That is possibly millions of lives saved, at the cost of thousands. So, it's not the action of a coward, or that of a hero. It's the action of a pragmatist, someone who accepts "Let's call it war!"

Ultimately, _Andor_ is about conjunctions -- just as the name of the show implies: "And" / "Or". It is about the conjunction between Cass and Maarva, Cass and Bix, Luthen and Cass, Luthen and Mon Mothma, Cass and Syril, Cass and Kino Loy, Cass and Cinta, Syril and Dedra. These individual characters are each joined together with others (this is the "and" part), but they are also all leading somewhat double or even duplicitous existences (this is the "or" part). Is Cassian a normal beloved son, or is he a thief. Is Luthen an antiquities dealer, or is he the ringleader of rebels? Senator Mon Mothma, or revolutionary Mon Mothma? Each character has a solitary essence, yet they are each best understood in terms of his or her relation to other characters. B2EMO is fascinating as an individual character; B2EMO’s connection with Maarva and then Cass is so much more meaningful. In episode 12, most of the major characters of the show arrive at a junction of sorts on Ferrix, just as the residents converge from different streets to a point on Rix Road for Maarva’s funeral oration. Conjunctions all over the place, both literal and figurative. The show is marvelous, for it is this interconnectedness of the characters which provides the essential framework and unity of the plot. The plot is not merely a series of action events, nor is it held together by a simple string of complications. The conjunction of the characters is the essence of the show just like the six-spoked junction components from Narkina 5 are the framework of the Death Star’s laser dish. Indeed, each character in the show is a multi-armed component, so when they are all connected, we have a beautifully harmonious show - just like the ultimate main title theme for episode 12.

Andor is a masterpiece.... Your work has been excellent !!!

ferrix people so strong, they make bricks stronger than storm troopers

And I for one, cannot WAIT for season 2. Thank you to Tony and his team for making me remember why I love Star Wars.

What I like about Andor is he does what he needs to do even if it means taking a life. I'm retired law enforcement and security contractor and as a contractor I have fought in multiple countries and in multiple factions and many times I had to convince myself that what I was doing was right and was fighting for the right reason but in the end I was fighting for money so I understand Andors character. He does what he has to do and as unpleasant as it may be he can live with it.

Gosh... I just love this channel! Well spoken and digested into complete reason for why things are and not for what they should be... Sprinkled with truth and gravity within the reality of it all!

I really enjoy the more serious tone you used in this video. Hits right in the feels

Yeah, I enjoyed Andor. It somehow erased the apprehension from the other antics Disney has done, but they are not forgiven. No guarantees that second season of andor and upcoming mandolorian shows will be up to this "standard".

1) Gilroy is a hero of this age. He speaks to this world. 2) I know well about the rabid dolphins you're talking about!!

Andor is a true reflection on the battle we have being human in a brutal universe... and you captured that well in this video

Best season finale of any show I've seen. Can't wait for season 2. Gonna be hard to keep this quality up!

Loved Maarvas speech and how it could be inspired by the Charlie Chaplin speech from the great dictator

I still the luthen is one of those jedi from legends that the counsil never talk about... the ones that play in the shadows. It would explain why hes so good at being a spy

Wow! I watched the series and am rewatching it again to catch everything I missed. I was hesitant to click on this video as I felt I really didn't need a recap b/c I got it. But the way you structured it and told the story and the meaning behind it through Andor's S01 timeline was SOOOOOOOO good! Just Wow! Very well done. I'm blown away and totally glad I clicked! And now I'll subscribe too. Thank You!

Fascinating. I think Andor gives Luthen the choice to kill him because he recognizes he is a danger to his Ferrix family so he asks Luthen to “take me in” to the family of the rebels instead. I think the most interesting unanswered question is why Andor? Of a galaxy full of people, why did Luthen take such a big risk to research and recruit Andor in the first place? How did he hear about him? My second question comes from an alternate thought about why Luthen calls himself a coward… I don’t disagree with you but I think that it also may refer to something from his past that he feels compelled to make up for now by running a rebellion. So my second biggest question is about what that might be.

This might be the best video i've seen on this channel in terms of presentation. Specifically, you're speaking sounds authentic and honest.... like YOU are talking instead of being told what to say. Fantastic!

I think Luthen is also hearing Maarva's words as a call to open rebellion, it's a signal to him that the time for sneaking around in the darkness needs to end, and that the time of openly challenging the Empire is soon to be upon them. Think about how quickly they go from this period to the period shown in Star Wars Rebels where the rebellion is drawn together from insulated cells to being fully assembled with whole fleets of ships and is openly securing alliances with crucial systems and allies.

This is a VERY good video! I really got invested in this video. Great work, great emotion. Keep up the wonderful work, much love 😌🙂

Cassian Andor actually help build the weapon that would later kill him. The Writers of that show have no soul.

one way out! one way out! one way out!

You know Syril doing his job doomed the empire

Ssn 1 of Andor was the best Star Wars story after the Empire Strikes Back. That's why I watched this video. But I am going to watch more of your videos. You must be a writer: you have a powerful way with words

Keep up the great work! Your last two or three videos have been OUTSTANDING

Andor is the best Star Wars we've seen since it's inception. It adds a healthy serving of the reality of rebellion and war to a fantasy environment, Star Wars for grown ups.

Best Star Wars show ever

Very nice analysis of the whole show, Alan.

Andor is Mad Max, sure he's the title character but how much of the story is his own?

There is physical courage, as you say, like rushing a machine gun nest. But moral courage often means speaking truth to power, or standing up for someone when a crowd or group will outcast you for it. Luthen has physical courage, as does Cassian. But both also have that more rare moral courage, and the Empire and those who support tyranny, like in any extreme movement, have created more of a reaction by tightening their grip, just as Luthen hoped. And it takes so much more out of a person to fight and give their blood, sweat and tears with no hope that it will make their own life better or give them any recognition. Especially when it requires them to make the least bad decision.

Gosh, your scripts for RU-vid are already better than most stuff coming out of Disney and Prime TV

Andor left a little bit too much time in between the words "Kill me" and "or take me in". He's lucky Luthen didn't kill him. If it had been the other way around Andor would have killed Luthen between the words "kill" and "me".

that was good season final love speech by Marrva . also, after credit scene was good too, we know it takes 5 years to finish and test it from the movie. also on season 2 they begun working on it will be 12 episodes, the plan is for that season each of 3 episodes will cover the next 4 years before Rouge one episodes 1-3 4years 3-6 3 years and so on. also, final trailer for season 3 of Mando be out on Christmas and season 3 starts on feb 22 of 2023. also, in season 2 of andor we will see k 2 and Doctor Krennic.

This series got me in the feels!! One of the best written I've yet to see!

We all know about Force ghosts in Star Wars. Primarily those ghosts are heard by Force users like Luke, Leia, Ezra, Yoda, and Obi-wan. But remember, everyone is part of the living Force. And in this last episode, Cassian hears his father's ghost, Clem, as he recalls his words at the wall. He hears the Force ghost of Nemik thru the manifesto and, finally, the Force ghost of Maarva. Cassian is now ready to fight and become one of the rebellion's leaders. In a way, Cassian is now one with the Force. If Luthen is a kind of Jedi Master, Cassian has become a Knight of the Jedi.

Tony Gilroy does successfully in this series what Rain Johnson tried to do with the Last Jedi unsuccessfully, he tells a more truthful story about war. It's ugly and destructive to everyone. People do need to stand up to oppression, but they pay a price and so do a lot of innocent people around them. Andor makes us care about all those people caught in oppression and the cross-fire of war. More than that, it's a great look into the workings of the empire machine as well.

The same person is behind two of the most loved and critically acclaimed pieces of SW after the original trilogy... that's saying something. Star Wars isn't just light sabers and space battles. It's about people, it's about characters... it's about stories and drama. not about plot or plot devices or chosen ones or Sith vs. Jedi... SW is a whole galaxy full of people. Ordinary people.

Thanks again, for a wonderful analysis. I was completely delighted, and sated (temporarily), by this final episode of Season 1. Everything about it was just exactly right. All the character arcs were consistent with the direction in which the characters had been moving. Watching the ending, I felt as if I were Goldilocks and I had just eaten the most delicious of Thanksgiving meals... consuming just enough, just the right amount: not too much, not too hot or too cold, just enough to feel fully nourished, happy, and relaxed about waiting to begin the next season's repast... And once again, my new cyberfriend and fellow lover of storytelling and film, you speak for me in your analysis of the characters' development. Luthen and Andor are almost themselves a dyad in the Force: They function as two stars mutually captured and rotating around one another in intertwined gravity fields; Father and Son, each one functioning as tranformational catalyst for the other, each one reflecting back the other's fear, as a challenge to be acknowledged and overcome, and so redeeming one another. A storied franchise that has been a magnificent influence for courage, persistence and good throughout my lifetime... One I thought dead fron the poison of commercialism.. has been reborn through the injection of Gilroy's fresh perspective, and love for the heart of what the myth itself has alway stood for. Not magical powers, shoot 'em up battles and hero worship... Rather for the simplicity of what it is to be human, and to love: Love for freedom, love for one another, love for Life, love for love. Love for the kind of love that is commitment to doing what is right simply because it is the right thing to do. And the most powerful lesson of all, which is that when we act out of love for Love, no accumulation of Power or magical Force is required. Life unfailingly cooperates with those who cooperate with it out of the purity of love for love's sake. And I know who Luthen is. But I'm not telling. (Except to say he certqinly is NOT a Sith. Silly idea, that one. 🙄🙂)

One of the best parts and this is theory is the subtle nod to good will hunting. When he says I have to live with an equation from 15 years ago

Fan Theory: Cassian Andor’s sister is Dedra Meero and in season 2 he’s forced to face her and they figure it out… yet he’s in a situation where he is forced to kill her because she’s completely given over to the Empire and either she dies, or he does. He’s only able to do this because he realizes that Marva was right, his sister is gone. This is one of the “terrible things” he’s done that he references in Rogue One.