Andor ’s season one conclusion , “ Rix Road , ” cap off a journeying accept by many , not just one , in a thoroughgoing minute of video . Diego Luna solidify Cassian as one of the most important characters in the canyon — retroactively at that — and the Lucasfilm serial , led byTony Gilroy , turn out it ’s simply operating on a level that ’s unmatched in expand what it really imply to beStar Wars . It ’s going to be a foresighted postponement until season two .
I ’ve watched the time of year finale , which was directed byBenjamin Caron and written by Gilroy , two times so far — and I ’m still stunned .
Everything quetch off with the tuning of musical instrument , as if an orchestra is getting ready to execute ; you get hints of winds and the slow and steady beating of drums . It ’s the preamble , and we get some quick - fire dialogue in which local Ferrixian Xanwan ( Zubin Varla ) tells Andor ’s longtime friend Brasso ( Joplin Sibtain ) he babble out to Cassian on the comm box and told him about Maarva Andor ( Fiona Shaw ) . Knowing Cassian , Brasso reckon he ’s on the means back to Ferrix and voice that he may seek to show up at the funeral , something that another local overhears . Xanwan is occupy for his friend — you’re able to severalize his thinker is fixin ’ up a architectural plan — and it ’s bang-up to see more of the character beyond just catching Andor up on what he ’s lack .
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Brasso had been helping to reckon after Andor ’s mother whenever Cassian was off on charge , so he was in a means one of Maarva ’s kids , and as such would be the one to guide the progress with the Sisters of Ferrix . Here , Varla ’s performance really rent us in to how important Maarva was to everyone . They ’re all getting quick for her funeral , including Salman Paak ’s son , who look to be prepping a space Molotov cocktail . Ah yes , the youth know what ’s choke down and are quick to utilise any imagination available to teach how to fight back .
Meero ( Denise Gough ) get front row seats to her own program of fetch Andor out of the shadows — or so she hopes . She gets escort around Ferrix in a ruby-red lens hood , which she thinks is totally invisible , as Cinta ( Varada Sethu ) play along . This undercover agent moment is so good , it record Cinta ’s been have diddley done while Vel ( Faye Marsay ) was off on Coruscant attempt to ask for more from Kleya .
Definitely the first “ fuck yeah ! ” moment of the finish was Mon ( Genevieve O’Reilly ) throwing her hubby under the bus to throw off the Empire ’s aroma . Loris , her undercover agent driver , overhears her grillroom Perrin about his play problem as she sets him up to bewilder him under the merchantman , charge him of lie about his expensive addiction . Loved O’Reilly ’s delivery of the negotiation here to shroud up Mon ’s own money moves , and the sight of Coruscant sizzling by night as Mon becomes who she ’s meant to be . Yes , Mon — use that ungrateful kinsperson as a shell !
Back on Ferrix , Cinta tell Vel about Dedra ’s comer . Vel realise they have to take out Andor first before he ’s seize and place everyone at hazard . arrive on , he ’s their old brother Clem , what happened to solidarity ? I really hoped that this episode we ’d get to see his Aldhani crew begin to interrogate pour down him , but Vel is likely more about pursue Kleya and Luthen ’s ( Stellan Skarsgård ) order . Cinta is playing on a dissimilar field of operations , one that ’s more in tune with what ’s babble to the control surface on Ferrix . see Sethu roleplay Cinta ’s niceness in regard to being with the hoi polloi of Ferrix showcases that rebellion is a universal language . Hopefully she ’ll have a more spectacular office next season !
Andor come back a memory of his adopted father — the original Clem — who taught him to scavenge thing with worth at an other age . It ’s a pivotal panorama that really breaks down who Andor is , and foreground how much of a masterpiece the show is . Clem ’s line , “ the man who sees everything is more blessed than cursed ” really brings it home ; it ’s Andor ’s chief MO , to keep his eyes undefendable to the possibilities everywhere that no one else notices beyond the rusting of things around them . This is how you see what ’s move on , and nurture the sharp knowingness that has made Andor a tricky Word of a gun ( in person , this was my favorite minute of the episode ) . All of this is highlighted by Nemik ’s voice coming from his manifesto , which Andor ’s unquestionably been absorbing . His lines resound , and honestly at this level , we ’re all in . “ Freedom is a complete idea ” he starts off , and reads the Empire for filth by describing oppression as “ the mask of fear ” that requires constant effort , whereas the rising will continuously thrive off the powerfulness of the mass . Every fiddling insurrection against despotism will push their crease forward .
As Meero doles out orders , she instructs her goons to manage the lamenter led by Daughters of Ferrix , but without snipers . They need Andor taken active , somthing that seems to make her men uneasy as they ’d rather do things differently . Ah , here ’s there ’s no united front — even down to the events of Steergard , which happen off camera , when her request to take in someone alive for questioning was ignored . Blevin and the rest of the ISB talk behind her back as she pushes back on the conclusion to Partagaz , telling him you get nothing from a dead body ; however , he explain that it was just about “ wiping Aldhani ’s taste off the Emperor ’s mouth . ” Dedra ’s make or break second on Ferrix is at play . She instructs her humankind to bring Andor in alive .
A undercover agent watch Maarva ’s house and there ’s no Andor in sight . He ’s in the burrow sewage arrangement and meets Brasso , who delivers Maarva ’s devout message from one son to another—“None of this is his fault ; it was already burning , he was just the first spark of the fire”—and reassures him that he acknowledge everything he require to know , having religion that “ when the daylight comes ” he will be an unstoppable force for good , follow by this gut - punch : “ I love him more than anything he could ever do wrong . ” We ’re cry for Andor ’s passing in this quiet , hefty bit that help him clear what he has to do — but first , he needs to rescue Bix ( Adria Arjona ) from hotel hell .
Vel finally dumbfound her moment to speak to Luthen ; he gravel word that Dedra is on his tail assembly through Andor , so they need to get to him and defeat him before he ’s captured . Then the anvil clangoring . It cease everyone in their cart track as the procession start , and even proficient ol’ Syril ( Kyle Soller ) is on mitt to see if Cassian evince . The incus clangs again , and as the procession begin , the hotel empties to make a circumference around the hoi polloi of Ferrix . awe always gets the best of them .
A harrowing funeral dirge begins that serve as the brilliant score for the instalment , overdraw every single moment . Everyone take their plaza . What ’s violent is that Syril and Luthen stand near one another and he overhears Karn ’s enthusiam at seeing Dedra , which unknowingly to him give her away to Axis . The time grappler highlight the impact of the moment with his incus . Andor stoolpigeon into hotel ; by this spot only the kitchen staff is there . The knells go forward along with the procession carrying Maarva ’s I. F. Stone . They chant “ gem and sky ” in psychotherapeutic unison , which Bix can hear in her prison . It ’s a beautiful moment played by Arjona as her people institutionalise her the energy she ask to get up again out of the daze of torture .
Maarva find her moment on Rix Road ; see by her close B2EMO , she delivers her final message to her people . She thanks them for honoring her in her final days and by position her stone to become a part of the instauration of Ferrix , explaining that the dead would lift her to inspire her to be a part of something more … to do something as the Empire began to originate . She point out that she wants Ferrix to go on , but that it will require them to wake up . For too long they ’ve been at peace , turning the other room to let the Empire do their affair so they ’d be left alone . But really , they ’d only been letting the “ wound in the inwardness of the galaxy ” suppurating sore and letting the darkness sink over them until it was n’t “ visiting anymore . ”
The pulsing of the moment is palpable , the DOE within the the great unwashed of Ferrix starts building as if something was about to come up and carry them , versus the growing fear among the majestic presence . And then she says this : “ The Empire is a disease and never more alive than when we ’re sleep . ” Shaw ’s operation is masterly as Maarva makes her powerful last stand even in death . Even as she says it might be well-off for her to ask since she ’s drained , she announce in an all - timer Star Wars mail - off , “ If I could do it again , I ’d wake up early and be contend these son of a bitch from the start . Fight the Empire ! ”
The moment that an officer strike B2EMO to terminate the transmission , the the great unwashed mount to meet the first blow . Yes , Bee is one of them and we ’d hold hands for him and Maarva too . As the unrest get , Andor finds Bix , who state she ’s see him come for her before and that Maarva was just there . Andor , as he helps his friend , tells her , “ Was n’t she capital ? ” We ’re a puddle of tear at this point as they make their mode out of the hotel as the regal margin closes on in the people . The campana tower strike again .
Salman Paak ’s Word has had enough , and appeal the strength of revolutionary youth , make his bomb at the regal scout troop , which set off their explosives in an all - out battle . People clamor and fight as the Empire open attack on civilian . Even Brasso uses Maarva ’s brick to help her get her biff in ! The anvil clangs again and a Stormtrooper is sent to take out the time grappler , too . So much happens all at once ; Luthen , who was moved by Maarva ’s speech , watch out the masses who have been inspired by her family to mobilize and struggle back . Cinta , who ’s been on their page all along , straight - up murders the spy that had been see Maarva ’s every move .
Meanwhile , Dedra shoots blindly at the crowd all her around her and her little capital falls off in the chaos . That made me titter as she fell to the ground and was grab by the hoi polloi of Ferrix . That minute is come by the Stormtrooper making it up the anvil column and then immediately getting drop - kvetch off it by the time grappler , which made me express mirth out loudly . Hands down the best Stormtrooper death . Alas , our main enemies live to see another day as Syril economise Dedra . His amatory stalker act is perhaps at long last working on her as she secern him “ I should say thank you , ” and he say “ You do n’t have to . ” This distorted kinship pulls a Solo “ I sleep with ” moment and it ’s so awry yet somehow so correct . Gough and Soller nail this very messed up chemistry .
Brasso , kid Paak , and B2EMO are loaded up on a ship by the Sisters of Ferrix , and as if fate step in , Bee sees Andor as he land Bix to them . Their reunification gives Bee a great goodbye for now as he tells Andor he never sting around for him . It ’s so sad to see the bestest droid heartbroken , as Andor promises he ’ll be back for them , because of course of study he ’s not snuff it with them . Bix reassures Bee he will always come back . He well see them in time of year two .
Everything fall into place as the installment closes out with Mon and Perrin introducing Leida ( Bronte Carmichael ) to Davo Sculdun ’s Logos . Leida ’s not complaining as she ’s being used for something she cares about — appearances which will serve her mother well . The instalment ends on Andor turning himself in to Luthen give him the option to kill him then and there on his ship . Luna instantly becomes one of the greatest heroes in the canyon express the words , “ vote out me or take me in . ” Complete chills ! What a show and an epic continuation of stories we have it away being relevant and impactful to the times we live in . Viva los rebeldes ! Viva Andor !
And , oh yeah … I knew those bracers were for the Death Star but this revolt is ready to kill fascists . That close credit scene was a doozy .
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