Andor - 1x8 Narkina 5 - Group Reaction

[@TheAntinomies]

This episode was one of the darkest for me by far. The incarceration, forcing prisoners to compete against themselves and distracting them from who their real enemy is...all the while profiting from their labor, and tightening their grip on the world- it disturbed me so much...because of what it was saying about the real world.

[@madtitan0825]

Honestly it’s the drama that kept me so engaged that I don’t even care about the lack of action which people gotta shut the fuck up about that complain, cuz u see whenever there’s action in this series, it’s awesome mainly cuz of the build up it have from the story the conflicts and the characters that keep u on ur toe not just randomly throwing action sequences in to keep the audience awake

[@juanitajones6900]

@@madtitan0825 People can say what the fuck they want. If I have to endure encountering opinions that I don't agree with, then so do everyone else.

[@Miss.6ixEdits]

This was absolutely the reflection episode. From amazon workers "pushing or sprinting" through parts of their shifts to the "If you don't have anything to hide" data acquisition / police surveillance state we've been living under. Even the fact that we have no idea of laws that get passed in our countries or the laws that have been passed already because we just don't pay attention or its intentionally kept quiet and out of our reach. This episode and this show is reflecting our lives right now in real time and its terrifying

[@SpeedBoostGamer]

Dudee this was well said! Literally gave me chills on how much it mirrors the real world

[@captaincoolbreeze9429]

Agreed, what's more is we don't even know what they are putting together. And what could be even more interesting is if their finished products are transferred to another line for disassembly by another floor or whatever with the process repeating in circles just for the prisoners to think they are being productive in some way and always competing against each other in a vicious cycle of assembly and disassembly.

[@wraith1701]

19:36 The Separatists. The Ghorman Front. The Neo-Republicans. Human Cultists. The Partisans. ALL independently operated organizations working against the Empire. And Luthen & Mon Mothma will eventually unite the different groups of REBELS into a unified ALLIANCE. Man; I love this show. 😊

[@mathies3598]

Seems like it's mostly organa if we define start of Rebels season 2 as the moment that really happens.

[@nicolasritzke1042]

@@mathies3598 Organa helps with connecting the rebel cells but it is Mon Mothma who brings them all together as one rebel alliance.

[@mathies3598]

@@nicolasritzke1042 mon mothma stays undercover for a long while when there's an organized rebellion though

[@juanitajones6900]

That's great . . . except it's not a good excuse to focus so heavily on Mon Mothma - especially her family. Not now.

[@benjaminroe311ify]

@@nicolasritzke1042 It's both of them. Others too. Incudling Ahsoka, Bail, Mon, And apparently Luthen and others etc.

[@charliemasters8086]

“Is this Amazon?” Almost choked on my blue milk

[@jinxie712]

Dedra looks like she hates the taste of her tongue. Also. “If you’re doing nothing wrong, what is there to fear?” Andor got arrested last ep for walking down the street.

[@mathies3598]

Yeah but andor is not in high society, silly

[@jinxie712]

@@mathies3598 the thing is, regular people actually said that about being spied on by the government in real life.

[@mathies3598]

@@jinxie712 ofcourse. I was being sarcastic. It's a horrible stance to take.

[@Shawn_M]

🤣🤣 Dedra is a great freaking character. Not mustache twirling evil, but cold calculating and ruthless. There's no way Bix won't talk. no matter how strong she is she's F'd! I think our entire Ferrix family is doomed. That might be what finally brings Cassian to rebel. Luthen better fight his urge to contact Bix again. They are hot on his trail and Syril can ID him. It's getting HOT

[@pranjoshi]

I love dedra the character. But that is the best description ever.

[@spacecadet2172]

It’s so refreshing to finally have Imperials/villains that are not complete blundering idiots. This show does such a good job of portraying the empire as truly evil, scary and competently so.

[@Aemond2024]

truly evil? Just very efficient

[@luiskmpos]

This show is soooo GOOD. Just the Star Wars that I wanted. A bit sad that it doesn't have the same appeal to more casual viewers compared to other recent star wars products. But hopefully Disney keeps working on projects with a similar feel despite this fact

[@paulhewes7333]

This is Star Wars for people who grew up with star wars and just want to know the little details that make the galaxy tick...

[@spacecadet2172]

Agree 100%. It’s much darker and finally has mature themes. It’s a lot less juvenile than a lot of their other stuff.

[@tonybankse]

💯!!!!

[@dasturschloss8679]

@@spacecadet2172 It's also the perfect kind of dark to portray what they want to show. The atmosphere is oppressive, hopeless and depressing all the time. The empire is finally shown as an suppressive, superior and smart regime instead of ...Hux. I've always wanted it to be this way.

[@spacecadet2172]

@@dasturschloss8679 Me too! It was impossible to take them seriously before, as they were always so incompetent! The Rebels TV show was especially bad for this.

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

It's insane how good this show is. I though the mandalorian would be Star War's crowning achievement but I don't think it comes close to this. It's amazing what wonders they can achieve if they just have the balls to stay away from the skywalker saga.

[@spacecadet2172]

I don’t think it’s so much the plot per se, but the willingness to cover mature themes and to not target the show towards children and families specifically.

[@LemGray]

This is a good show, but I don't think it's prime Star Wars. Stars Wars is a space opera, an epic, with a sense of joy and adventure. It's cross-generational, so it appeals to kids and adults. This show is an excellent side project, but I would hate for Star Wars properties to take this direction going forward.

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

@@LemGray Star Wars can be whatever it wants to be. As far as story telling this is killing it. I hope they keep staying as far away from the skywalker related stories as much as possible. This is a universe far far away, why not let it be a universe instead of just focusing on a tiny corner of it.

[@Kriae]

"stay away from the skywalker saga" It's still part of it for me. Staying away from it would have been High Republic era or other stuff happening centuries or millennia before Episode I.

[@thomaschristopherwhite9043]

@@Kriae You're thinking too small. You're thinking like them. This is a universe. Use your imagination.

[@Miss.6ixEdits]

The juxtaposition of cutting to the party on Coruscant throughout the episode was fantastic.

[@pranjoshi]

And then having them talk about enjoying the sceneries out their windows while andor looks out the windows and can only see lines of prisoners.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

People always complain about this show not having enough fanservice when this episode had the most yet. "Shoes off, bare feet"😉😂

[@jasonsacchi]

That was very painful episode that I ever seen in my life.

[@mattiasjohannorglaan2967]

That feels like such a weird complaint since Luther's got a whole collection of all sorts of stuff for big star wars fans.

[@Kriae]

Larys Strong liked that

[@Commander_Shepard.]

IKR, I was salivating when we see Andor feet. 😛🤤

[@unknownwarrior5672]

Yeah they want this show to be carried by fanservice like Kenobi

[@Shawn_M]

Forrest Whitaker was Bringing It! That scene with Scarsgard was 2 heavyweights! I love the intensity. I love seeing Saw's rebel cell with the Rogue 1 characters. Freaking Melshi in the prison!? A guy who has was on the beach at Scarif. Awesome. They are weaving a fantastic story!

[@Zephirite.]

Whoa, nice detail! Who's Melshi, again? And same with K2-S0 dried (ironically) strangling Cassian.

[@thisissparta300ful]

Dedra is like if Kim wexler joined the empire

[@pranjoshi]

"You can never be too aggressive about preserving order" sounds a whole lot like over policing.

[@alexachipman]

I used to volunteer at a jail and they really do that - like "step forward, no stop, go over there, step forward, step backward" someone did their research, it is chillingly realistic.

[@EddieDexterStewart]

8:41 Very astute. Andor is not only an allegory about fascism, but the initial prison scene PLUS Syril's corporate prison is about capitalism run amok. Dang this show is so good!

[@thegrunbeld6876]

Star Wars being woke in the best way possible 😊

[@davxlau]

You guys didn't notice, but Melshi is Andor's Saboteur friend from Rogue One. He is best boi, he help our boi escape

[@DarkxSonxOfxDathomir]

9:40 that reminded me of my first day working at a dog food factory, I clocked in, they led me to a conveyer belt with 10 old angry dudes standing around it, and told me to hop in lol I stood there for 30 seconds trying to analyze what everyone else was doing and a 40yo man was like “Move your ass boy!” 😂

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

I must have the unpopular opinion, but I was excited to see that one of Cassian's tablemate's is one of his future Rogue One team members, Melshi.

[@ReclusiarchLP]

Forest Whitaker and Stellan Skarsgård acting against eachother was just pure awesome. Want more of this! :) Thank you Star Wars for this darker, more mature Star Wars. I'm all in for it!

[@folcotook3049]

A bit of an homage I'm assuming is intended. The prison scenes feel very similar to George Lucas's first film THX-1138, a sci fi dystopia.

[@AceofDymonds]

Honestly, I kinda hope they never explain what the things they're building are. Leaving them as these bizarre industrial widgets with no clear purpose just adds to the Kafkaesque vibes -- which is a great aspect of the Empire's oppression for the show to be highlighting alongside the more overt jackboot side with the crackdown, the soul-sucking bureaucracy at Karn's work, and the callous indifference behind the politicians' smiles on Coruscant.

[@all1lla197]

'OMG! Is this Amazon??' Classic.

[@Squeenix1]

Bro I can imagine how hopeless I would feel if I were in andor position 😳😳😳

[@100Companions]

If you ever get arrested and processed into a jail or whatever, its a lot like that with the "stop, go, stop are you stupid?" bullshit. Guards power trip hard in there. Anyone whose brushed up against the police in any culture can understand this episode. The empire is so perfectly authoritarian.

[@fuzzyotterpaws4395]

They're criminals and deserve it, and they need to know their place so it's better to make them move quicker to save time.

[@100Companions]

@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 lol see? And this explains why you have bootlickers like this guy who can be shown injustice and just continue sucking that boot and siding with the oppressor. Wannabe stormtroopers. You might want to look up who used that name first guy. It lines up well with the politics of people like you. When I was arrested it was an abuse of power to try and intimidate me into not protesting the police anymore. It was completely dismissed in court as the police had no evidence whatsoever of a justified arrest and the police actions on that night were deemed unconstitutional in court. But yea. Keep rah-rah-ing.

[@Obyvvatel]

The prison scene and the fact that the manager is one of the prison mates in a fucked up incentive structure reminded me of kapos in concentration camps, they were often taken from the prisoners and encouraged to be brutal.

[@ferrous3869]

Really glad to see y'all watching this. In my opinion it's one of the best things to ever come out of star wars, but no one I know is watching it. I really look forward to seeing what you think every week!

[@rickyd-lux9067]

This episode is like everything bad you've heard about the prison system times 10, but on a galactic scale, and they've outsourced policing to human traffickers. It's like Andor is sentenced to 6 years in a place where he has to work 16 hours a day for one of those pyramid scheme companies, and he has to meet quotas. And if he doesn't sell enough Herbalife, or whatever per day, they taser his balls.

[@spacecadet2172]

It’s also similar to how Amazon runs their fulfillment centres.

[@IsiahBradley]

Marketa: "Is this Amazon?" LMAO!!! Marketa, please see the "Kablaam!" episode of Jodie Whitiker's "Doctor Who" if you haven't done so already!

[@MM-vs2et]

Deedra Meero is such an interesting character. And that's saying much in a show like Andor. Such competency among empty suits. But we struggle to sympathize because she's working for the fascists. But then her own world is out for against her, so we do sympathize. And then we are reminded at how cold and inhumane she could be. And so on, and so forth. It's just endless complexity to just ONE character in probably the biggest show Star Wars has made, character wise.

[@graceonfilmsnstuff]

working for? she IS a fascist

[@MM-vs2et]

@@graceonfilmsnstuff This was before she was in charge. We were still rooting for her then

[@Thenormies]

First! - Dustin the editor.

[@Gabe-cv4yr]

an amazon warehouse indeed, with its impossible metrics and pushing you past the edge in performance with no care for wear or tear..hahahaaa

[@Darkdealer89]

11:28 I guess Chris would have joined Cassian in the prison if he was also in star wars.

[@shaoran27]

my god the guy with glasses never shuts his mouth

[@theawesomeman9821]

Saw not uniting with Luthen makes sense. He's not a team player.

[@pauldrake2245]

Man said, "Cha cha, real smooth." 😂

[@laniakeafilament2730]

fun fact, i think recently amazon did hire a prison guard or something of that sort, to people management to increase productivity. nice catch marketa, its actually real.

[@TrentRidley]

Another fantastic episode of what has quickly become my favourite Star Wars series. It was great to see Stellan Skarsgard and Forest Whitacker on screen together - two absolute acting powerhouses. Factions will form in any political or social movement it would seem, so it was interesting to here of that within the would-be Rebel Alliance. Different groups vying for influence and power, coming to ideological loggerheads, etc. I think it's a detail that helps to add a little layer of authenticity and realism. I'm loving seeing the level of tyranny from The Empire and that prison system, complete with mind-numbing work detail, is monstrous. I have a theory on Mon Mothma's daughter. I think she might be critical of The Empire/sympathetic towards The Rebellion. It would explain another element of her apparent animosity towards her mother if she simply sees Mon Mothma as a willing cog in the empirical machine. However, they have established that she's quite intelligent and observant, so I think she's going to work out that Mumma Mothma is working to undermine The Empire and want to be a part of it. That will change the dynamic of their relationship considerably which could tip off the husband/father who I feel is most concerned with his economic, social, and political position and may well betray his family in order to preserve it. Anyway, that's just my little prediction on that front. Nice reaction guys, keep 'em coming.

[@Zephirite.]

that would be fascinating. She kinda reminds me of Leia...

[@G1Transformed]

@The Normies, Chris, Cassian's tab reads, 2189. 2189 = 365 x 6 - 1 (leap year). I think it's pretty funny that days in the Star Wars galaxy are based on Earth years, lol.

[@TheBenperri]

Marketa, that was a GREAT thought about the Death Star!!!

[@orcasin112]

"I know how to build one of those now." Lol!

[@EddieDexterStewart]

11:48 Under fascist rule, if you're doing nothing wrong you don't have anything to worry about...until they decide what you're doing is wrong. That's the nature of fascism. Your comfort is never protected. You are never free. You are always on a leash. You may walk comfortably while you are leashed, but you are still mastered. You're still controlled. You are still on a leash.

[@sharkyj1796]

I can’t wait to watch the post credit scene with you guys to find out what the prisoners are building

[@scaryghost5721]

this episode is the beginning of the new 3 episodes arc like episode 1. Thats why it's slow, they building a story foundation and introducing us to the new character that would be crucial later on, like Melshi from Rogue One. In this episode, he's the one who tell Andor to not look at the numbers. He's the future Captain of Rebel Special Force called Pathfinders and he's the one who free Jyn Erso from Imperial Labor Camp and later on in the end, he's one of many that will volunteer to go to Scarif and meet his end there. Just like Cassian Andor. Episode 7 is the stand alone episode, a transition episode. Episode 8, 9 and 10 is the three episodes arc. So this one episode 8 is the beginning of the new arc. Episode 10 is the climax that will blow up like episode 3 and 6. Episode 11 and 12 is the finale and the resolution.

[@TalesFromTheUnderside]

The pieces the prisoners are assembling are probably structural joints for the Death Star. Six Pointed to make a sphere and they would need tons of them for the framework.

[@titanius_anglesmith_i2323]

That prefect scream was like those zombies from I am legend.

[@wtimmins]

I've been a Star Wars fan since I was a kid. I saw the opening of Empire Strikes Back as a preteen with my dad, and it's been part of the background for my entire life. I don't consider myself a hardcore fan, and a lot of the fandom over the past 20 years has made me increasingly just... sad and frustrated with Star Wars. I didn't like the prequels, didn't like Rogue One. I don't harsh on other folks' yum, so if you liked them, cool! Mandalorian revived my spark of interest in Star Wars. It was FUN. But this show? By leaps and bounds, my ABSOLUTE favorite Star Wars, ever. The acting, story, visuals, all of it are just... jaw-droppingly well-executed. Even brief chats in a corridor are gripping. I find myself rooting for the upstart Imperial security officer until I have to remind myself 'dude, remember all these people are f'in Nazis'. Oh right. Just... wow. I'm really hoping this inspires some very different takes on the Star Wars universe.

[@X3r0Mando178]

Some things you asked about are talked about in Rebels should give the series a watch. They reference the Death Star, Mon Mothma, and when the Rebellion comes together

[@nocturnenoble2468]

I really appreciate your reactions and insights.

[@gjalie]

What if this is the first process of the Death Star build!? 🤯 it would be an extra motivation for them to rebel and Rogue One! They unvoluntary helped make it and voluntary helped destroy it. PS props for Marketa for noticing all the ww2 references.

[@ev1Lsect]

Mikey is like, "they only have technology of the 70s", while they land their interstellar spaceship on another planet.

[@lewstherintelamon1726]

I had No expectations for this series at all and then I gave it a try and it simply blew me away!

[@loveoffilm4327]

I still 100% rather be in this prison than in the US prison system

[@LMarti13]

lmao true

[@DarthDimadome]

Since these guys didn't seem to realize, Melshi, the last new guy we're introduced to, is one of the Rebels in Rogue One that helps Jyn, Cassian, and the others assault Scarif.

[@agressia5582]

That's how Amazon produces it's series.

[@redcardinalist]

What was the meaning of the scene between Mon Mothma, her daughter and Tey (sp?). It seemed to me that there was some meaning here with Mon Mothma's kid's approach but what is it? Thoughts from anyone?

[@Kriae]

It's called Narkina 5 because it's the 5th moon of Narkina, just like our Moon is designated as "Earth I"

[@BrandonDuckett]

We were smelling something gross in my kitchen, found a rat behind the stove that had chewed a wire and electrocuted itself. check area's with wiring.

[@anthonyshaddox7594]

What are you guys doing with road kill hotdogs in your studio?

[@BlackDerek]

When I was in High school a goat died on my path to school. No one got rid of it for at least a month. You could smell it for several blocks. I don't just feel your pain. I remember it.

[@redcardinalist]

You noticed Melshi in the prison --- In Rogue One

[@mikkosimonen]

Since the things they're making have six prongs, my guess? TIE fighter parts.

[@RaulSmith]

Marketa: "Is this Amazon?" Me, a former Amazon employee, laughing to mask the suffering and pain my PTSD is triggering....

[@CAKE.experience]

me and you both, friend.

[@vickster5001]

Really loving this show. It’s so brilliantly painting a picture of how awful the empire is, which I don’t think has been truly seen before in Star Wars. I’m also pleased this season is longer. 12 episodes means there’s still so much that could happen!

[@datguy3581]

Are you guys gonna watch the first 4 episodes of Tales of the Jedi? Those episodes act as a prequel to Clone Wars.

[@S.A.Jones.]

11:00 homie sounded like Raven from cyber nerds

[@Volkrad]

Fun fact: for the rest of the empire Palpatine is just some grandpa emperor, outside of Coruscant no one really knows how he actually looks like, much less that he's a sith lord

[@saoirsecameron]

My take on them not recognizing Andor in prison is that it is by their own design. They built a bureaucracy made for dissapearing people for slave labor, and it worked so well that the hid the one person they were looking for from themselves. Yet another example of how rigid systems of oppression are self-sabotaging.

[@IanM92]

Mickey is the Aaron of the Normies (this is an insult)

[@PeverellTheThird]

You're projecting

[@jman92091]

I'm glad Spidey didn't let them log off without his input. Feel like his jokes and takes get overshadowed or pushed to the side often

[@senien76]

Great reaction

[@blakedowning1811]

I think Mon's daughter (and her husband) are both suspecting that she has something secret going on with the banker dude... but I'm guessing they think that Mon is cheating on her husband with him or something. Perhaps she'll even have to like lean into that lie or use it as a cover to prevent her rebel activities being discovered. Then, there will be family drama on Mon's plate on top of this already thrilling political drama that we are privy to, but Mon's husband and her daughter really aren't. GAHHH I love this show. I love all the different story lines, the intention put into each story line, and how everyone at the end of this episode is basically in their own kind of prison.

[@cherrypi_b]

My guess is they are building parts of the Death Star. Also, did you recognize Melchi? He's a rebel commander in Rogue One, leads a squad on Scariff. He's the one who tells Cassian not to look at the numbers. Btw, i think the daughter of Mon Mothma might be anti-empire.

[@Agentcproductionss]

Oppressing for the sake of oppression. That's why the companies stopped pushing up their prices. We rebelled and just started shoplifting.

[@Morrison64]

This is the episode that made all Ex-cons clinch their buttholes in anxiety lol

[@blessanabey8386]

5:08 all I hear is Yennefers voice from Witcher 3.

[@EdgarDiaz-pt4qx]

Why does it stink so much in your studio?? 😂😂😂 but props to you all for sticking through it to give us this reaction 👍🏼👍🏼

[@manzell]

I think the prisoners are building the joints for the Walkers that we see in Episode V?

[@EddieDexterStewart]

They're building asterixis. It's a part of their sentence.

[@jake_gon_jinn]

Am I the only one who felt suffocated and claustrophobic throughout the prison scenes? Cause dude it was felt so real. And that's one of the main reasons I say this show is absolutely phenomenal. I love to spend time with every single character in this world. This political agenda perspective of Star Wars is what I really needed to discover.

[@cedric13]

Wonder if on level 5 they are putting those things together, then on another level they are taking them apart and all the work is basically pointless...

[@pranjoshi]

Axis? fulcrum? When are we meeting the main leader. The lever. Maybe that's Mommy Mothma. JK.

[@Winchester1984]

I think they are making joints for Tie Fighters. I saw another KZbin video.

[@koushikraja331]

This show is on a whole other level. Like, holy shit. None of the other shows, both star wars and the rest of the disney plus shows, come close.

[@TheSpiderScientist]

Lets go🔥👍🏻

[@rayfox362]

seeing one of you guys applauding the "if you're not doing anything wrong, what do you have to worry about?" comment was quite the experience. Seems like you missed Mon's response to that comment which illistrated why that way of thinking is flawed

[@blueskybelyr]

That was the point, Chris was applauding ironically bc saying that exact sentence is a hallmark of fascist and authoritarian governments. It's extreme on the nose.

[@rayfox362]

@@blueskybelyr that’s not how I read his reaction at all

[@kencueto4787]

This show brought me so many flashbacks. Not because I've been in prison but because of how we were treated in basic training for the Army. And wouldn't it be messed up if their floor is assembling the parts and the upper/lower floors are disassembling them and it's just on an endless loop of labor work that absolutely means nothing just to keep them occupied? Seems like something the Empire would do.

[@lberghaus]

In a sense that is completely something the empire might do, but I think they want the slave labor in this case.

[@SupremeStrange838]

If you know melshi Then you are a Real Star wars Fan hahahaha

[@kvoltti]

one of the most horrific episodes of any Star Wars ever

[@plaguexyz666]

Building legs for Probe Droids I reckon .... peace

[@l30nard03]

I love this show

[@HachimaruuTV]

Andor is going to be 2 12 episode seasons. or 3...but at least 12 each.

[@johannesbowers7467]

You'd know how Mon Mothma's story plays out if you finish watching Clone Wars and Rebels.

[@TheArbiter_117]

Merketa is one very gullible normie, such a sweet summer child.

[@m.e.3862]

They’re making space widgets.

[@RafaelFideles]

Death Star structural struts maybe?

[@christophersmith3005]

I loved Star Wars when I was a kid, but lost interest in it by adulthood. I really like that _Andor_ is an adult view of the Star Wars franchise. It seems that _Andor_ has scaled back the aliens. Everyone in the prison was human. Why? Doesn't the Empire control an entire galaxy of sentient life? While I'm at it, why are all of the intelligence officers in the white uniforms human? Doesn't the empire employ non-humanoids?

[@micky6877]

Hmmm good point

[@davidnobre5660]

14:21 hey, some people like it

[@DookiePack]

11:30 bruh andor wasn’t doing anything and they still locked his ass up 😭😭 be real

[@DookiePack]

I mean if my galaxy wide tyrannical government was committing atrocities left and right i would do everything but what im told lmao.

[@jman92091]

Am I trippin, or are there parts where Micki is sounding like Suraj?

[@dispicableG23]

Living next to Dahmer?

[@jessetaran7116]

Are they gonna react to Tales of the Jedi?