Star Wars ANDOR 1x5 "The Axe Forgets" Reaction + Spoiler Discussion! | Disney+

[@juvandy]

Hard disagree with so many saying it is too slow, or could have been done in 2-3 episodes. Look at the detail. Look at the characters they are creating here. FEEEL that tension. My god you can cut it with a knife. You've got 4 storylines all building to a common endpoint, and each one of them is super high-stakes.

[@she_who_dares9713]

YESSSS!!! I'm sitting still but I couldn't sit still if that makes sense.

[@Thehardtruth69]

I was anxious even without a single blast

[@hamhockbeans]

@@Thehardtruth69 Very immersive the tie fighter was scary because you see humans with no force powers to protect them.

[@davidnobre5660]

just make it a 1 hour + episode with the story of these 2 episodes it would be much better that way

[@Ant-bm1qk]

“FEEEL” That part was cringe as hell

[@SpyJamz]

I'm surprised a lot of people didn't like the pacing of this episode. I really think this episode was good. The dialogue was more important in this episode than the action because they want the audience to be invested with EVERY character instead of Cass. I enjoy this "3 episode arc" so I'm expecting next episode to be crazy.

[@613and802]

Not to sound like an asshole, but I think the people who didn't like this are probably too dumb to appreciate it.

[@rubaiyat300]

The episodes are ok. It's the weekly release that is the problem. I'm fine with not getting it all at once, but give me the "story" of the 3 episodes at once.

[@mysticsaxophone4181]

I would pay no mind to such rabble. They're used to the pointless exposition and fan service of the previous series so now that we actually have real characters and proper dialogue, they're complaining.

[@thebeastandhistemptress]

Watching this is like reading a fantastic book where you feel part of this world and you being given every single characters story I’m so hooked..I never wanted the episode to end it’s like putting a bookmark in your favourite book every week and then going back on this adventure with the characters..and all the scenes stick in your mind…I hope the writers and directors for the upcoming shows next year are as strong as this show 🙏🎥💛👌

[@davidryan7386]

Having lived in various underground communites. Sometimes training for activism in the old days...this episode utterly catches the real vibe of rebels.

[@KenFromchicago]

It's too random to be random is an actual thing, notably in computer programming. If you roll six-sided die (1d6 for all my D&D fans) say 100 times, there are going to stretches where the same number or pairs of numbers or sequences of numbers will show up. Now if you program that into a computer and that happened, you might be tempted to change it so no number repeats back to back--but that's not truly random. A truly random sequence will at times produce patterns on small enough scale.

[@ISavant]

yup, benford's law is often used in forensic accounting to uncover fraud because when fraudsters use fake information to cover up their theft/crime whatever, they don't take into account that randomness isn't as random as you think. Like a coin flip is always going to be 50/50 but that doesn't mean getting heads 10 times in a row isn't random.

[@thedarkknight2221]

“The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.” This show is giving use some of the best and most insightful quotes of Star Wars ever. And I’m getting a Game Of Thrones type of fear of attaching to any of the rebels, as in if I really like them they are most likely going to die.

[@jeffehren]

As someone born in the '70s and enjoyed WWII espionage thrillers during the Cold War, I really appreciate the feel of this series. It has such a "boots on the ground" tone to it and everything is done amazingly well.

[@m.e.3862]

I agree. It's like Where Eagles Dare or even Ice Station Zebra

[@kevinhansen8211]

This show really ups the fear of TIE fighters. You can really see this is the Empire at the height of its power; the intimidation of their toys, this is definitely the world that Tarkin wanted, rule through fear. Plus, it is great to finally be getting a bit more history on Mon Mothma, her family, what she is risking...I haven't really cared for her in Disney canon, but so far, I'm liking her characterization in this.

[@ChrisSmith-tu9bu]

This Mom is frighteningly like mine...I understand this guy so much now

[@blackfire-yf7hi]

couldn't agree more with you guys. I love this series the writing, the pacing, the way they are building the tension and the dialogue and the character interactions are very well done. I can't say more nice things about this show.

[@MarcoCarag]

Definitely the scariest most real TIE fighter in all of Star Wars. Like, how a normal person would feel about a TIE fighter buzzing their sheep farm. Such a well executed show.

[@Drrck11]

5:38 That scene of them practicing was one of my favorite. It shows how well Cassian knows his shi~. When you're a spy, mistakes in those subtle details can cost you your life.

[@joshmartin4761]

I'm really enjoying this show. I think it's gonna gain popularity as it goes. It may not have all of the fighting and action scenes but I love the character work and how they are building the tension for the heist

[@herr1375]

I agree with you. For me, it is written exceptionally well to build that tension, but the music takes it to a different level. The music is amazing.

[@joshmartin4761]

@@herr1375 you're right. The music is great

[@prathapkutty7407]

@@herr1375 Nicholas britell is killing it with the score. Not surprising since he gave us an iconic theme with succession.

[@julijan2653]

Man this show is so good, it’s got me hooked up. Feel bad for the cop guy tho lmao 😂

[@ChrisSmith-tu9bu]

I'm so in love with this show and it's nice we know it's made in three episode blocks....TBH this is the most bingable show ever.... just watch three episodes at a time if you want to take each ride all at once...next episode is gonna be fantastic with this robbery conclusion...Gilroy is really really painting an excellent/beautiful picture of a rebellion

[@crimsonghoul8983]

Thing is...this three to four episode arc structure has been used in The Clone Wars. So, as a Clone Wars fan, I am used to this.

[@havingaparty21]

Gilroy said the story was built in 4 acts with each 3 episode arc being one act and taking place in a different world. So expect to see action mostly only in episodes 3, 6, 9 and 12.

[@mitchellhayward6492]

5:20. Wouldn't it have been hilarious if the next time we saw that dude, he was literally wearing a ball gown?

[@TheVFXbyArt]

14:44 Driving shots look like shit because they get the background plates from a vendor, not from production. Hence why they don’t line up or look odd.

[@JohnnyPappas]

This show is not a "slow burn" as described by others. This is just a well written show that is developing characters and plot like no other Star Wars Disney+ show.

[@KenFromchicago]

"Get to shepherding!" 👍👍🤣🤣🤣

[@jjstarrprod]

Oh, not just jewish or catholic mom. Asian moms are probably some of the worst in that matter. I'm gonna go back to live to my mom's place in Taiwan again in a few weeks (I'm 40 yo, btw, and currently jobless), and this scene between Syril and his mom felt ALL TOO REAL to me ! Thanks show ! Now I'm reeling my trip back...

[@Blinkptx]

I already like this show more than Mando, and I love Mando. 🙂

[@she_who_dares9713]

Same.

[@calarencrow7480]

I think the show has the potential to surpass Mando for me. But there needs to be a payoff before I like it more. Like all this building up and getting to know the characters will be for nothing if it doesn't deliver awesome spectacle in episode 6.

[@jake_gon_jinn]

I think this show has the Winning Emmy Awards factor. Every single aspect of it is on point and so well executed. Steph made a good point, in this era of Actionmania and reliance of studios in bringing nostalgic Cameos into their contents in order to make ppl invented, this show so far did a great job of old school cinema method, and hooked us with a simple and yet great storytelling.

[@scotthewitt258]

Yay! New Reactors to love watching react to the stuff I love! Haven't seen you guys before.

[@csgollum]

'Mouse!' I knew I wasn't the only one who made that connection!

[@FailingIsUnderrated]

Looks like Achara Kirk and Steph Sabraw were having a good night sleep before Jaby did this thing lol

[@torinojohnson4218]

Do you guys realize the mother is the Harry Potter actress that helped him after the dementor attack, & testified for him when e was on trail?

[@csgollum]

I didn't, but now that you mention it I do remember her vaguely... nice catch!

[@nadeeml9276]

I dont say this often, but I strongly recommend staying after the reaction for the discussion, pretty quality stuff from those 3. Great reaction and video altogether

[@subtlejester]

I bet if this was released on HBO people wouldn’t complain about the pace. The script and acting is so great!

[@davidryan7386]

For those saying it is too slow...as an Rx please see "the Tourist" off of OK Computer ;-)

[@jjrod2988]

It's clear that the people who think this is too slow are just so use to watching star wars as a movie than a series. The best part about making anything a series is you can go in to way more detail and character development than you would a movie.

[@AFC-ef4gs]

I don't think the show is slow, it just feels that way because we have to wait a week between episodes.

[@jlight191]

Lost Stars Novel, one of Thane's job as an Imperial Pilot was to fly low to the ground to show force

[@calarencrow7480]

I think this show is going to be slow paced until Saw Guerrera enters. That is most likely when the war breaks out, or at least when the rebellion truly starts to fight back.

[@IkeThe9th]

I don’t think slow means lots of detail or a methodical, necessary build up. Consider a least a few things we should already know at this point: 1. What happened to Andor’s friends? 2. What does Andor want to do after this? 3. What money is being discussed between Mon Montha and Rael (I had to look up Skarsgard name!) 4. What are they stealing? 5. Why? This isn’t traditional storytelling, but I’m still intrigued because hey, it’s Star Wars baby and the acting is great. But this is an exceptionally slow burn. I respect everyone that disagrees.

[@mythdusterds]

I agree that the writing and world building is really well done. My only complaint about this show and Obi-Wan is that there are not enough alien species in this show. There are way too many humans.

[@hamhockbeans]

Damn this series for making us get to know the characters to the point if one of them die it will hurt.

[@u64770]

I think the show is good and well paced. I just wish that they started by presenting all the episodes at once. I feel I would have seen it at least once fully through by now, and then would have gone back to completely digest how well the scenes were shot, how good the sound design is, how well written and acted the scenes were. I want to get to the next part of the story so much. Its like a good book that you read on a Kindle with low power and no access to a charger-I hate that I can't control moving forward in the story.

[@iloveentertainment]

The actress who plays Syril’s mum looks and sounds like the nosey neighbour witch who greeted Harry and Dudley in the tunnel when the dementors attacked them in one of the Harry Potter movies 🤔🤷‍♀️ Anyone can confirm?

[@Blinkptx]

Mrs. Figg. Yep.

[@iloveentertainment]

@@Blinkptx thanks! I forgot her name. Same actress, right?

[@Blinkptx]

@@iloveentertainment Yep

[@prathapkutty7407]

I was just about to comment this. I recognized her immediately by her voice. She's a squib just like argus filch.

[@mahirrahmananan7025]

The axe forgets but the tree remembers

[@bryancash9051]

The mom is also the next door neighbor in harry potter

[@agresticumbra]

I'm waiting for any reactor to recognize Mrs Figg.😎

[@gusfring9194]

Karn is literally me

[@TonyAurum]

I don't know, I don't see how people think this is poorly paced. Every scene builds upon the last and builds on the overall plot. Within this episode, we see how anxious the leaders of the rebellion are; while we see Cassian and the rest of the team getting ready and slowly revealing how under prepared they actually are. Then we lay the foundation for Syrill making his return and getting a position in the Empire. There's no scene here being wasted or that I would consider to cut out in my opinion

[@PunsRDum]

my friend said humans are bad at faking randomness. so too random to be random kinda makes sense.

[@davidnobre5660]

8:14 he does!

[@thermodynamics10]

11:00 i don't know this actor but everytime he's on screen i feel depressed, may be coz the way he looks.

[@atharvamhaisekar8157]

Where are the rest of the episodes of cobra Kai season 5 ?

[@vsavatxr]

I love the show burn, but I feel like one more episode without action may be too much, it might just get old or feel too drawn out if we don’t get the heist next episode. Loving this show though!!

[@lamploughd]

It is clearly set up as 3 episode arcs. 2 episode build up, action.

[@ISavant]

the next episode is literally the conclusion of the arc. It's exactly the same as the first 3 episodes. It's how the show is clearly structured.

[@calarencrow7480]

There is no way episode 6 will not be the heist. The heist happens the next day and when episode 5 ends, its literally the night before the heist. If episode 6 is solely the night before the heist, that will be the slowest episode in any tv show I have ever seen.

[@stormplays5787]

I love this show thank you

[@Abbadonhades]

I enjoy the show a lot, but it did feel like a slowing down, when I expected a speeding up. Perhaps because the amount of scenes in small rooms felt more like kitchen sink drama than high stakes drama. And yes I understand that it's a building of characters, of relationships and of stakes, but I wonder why I did not question this in the first four episodes. Well, maybe I'm becoming more impatient than I thought.

[@SE-gs6gd]

I really liked this episode. I was really into it -so much so that I was sad it ended before the big mission

[@machokaleb]

I'm really liking the slow burn of this show. Star Wars desperately needed a character-driven show where you could see the day-to-day life of people who live in the universe and actually come to care about what happens to them lol. The payoff with the action next week will feel great. The pacing also lends itself to building tension very well. The Empire feels like a real, tangible threat for the first time in ages. If these guys make one mistake the consequences will be dire. You really feel the weight of that.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Chara and Steph think Monmothma is better off single.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

You can argue that the pacing was really slow in the First Arc (the first 3 episodes) and I would be inclined to agree. But so far, with the Second Arc, the pacing has been near to perfect. This show is finally fleshing out the Star Wars universe in a way that feels unique to the franchise. The only complaint I have is that they are using a complex level of English in the dialogues. You can expect that from the Imperials, but the rebels? I don't know.

[@jocampo9435]

I’m SUBSCRIBED and a fan,,, but THE THUMBNAIL WAS A MAJOR SPOILER!!! 🤬 I haven’t seen this episode yet & this popped up in my recommended videos,, something I WAS NOT EXPECTING!!!

[@thegreatjedi309]

ofc the effects would be good, ILM has been animating Coruscant since 1997!

[@rolandomendoza4274]

I love you guys, but, don't you think the thumbnail kinda gives a spoiler? 😕

[@TheSpiderScientist]

Lets go🔥🤙🏻

[@baderaw25]

My two gripe about this show is that it’s too short and that it is a little too slow without much action. I don’t need action in every episode, I like slow character building episodes just as much, but this feels like it’s a bit slower then necessary. Other then those I’m enjoying the show.

[@FailingIsUnderrated]

Really slower but good nevertheless. The patience with the show better pays off well.

[@bigd4998]

I like it but it’s moving slower than it feels it should be. Hoping the next episode progresses more and the pacing is better edited

[@oldben1800]

yall said the same after the first episode lolol what makes you think they will just magically change...this show is terrible

[@c0ckNBallz]

@@oldben1800 much better then most of the modern star wars shows lul

[@bigd4998]

@@oldben1800 and ur point? It’s slow for me . Nuff said

[@ISavant]

it's almost like the show is deliberately set up with 3 episode arcs, as we saw with the first 3 episodes, and it's almost like the 6th episode will clearly be the conclusion of this arc.

[@rothsshvili5125]

dope!

[@Jigsaw407]

I didn't enjoy that episode much. Too much mundane domestic squabbling, which I don't care for in Star Wars. Also, Disney released a new PS5 app that fails to output 5.1 sound. I think it's not even stereo. I was spending half of the episode trying to find a solution with no result.

[@alannm]

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere but what's happened to you Cobra Kai reactions?

[@liquidationkingla5706]

Wow!!! The Pacing of this show is so slow that it will take 5 season for him to find out what happened to his sister? Look this is a Story about a time between 2 major stories and part of it was told in Rogue One.... Disney might need a Side Channel for Star Wars Nuts that need to count the Glades of Grass... Because I am sure that I saw the Goat Grow waiting for this show to get to it already... We are after Order 66, before the formation of the full Rebel Alliance, we already know where the story is going; Maybe some of these characters are important to those that Read all the Books and seen all the Animated, but for the rest of us... Some of these attitudes and anger has not relevance because we don't know where it comes from, or where these people are going... The need to get to something ... Especially if they want an audience for a 2nd Season...

[@kesardogra5529]

Another episode where nothing happens.

[@ISavant]

you should see a doctor, maybe you have ADD.

[@alexpalmelion]

I was expecting the Hit on this episode. There's a lot of filler. At this point I only care about the rebellion scenes, both Andor's team and the old guy undercover. The rest can be easily taken out of the episode and you wouldn't notice.

[@TonyAurum]

Not exactly sure what would be considered filler within the episodes. The writers are laying down the foundation for the climax. You have to understand that in order for the climax to hit properly, the characters need to be able to have understood motivations and clear stakes. We wouldn't care about Cassian or the rest of the team if they didn't introduce them properly or if they presumably bring back Karn we need that backstory and his motivations at home to properly see why he's so hateful towards Cassian.

[@alexpalmelion]

@@TonyAurum Filler: 1.Karn and his mother --the mother is not necessary to communicate Karn's motivation and here is only used a plot device so his uncle can get in a job with the Empire and get back to the main plot. 2.Rich couple's daughter -- ok she has a communication issues with her daughter. So what, no need for the story. 3.Rich couple car ride --got nothing new out of that. 4.Blonde girl working for the empire --this one I know is somewhat necessary, but bloody hell can you make those scenes more boring? Luckily she only had a really short scene.

[@ricitizen]

The problem, as I see it after 5 episodes, is that the show needs to be edited down or focused on a couple of characters or storylines per episode. Why bother with Mon Mothma, Dedra, and Syrill in the prior episode if you give them seemingly only two minutes of screen time after a compelling setup from episode 4? Focus on Mothma and Syrill in episode 5 and end with 10 minutes of the preparation for the rebel attack in episode 6. This series needs to be edited differently. You can serve both a deep dive into characters and world-building while building excitement and anticipation. Star Wars is highly influenced by Dune. And we saw in Denis Villeneuve's Dune that the world is a more mature version of Star Wars. But since this is television, there needs to be more focus on characters, not wasting time on long walks of scenery or overly long headshots that don't add much to personality. Episode 4 was really compelling and created much anticipation. After last week's episode, I looked forward to the show continuing to pick up the pace. I looked forward to the dinner with Mon Mothma and the Imperial aristocracy. I expected to learn more about the plan with Andor and the rebels as they prepared to rob the imperial payroll. But I did not need to see them walk the Scottish highlands for 25 minutes. This episode was poorly paced, added little or nothing to the characters' depth, and, in my opinion, a little letdown.

[@Blinkptx]

Idk I think this show is great. 🤷‍♂️

[@jameskling2557]

Boooooorrrrrrriiiiinnngggg

[@jameskling2557]

Sorry don't know what that is

[@bgt54rfvcde32wsxzaq1]

Jobsworth. New $12 word for me. Thanks 😊

[@alexfaye8799]

So far, all 5 episodes storylines could have been done in 2, maybe 3 episodes.

[@melissagreye8445]

No you would have to cut out too much. This is not a movie.

[@Blinkptx]

Hell no I prefer it the way it is. This is some of the best Star Wars.

[@alexfaye8799]

The series is well written, well acted, looks amazing, but there is slow and then there is slow. I totally get building a slow tension, but lets be honest nothing happened in this episode. Nothing. You could have watched the last episode and skipped this episode and watched the next one and never know you missed anything. Oh I lied, there is one thing we learn in this episode Mothma's kid is a little brat. End of episode recap.

[@Blinkptx]

I loved this episode personally. To each their own. 🤷‍♂️

[@alexlazzerly3677]

They're taking storylines that should be one, hour-long episodes, and stretching them out to three episodes.

[@SpyJamz]

I would disagree. I feel that they dived deeper into the tensions within the crew, and also the husband and wife because it must pay off the following episode. I like that it's not moving quick. It's building the world and characters while also moving the plot. At least that's my opinion.

[@sainuudotcom]

It’s simple plot and deep characters. In few years you will still remember the show.

[@ISavant]

"they're building characters too much, i need shooty guns and explosions every 3 seconds" is such a dumb take.

[@IsiahBradley]

WRITING. CLINIC. :)