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Andor Recap: Say the Word
A classic piece-moving episode gets in one final cliffhanger on its way out a blocked door.
The previous episode of Andor was a perfectly contained chapter in the larger story of the Rebellion, finally getting news of the Death Star on its way to the Rebel Alliance and ushering along the fate of Luthen Rael. Indeed, there are a surprising number of memorable compositions from cinematographer Damián García here, mostly sustained not-quite-close-up shots like the very first image of the episode: a ground-level view of a dead stormtrooper as various Empire security forces examine the aftermath of Kleya’s hospital mission, which they still haven’t figured out was the work of one person, not an “attack” perpetrated by a team. There’s a passage of this episode that turns on a number of conflicts that I must admit to not finding all that convincing, mainly involving the tensions between the Rebel Alliance and Luthen’s smaller, more shadowy forces (and, by extension, Cass and his association with that group).
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