Andor 2x01 Full Reaction

Hey friends, it seems like a lot of the Andor full length videos are missing/taken down, could we get a re-upload somewhere, would love to watch it.

The guy speaking at the meeting is Director Krennic. An imperial middle manager, but is a menacing force. Krennic is equivilent to an Imperial Colonel (which means he's of very high rank). He's tasked with constructing the greatest weapon in the universe (the Death Star. The Death Start makes an appearance after the end credits of Season 1 episode 12). But in season two, he's keeping it a secret, even from the men and women in the meeting room. Not even Dedra knows the truth. The lie is that the Empire needs the Ghorman planet for minerals for an energy program when in fact, the minerals are needed for the Death Star super weapon.

Among the things that the imperial propaganda guys say about the reputation of the Ghor are "overcharging" (when it comes to prices), arrogance and keeping to themselves. Sure sounds like it could be taken from antisemitic Nazi propaganda about Jews, just like this meeting mirros the Nazis planning the Holocaust. The Maya Pei brigade and the Ghorman Front were among the other rebellious factions that Saw Gerrera mentioned to Luthen, saying they're all lost. We see here that Saw was apparently right about Maya Pei. Mon Mothma also talked about Ghorman in some senate scene(s), I believe. I really like how Krennic is portrayed, such a show man, all proud that he got to talk to the Emperor. But it is implicitly clear that there are still other people who rank higher in the imperial hierachy because they aren't at the meeting, but they will be informed about its results. (Like Governor Tarkin.) By the way, there are some phrases where the ears of Star Wars fans perk up, because they come up in a one of the movies in memorable way, and "unlimited power", which Krennic mentioned as one of the central parts of the emperor's agenda, is one of these.

Watch this episode again after reading up on the "Wannsee Conference", it hits differently.

The scenes in the conference hosted by Orson Krennic (the one where Dedra Meero was a participant) were directly inspired by the Wannsee Conference on January 20th, 1942 hosted by Reinhard Heydrich, the head of the Nazi Security Service (SD) and a man very high up in the Nazi command structure (he worked directly under SS chief Heinrich Himmler, and there are plenty of photos and movies of Heydrich meeting with Adolf Hitler). The Wannsee Conference gathered together officials from several ministries in the Nazi government, and was where the policy to exterminate all the Jews of Europe was discussed. Tony Gilroy, the creator of Andor, has said that the scene was modeled on the Wannsee Conference where "...the Nazis got together and planned the Final Solution over a business lunch." Those were chilling scenes to watch, especially when you know where the inspiration for them came from. The scenes of Cassian on the planet with the Maya Pei brigade shows just how disorganized and dysfunctional the Rebellion is at this stage. The planet is not Kenari. You'll find out what planet it is in a future episode, though if you're unfamiliar with Star Wars you will not catch it. I (and probably several others) will let you know after it is revealed (assuming it's not spoiled for you ahead of time).

"You're coming home to yourself. You've become more than your fear." +1 for Stellan Skarsgård

BBY It means before the Battle of Yavin that took place at the end of the film "A New Hope". Just before "A New Hope" there is "Rogue One" the movie from which Andor prequel series is based. After you"re done watching Andor, you need to watch Rogue One.

"That look. Like...surveying the prospects? Yeah you're the prospect!" I totally missed that till you pointed it out!