Paid Post: TV Review--"Andor" (S2, Eps. 10-12)
The best "Star Wars" series made thus far comes to a triumphant, and deeply melancholy and poignant, end.
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Warning: Spoilers for the series follow.
Well, we’ve finally come to the end of this second season of Andor, and what a wild ride it’s been. It would take quite a show to manage to exceed the high bar set by its own first season, but this show has repeatedly done that this season. The finale leaves us with a mingled sense of melancholy and triumph, as we realize that all of the sacrifices that have been made were not in vain and that, in the end, the Empire will be brought low by its own hubris.
These three episodes primarily focus on Luthen, his death, and its aftermath. His demise ends up having far-reaching consequences for everyone who his life has touched, primarily his protege and daughter-figure Kleya and, of course, Cassian, who sets out to rescue them from Coruscant before it’s too late. As the series nears its conclusion the Rebellion has begun to grapple with the reality that the Empire might indeed be building a superweapon while, on the Imperial side, Partagaz takes his own life and Dedra is consigned to prison.