Following are spoilers "Andor".

Tony Gillroy's "Andor" is a masterpiece not only the franchise "Starwell War", Being the best title of "The Empire Rays Back", but also only a masterpiece on television in general. Every element of the show, from its exceptional production design, to casting and acting, to flawless storytelling stories that give an exciting, shocking and timely story about the fight against fascism, work together flawlessly to deliver the best TV show of the year.

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The underestimated, but no less brilliant aspect of "Andor" is the way it is associated with the rest of the franchise. From the moment when the Trilogy of Proctal tried to give a story to the origin of each character and a large and juvenile, "Starwalks War" has a slightly awkward approach to interconnection. We had stories of origin like the "bad series" shows the shaky turn from the clones to the storm, but also in the "Solo: Star War Story", where Jan gets the surname simply from being accompanied.

Andor is by far the best example of connecting to the rest of the galaxy without feeling forcible. Every Easter egg, every yam feels thinking and deliberate than a pure fans service. Not only does the show associate with the original trilogies, but it also carries and works from legends, the era of foretelling and much more. Of course, as Tony Gillroy is constantly teasing, the season is being built to finish as "Rogue One" begins, so there are many knots on that film, Adding a context of choosing a characterOr just turning the already excellent lines into intestinal strokes.

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"Rebels are built on hope" is probably the only best line in "Rogue One", a shocking, emotionally filled line that ends as it illuminates the spark that fuels the battle at Scarif and gives the rebellion its first victory. There was no need to explain that line, or give it an additional context, but that is what is happening in Episode 8 of Andor.

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In the episode, Diego Luna's Casian Andor headed for Gurman to try and kill Dedra Merrero (Dennis Goff) from retaliation for what happened to Ferix. Realizing the danger of people in Gurman and how difficult it is even to get a pure blow of Dedra, Cassian decided to abort the mission and remove hell from the planet. At exit, Cassian turns into bodies (Stefan Crepon), Hotel officer who explained the history of the first massacre in Gurman of Cassian. Cassian wishes him good luck, recognizing the signs that Gurman is on his way to finish as Ferix did, to which the bodies simply respond: "The rebellion is built on hope."

It's a simple, short knot, but the one who talks volume about the type of Andor's show, and a knot that makes this show, Cassian's bow and "Rogue One" better than they used to be. Cassian tells that line to Ynin Erso (Felicity Onesons) at a time when he is fully committed to rebellion over any suspicion, after all. To see that he first heard the phrase while still doubts his place in the uprising and hearing that phrase from a guy who has already survived the massacre by the empire and is before the genocide of all his people is also a heart, exciting and goose. The moment was repeated by Casian, saying that line in Rogue One, adding another layer of character tragedy and his relationship with the uprising. The line was already great, but now? It may be one of the most important in all the "war on the Starwalks".

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"Andor" episode 8 gave us the emotional essential period, the antithesis of Andor's "One Exit" episode. Where that episode was to see the oppressed finally fighting and achieving freedom (though not without severe sacrifices), the episode 8 of Season 2 is only 45 minutes of pure, ruthless horror and heart attack. This is the Empire at its worst, the moment we knew was not only because of the "rebels of" Starwell War ", but also because The play herself told us in the first episode of the season that Gurman was convicted of dying. Well, no preparation was enough to reduce emotional destruction from seeing the massacre running in real time.

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This is by far the most affordable thing we have seen in the "Starwell War", an episode that far exceeds the shock of watching Alderaan rising in the first film, or the seats of the new republic are raised in "The Force Awakens". This is not some cruel evil, but completely human, ground evil, the one that is calculated, plans from the committee and is executed without remorse.

Director Janus Metz makes the episode feel like a documentary military film, and also essentially delivers "Les Misrables" in a galaxy away, away (indeed, Viktor Hugo's novel has been a huge part of the DNA on this show from the beginning). The view of a peaceful protest against the occupation to turn into a widespread massacre is the highest franchise ever. It is heart, stray, extremely well-made, and also in a timely manner in the way it shows imperial propaganda at work-while we see several teams of news reporting the events that do it as Gomensci attacked the imperial officers on the planet, while in reality they were in reality. This is the moment when everything is changing for the Galaxy "War of Starvers" and for the rebellion. The galaxy was watching.

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