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Things are ramping up across the galaxy, however we’re nonetheless preserving a watch out for all the particulars, hints, references, and Easter Eggs.
After final week’s principally profitable heist, the galactic stakes have been raised on Andor. Most of this episode was down-to-business plot-driving. But amid all the high-security doom and gloom, there are a couple of enjoyable nods to different components of the galaxy and Easter Eggs to uncover.
Colonel Yularen
Conolel Yularen made an look on this episode, however in the event you haven’t been paying a borderline obsessive stage of consideration since 1977, you could have not acknowledged him. First showing in A New Hope with a youthful model of himself current all through the Clone Wars animated present, Wullf Yularen went from Republic officer to Clone Wars admiral to naval officer for the Galactic Empire and finally a colonel for the Imperial Security Bureau. He’s been round for some time and labored immediately alongside Anakin Skywalker after which grew to become one of the vital trusted of Emperor Palpatine‘s ranks earlier than being killed in the course of the Battle of Yavin. His making an in-person look is a reasonably large deal in-universe.
Stormtroopers, Finally
Andor has been shockingly missing in Stormtroopers. We normally count on to see a ton of them and to date have seen a small smattering. But episode 7 is the place all of them resolve to indicate up. Likely representing the newly applied safety measures and common lockdowns on all the pieces, we are able to see fairly a couple of Stormtroopers doing rounds, harassing residents, and customarily being Stormtroopers. But not solely are Stormtroopers round in quantity this week, we additionally get a glimpse of some Shoretroopers.
Subtle Reference to Bail Organa
Mon Mothma spends a while at a celebration this week attempting to subtly speak her previous pal, Tay Kolma, into serving to out the budding rebel. Mon wants simpler entry to her household fortune to funnel into insurgent exercise and Tay is the previous pal slash banker with no love for the Empire for the job. She references letting him in on a secret about herself that solely three folks within the galaxy learn about, and if we’re assuming that Luthen and his aide are two of the individuals who learn about her insurgent aspect hustle, it’s protected to imagine that Bail Organa is the third. We know that Bail and Mon began forming the earliest whispered plans of rebel earlier than the Empire formally rose to energy, and it’s greater than doubtless that the potential fourth individual would have been the opposite individual within the room throughout these conversations; Padme Amidala. Tragically, Padme died similtaneously the Republic.
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Clone Troopers
This episode contains a flashback to Andor’s earlier days and the demise of his adopted father, Clem. We can’t say precisely when this scene takes place, however it will probably in all probability be narrowed all the way down to a few month time-frame judging by the Imperial use of Clone Troopers and never Stormtroopers. As seen on The Bad Batch, the Empire took nearly no time between rising to energy and removing the clone program in favor of transcripted troopers.
Ord Mantell
During one among their conferences, the ISB talked about Ord Mantell, the capital of the Bright Jewel Oversector. On its personal, the planet has a couple of notable appearances within the higher galactic story similar to a Black Sun cell and a Bad Batch mission. But the Bright Jewel Oversector incorporates one of the vital well-known planets in Star Wars historical past; Yavin 4.
Niamos
I grew up in New Jersey and this doesn’t look too dissimilar from the a part of the shore we visited.
Complete with seashores, vacationers, and troublesome children, Naimos reads lots just like the spring break planet. On its personal, this feels foolish however not terribly significant to not Scarif later feeling like a elaborate trip planet. But the elevated safety measures imply that we see fairly a couple of imperial Easter Eggs right here in direction of the top of the episode. The aforementioned Shoretrooper offers Cassian a tough time earlier than lastly arresting him, however we additionally see probe droids and KX-series safety droids. Cassian will later reprogram and befriend a KX droid and have the infamously sassy companion, Okay-2SO. And in the event that they hadn’t loudly introduced that Okay-2 wouldn’t be within the first season of Andor, this will likely have been a briefly thrilling second for followers of the films however not the comics. But as a substitute, it was simply an absolute intestine punch of an finish of a trip for Cassian.
What did you consider this episode of Andor? What particulars or Easter Eggs did you discover that we didn’t point out? Where do you assume the season will go from right here? Let us know within the feedback!
May The Force Be With You, Adventurers!
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