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Andor: S2, Episode 10 (Make It Stop) - Patreon Version

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Dude Longcouch

And pour one out for my favorite character. You gotta give Luthen this much... he demanded no sacrifice from Lonni, or anybody else, that he wasn't also willing to do himself, up to and including ending his own life to protect the Rebellion's secrets. What an incredible character. This might be my favorite Andor episode, period. It can be hard to pick because there are so many good ones, so many incredible moments. But I genuinely think that Luthen and Kleya are two of the greatest characters in cinema history, written and acted to perfection, and this episode really brings all of that home. My favorite little detail that nobody catches on first watch (I certainly didn't), in Luthen's flashback, you can hear the soldiers referring to him as "Sergeant Lear," indicating his last name is Lear. However, we know that in the present day, he goes by the full name of Luthen Rael. LEAR RAEL I think this is meant to illustrate how he completely inverted his entire life, and the person he was, when he chose to leave his old life and fight the Empire. He went from a soldier in an Imperial squad who commits atrocities, to a Rebel dedicated to fighting the regime that orders the atrocities.

N.T. Stars

RIP Luthen! For everybody who liked Stellan Skarsgard in this show, he's also very good in Sentimental Value, which I watched recently. It was the first time I'd seen him in a (mostly) non-English role. One of the merchants in this episode said the phrase "sentimental value," which reminded me. 😆

Eltoasto

Kleya's actress said that, while their relationship had some father/daughter elements, she was also his fire and constant reminder of his guilt of what he had done. This being Elizabeth Dulau's first role out of acting school is pretty crazy to me, even if it was a pretty prestigious school.

Joseph Olson

I feel so bad for Lonni. He’s been undercover for 10 years, and he came through for the Rebellion time and time again. He was the first member of the Rebellion to learn about the Death Star, and he sacrificed his status as an ISB Supervisor to make sure he learned as much as he could about it so that he could pass on that discovery to Luthen. We all know that Luthen can make the hard choices. We saw him sacrifice Anto Kreegyr’s men to protect Lonni. Killing Lonni might be the closest to an unforgivable thing he’s done. I get it though. Lonni told Luthen that Dedra was coming for him, and would come after Lonni with everything they had because of what he found. Luthen killed Lonni because he had no time to save him. He had to destroy any critical evidence in his shop. I don’t think he would have killed Lonni if he had a real opportunity to save him. Luthen is cold, but he’s not heartless. Once he said the word Yavin, the only choice was to get Lonni there or to kill him to protect its secret. The fact that Lonni had never heard of Yavin informed Luthen that the ISB had never heard of it either. This is my favorite episode of the series. A strong case can be made for made for many other episodes. The Aldhani robbery, the Narkina prison break with Kino’s and Luthen’s monologues, the Ghorman massacre, Mon’s speech in the Senate, Maarva’s funeral…so many powerful episodes. There’s not a bad episode in the entire series, including the final two. What makes this my favorite is getting Luthen’s and Kleya’s backstory. He was a soldier in the final days of the corrupt Republic who couldn’t be a part of any more atrocities and needed to “make it stop", and Kleya was a young girl whose entire family and community was massacred. It was awesome to see that Kleya was fierce from the start. Dedra didn’t find Axis. She found only Luthen. Axis was Luthen and Kleya together. She was an equal partner, and it was her who kept Luthen on track whenever he got a little wobbly. As an aside, BBY 1 is a calendar year, and doesn’t mean it’s one year until the Battle of Yavin, just as right now it’s not one year until 2027. The battle may only be days, weeks or months away, but it’s less than a year. I’m looking forward to the final two episodes, and I’m very excited that you’ll be starting The Expanse soon. That’s another great series. Sorry about the length of this comment. I can get very wordy at times, and this series can make me gush.

Paul G

There are so many great episodes and moments in this show that it's really hard to pick a favorite but, this one probably gets my vote. As you pointed out, it's an episode none of us knew we needed until it happened. And the fact that it was still SO good despite Andor not even being present is yet another reason to praise the writing and performances. As others have pointed out Andor was Elizabeth Dulau's first major role out of school and she crushed it. Re-watch the scene from when she sets off the bomb to when she gets into Luthen's room, absolute art and she never says a word...

Jon Johns

This episode is a prime example of what I mean when I say this show "doesn't give you anything". A more traditional show would give you the setup, then the payoff; Andor seems to do the opposite! Luthen tells Kleya, after the 'We've used up all the perfect' -he says "move", and they smile slightly to each other. This is the pay off, but we don't have the set up!! Later in the episode, after Kleya watches the firing squad, Luthen tells at her, "We lose, and lose, and lose!" And "hold on to it until you know what to do with it," "When I say move, you move!" To me, this is him telling her it's time, and this is it, but we don't know the backstory, so that calm little word, and exchange of smiles has so much meaning, but it flies right past us. It makes rewatching this show so rich.

Jon Johns

It's nearly impossible to hear, and even with subtitles on, during the "make it stop" scene, one of the soldiers walks into the ship and calls him "Seargent Lear"... Lear / Rael... He just mirrored his last name, a reflection of the man he was... 😭 The battle that he & Kleya escaped from occured in around 18 BBY. (Also, the music during this episode features a track called "Luthen..." By Brandon Roberts. It's amazing.)

Jon Johns

These episodes are so good, on first watch, you're just trying to figure out what's happening, what's going to happen, etc, etc. On the 5th or 6th watch 🤣 you tend to notice the costumes, the sound design, the score, the little widgets, and gadgets, and props... Background actors... This show is kind of amazing, right? Lol.

Jon Johns

Faiza is the name of the character affectionately known as "Granny", the elderly being that Kleya pushes around in her hover chair. She has her own wookiepedia page.

Jon Johns

When young Kleya and Luthen are sitting together in a restaurant, preparing to detonate the bombs they planted in the convoy... It is Naboo, Jordan caught that.

Jon Johns

Luthens Monologue from season one, in response to Lonnie asking what does he sacrifice? .....Calm. Kindness. Kinship. Love. I've given up all chance at inner peace. I've made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there's only one conclusion, I'm damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight, they've set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost and by the time I looked down there was no longer any ground beneath my feet. What is my sacrifice? I'm condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else's future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I'll never see. And the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror or an audience or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Everything!

Helly R

My favourite episode.

Michael Jones

While I was sad to see Luthen kill Lonni, I kind of get it. The information was too hot, and the kind of force the ISB would mobilize to find him to keep it a secret made him a liability. Without Lonni, Luthen and Kleya at least had some hope of slipping the net, but there would be too much heat on Lonni. And even if they get him out, taking him to Yavin really is a non-starter. The Rebellion on Yavin doesn't trust Luthen or Kleya, and they wouldn't accept that an ISB Supervisor that he vouched for wouldn't just be a mole. There was no safe path for Lonni. It's callous how Luthen disposed of him, but Luthen also held himself to the same standard, trying to take himself out for the same reasons.

Michael Jones

This episode gave some good views of the Easter Eggs in Luthen's shop. A mystical tablet from Rebels, Twilek Kalikoris, a Gungan skull, one of Amidala's headdresses... I'll bet theres some seriously deep cuts we never got to see in there.

Over50Gamer

All I can say is this was such a powerful episode... That slow fadeout was fitting for the end of a person who laid so much of the groundwork for the Rebellion.

Darian Harman

I've been watching, reading and playing Star Wars titles for the majority of my life. However, I never really had a favorite character. I had always loved the world it was building, the creatures, the tech, the over-the-top Emperor. However, while I adored the characters, I never really felt connected to any of them. Not in any real way, at least. Sure, Yoda was cool, wise and amusing, but he always felt larger than life and fantastical (which is totally fitting for Star Wars, and the story they were telling). I liked Leia because she had a smart-ass mouth. Darth Vader was badass. Han was a likeable jackass. Etc, etc. I never quite found my "Samwise Gamgee" of Star Wars. That is, until we meet Rose Tico in The Last Jedi. She was probably the first live-action Star Wars character that made me think, "Damn, she is really ABOUT this shit". It was like Star Wars finally had a heartbeat. When she gets so angry looking at the excessive lavishness of the rich and powerful as they rake in untold profit amid the re-emergence of fascism in the galaxy, something like that just feels more poignant to me. "Not fighting what we hate. Saving what we love". That's good, human storytelling right there. Then, last year, Andor Season 2 comes out. Kleya starts taking on a more front-facing role. I noticed myself staring only at her even when she's in the background, out of focus, because she's starting to feel like the real "spine" of the rebellion. Her personality begins to more-directly reflect the implications of the narrative: Cassian: "I need to start making my own decisions". Kleya: "I thought that's what we were fighting for". Then, we get this episode. Instantly my favorite Star Wars character EVER. Including books, games, movies and animation. I've had a year to marinate on it, and my thoughts have not shifted. And that's to say nothing of the two actresses who brought her to life with their unbelievable performances. I could write 50 more paragraphs about how much I love this show, and how her character fits into this story.