Andor, season 2: the spectacular episode 8 told of the interior
Without a doubt the best episode of this season, the revolt ended up exploding on the Ghorman planet and it did damage. Explanations.
After taking a little time to set off, season 2 ofAndor Finally find his ambition in episode 8, apotheosis of the intrigue on Ghorman, fascinating painting of a rebellion crushed by an authoritarian power manipulating the info, the masses … and the weapons.
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After learning the real reason for the occupation of this mining planet, the strange agent of the Empire Syril Karn came out of the offices of the ISB, dazed … until his gaze crosses that of the man he had tracked with obsession – in vain – to the point of losing everything: Cassian Andor. A fierce fight followed between Syril and Cassian (embodied by Diego Luna), a tense confrontation that ended with Syril pointing his blaster on the man who haunted his life. But when shooting, Cassian looks at him and just asks: “Who are you?” Stunned, Syril slowly drops his weapon. He will not have time to answer. A bullet pulled by Carro Rylanz (interpreted by Richard Sammel), head of the resistance of Ghorman, brutally ends his life.
“It was a sad death, and perfectly devoid of heroism for a character who has never really been lucky”explain Tony Gilroycreator of Andorhas Entertainment Weekly. He thus justifies this tragic death, without emphasis:
“It is a Greek tragedy in the background: the thing on which you have built all your life does not even know that you exist. Everything it has been built, everything it has endured, does not even count. It is just stunned. He can no longer breathe at that time. The guy who ruined his life, that he has pursued for four years, he finally keeps it! life of this poor Syril. “
The actor Kyle Sollerwho embodies Syril, tells EW how he lived it from the inside. A “Death of such intensity … all the betrayal he feels, on the part of Dedra and the Empire, he channels her at this moment on the one he holds responsible for all his misfortunes. He explodes and projects all his rage on Cassian. And then … this last blow of grace: Cassian does not recognize him and it’s brutal. “
Finally, who was this funny bureaucrat, with an overly invasive mother and a companion too powerful for him? “”Syril may be rushing in illusions, but in his head, he sincerely thought he was doing good in his small portion of Empire, very far from the upper spheres. And in a way, he did what he just believed. He thought he was trapped with troublemakers and enforce the order. He sees himself as a good cop, which has an impact. “
But could he have changed and join the rebellion, as we all hoped for? It is very likely, according to Kyle Soller Who analyzes: “I think that at that time, he was deeply transformed by his passage to the Ghormans. He saw the two camps tear himself away, injure himself, provoke traumas … And he is completely disillusioned by the whole system. Leaving the Empire, it is like leaving a sect. He grew up dreaming of being part. In season 1, he has these little figurines in his bedroom, that he symbols. Dreams.
This will make his death even harder to digest for fans ofAndor. Season 2 will end next Wednesday on Disney Plus.
