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From: "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-05-29 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 12:37:50 -0700
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On 5/30/25 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

> What did you watch?

Just 3 episodes of "Andor":

Andor (Disney+) - Ep's #2.7-2.9 (again, these were "one year later", so 
were up to BBY 2).
    These were quite good, esp. ep. #2.9. (Everyone on Reddit raves 
about the second-to-last episode of "Paradise" being so good, but I 
though "Andor" 2.9 was more suspenseful (even though we already know Mon 
Mothma's fate).)
    So, both seasons of "Andor" follow the same pattern - a slow start 
(arguably a *really* slow start), but then gets really good in the 
middle and at the end.
    The first two episodes, ep's #2.7 & 2.8, primarily are concerned 
with the fruition of the EVOL!1! Imperials plan to "liquidate" the 
population of Ghorman, which Cassian witnesses first-hand, in order to 
get the sacred mineral(tm!) that they need for the EVOL! (secret!!) 
Death Star. Somebody in this set gets righteously wasted, but another 
villain is given more silliness to make he seem "human" (they shouldn't 
have bothered...).
    Ep. #2.9 concerns the Ghorman fallout, with Mon Mothma set to give a 
speech to the Imperial Senate which will get her arrested, so Luthen 
tasks Cassian with the job of getting her off-planet afterwards, as Bail 
Organa's extraction crew has been infiltrated by Imperial assassin 
scum!! Cassian handles the task with murderous aplomb (much to Mon 
Mothma's shock and horror!). So we finally find out how Mothma gets to 
Yavin, like in the moovee!! In the end, Bix shines Cassian on, just to 
keep him working in the rebellion! (I wonder if we will see Bix at all 
in the final 3 episodes?...) Ouch! But, it's OK - at the very end, 
Cassian gets a new droid friend!!  :)
    Looking forward to the last 3 epies - likely won't get to them 
today, so I will save them for Saturday.


What did you watch?