‘Andor’ Episode 5 Recap: The Rebels’ Plan Comes Together, With Some Dangerous Tension
Star Wars series Andor continued its low-key rebellion on Wednesdayas episode 5 landed on Disney Plus. It follows on after Cassian (Diego Luna) got caught up with a ludicrously dangerous rebel plot to commit a heist on an Imperial garrison and snatch the payroll.
He doesn’t know it’s part of a wider rebellion being led by Senator Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) on galactic capital Coruscant. Working with recruiter Luther Rael (Stellan Skarsgard), she’s trying to avoid detection as she covertly gathers resources for the nascent Rebel Alliance against Empire, but spies are watching her every move.
Cassian also drew the attention of the Empire by stealing from themand Imperial Security Bureau Supervisor Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) suspects there’s a wider rebel movement at work.
The show takes place five years before Rogue Onewhich revealed the events leading into the original Star Wars film A New Hope, in an era when Imperial forces expand their totalitarian grip over the galaxy. Beware, SPOILERS lie ahead.
Rebel mistrust
ALDHANI — Much of this episode is spent with our extremely tense rebel heroes as they prepare for their operation at the Imperial garrison. They don’t trust the squirrelly Cassian — who’s still using his late adoptive father Clem’s name as his alias — since he was added to the crew at the last minute.
However, it’s also clear that they need his professional mercenary skills. He has a much better sense
