Andor Rewatch, Episode 5: The Axe Forgets
Children of the Watch: A Star Wars After Show
Children of the Watch
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Join Children of the Watch as we continue our Rix Road to Andor Season 2! To get pumped the the newest Star Wars show's release, we're going back to the incredible first season that was Andor Season 1. Today, we'll be breaking down the fifth episode to discuss the story, characters, setting, lore, easter eggs, and connections to the larger Star Wars universe.
Will Syril Carn end up on the side of the Rebellion in Season 2? Does Cassian have a thing for Cinta? Is he telling the truth about spending time in a youth detention center?
Plus, we give some additional thoughts on the Andor Season 2 trailer, as well as how we're going to cover the show with its abbreviated release schedule!
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| 0:00.0 | Alex, I cannot wait to break down Andor the first season, episode five with you on our rewatch episode. |
| 0:19.2 | We're getting geared up for Andor, and it's right around the corner. |
| 0:23.8 | And the proof is in the pudding. |
| 0:26.2 | We now have a trailer. |
| 0:28.2 | You've already done your reaction, you're giving your thoughts and everything to the listeners. |
| 0:32.4 | I just wanted to chime in a little bit. |
| 0:35.6 | I didn't get to be on that one. |
| 0:36.9 | I was in transit. |
| 0:39.6 | But, um, yeah. |
| 0:40.8 | So we have an Andor season two trailer now. |
| 0:45.1 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:47.7 | Um, just like my, my thoughts were, you know, first off, the trailer itself has a very |
| 0:53.7 | different feel like than any star |
| 0:55.9 | war's trailer i think before the skeleton crew trailer similar was similar but this one just kind |
| 1:01.7 | of took that to 11 um in terms of having the the song more um they were trying to showcase a |
| 1:09.3 | much different tone um than i think we associate with Andor. |
| 1:14.5 | And, you know, whether that means that season two |
| 1:16.8 | actually does have a different tone |
| 1:19.1 | or whether or not that's just for the purposes of marketing. |
| 1:22.3 | We'll see. |
| 1:24.5 | But off the bat, I did see just a lot more color, um, more people |
| 1:32.3 | interacting in ways that were not so dire all the time, you know, and maybe it's just |
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