Andor Episode 6 Review

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for Andor episode 6.

The triple premiere of Andor, with two episodes of setup followed by a thrilling payoff, established that the Star Wars series’ serialized narrative would unfold in chunks of three episodes. The current three-episode chunk of Andor reaches its tense, action-packed climax this week in “The Eye.” After two weeks of planning, “The Eye” sees Cassian and his new Rebel allies finally pull off their daring, long-awaited Imperial heist against the backdrop of a local festival. Just as the first three episodes, directed by Toby Haynes and scripted by showrunner Tony Gilroy, told their own self-contained storyline leading into the next, “The Eye” and its two predecessors – directed by Susanna White and scripted by Tony’s brother Dan Gilroy – tell their own story of Cassian’s first Rebel adventure.

With a dazzling chase sequence, a bunch of elaborate disguises, and spies descending down the side of the Imperial base on wires, “The Eye” plays like Mission: Impossible in a galaxy far, far away. But, unlike most Star Wars shows, it’s not just mindless action. Thanks to two weeks’ worth of planning, the stakes of the heist have been clearly established. As with any great heist storyline, the plan doesn’t go off without a hitch. Once the audience knows how it’s supposed to go down, they also know when it all goes horribly wrong. The robbery is interrupted by a concerned corporal, the only hostage the spies have any leverage over has an unexpected heart attack, and a firefight breaks out between Imperial officers and the disguised Rebels lurking among them.

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Each installment of this three-part heist storyline has used the series’ more patient pacing