Andorks: A "Star Wars: Andor" Rewatch Podcast

You’ve been waiting for it, and it’s finally arrived: it’s time for Kino Loy is tell all of Narkina 5 that there is only. One. Way. Out.

So to mark the occasion, we're honored to be joined by our friend, writer and the host of X-Ray Vision and Wait a Second..., Jason Concepcion! Come along as we break down Andy Serkis’s monumental speech, talk about political recuperation, consider George Lucas’s un-pro...

The Serkis is in town, so we're making a detour.

ANDOR's Narkina 5 arc wouldn’t work without the profound performance of Andy Serkis as Kino Loy. He embodies the angers of a man trapped inside a political reality that seems unchangeable, let alone escapeable.

So when we heard he was making a CGI(!) reboot(!!) of George Orwell's Animal Farm (!!!) starring Seth Rogen (!!!!) released by Angel Studios (!!!!!) the studio behind SOUN...

This week on Andorks, just as our heroes bravely step out of the shop floor of Narkina 5-D, your hosts step out of their ideological safe space to welcome this week's guest, Eric Boehm, a libertarian(!!) journalist at Reason magazine!

Eric joins us as we cross the midpoint of ANDOR's Episode 10 "One Way Out" to talk about his interview with Tony Gilroy, libertarianism versus socialism, Shin Godzilla, the centrality of tariffs to bot...

Hannah Arendt once wrote that “the raison d’être of politics is freedom, and its field of experience is action”, and yeah, that’s kind of the core message of Star Wars, isn't it?

We’ll admit that your hosts here at Andorks haven’t read enough Arendt. So that’s why we’re so lucky to be joined by this week’s guest, professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ramzi ...

It's time to go WAY IN on "One Way Out"!

To help us kick off our escape from ANDOR Episode 10 and the Narkina 5 arc, we're honored to welcome our friend the culture writer Corey Atad! Together we analyze Kino and Cassian's arguments, say goodbye to Ulaf, and check in on Maarva, the ISB, and Anto Kreegyr.

Other topics include: Kathleen Kennedy's career, right-wing fashion, left-wing architecture, space gurneys, the career of Andy Serk...

“Mad but real.”

That's how Tony Gilroy described his goal for ANDOR in his original manifesto for the series. It's one of the many, many, many, insights included in the newly released book "The Art of Star Wars: Andor" by Phil Szostak. We originally had different plans for this Detour, but once we cracked this big boy open, we knew we had to detour from the detour and talk to you about our first impressions.

We find a t...

[extreme Jim Downey voice]: "𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘶𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘳?”

This week on ANDORKS, we’re delighted to be joined by television critic Sean T. Collins as we finally wrap up Andor's season 1, episode 9, “Nobody’s Listening”!

Together we explore the upper echelon of the galaxy, from banking and tax-dodging on Chandrilla to the intelligentsia of the ISB leadership o...

Do you like television shows about traitors and murderers in space? We know you do.

That’s why we’ve brought in an expert in the genre: Justin Michael, a writer on the new Among Us television show on Paramount+!

Justin joins us as we continue our way through Season 1 Episode 9, “Nobody’s Listening”, wherein we travel from the familial prison of Eedy Karn’s co-op apartment, to the literal prison on...

Here’s the story: a cynical dashing rogue, unfairly arrested and jailed by fascists, is forced to convince his fellow prisoners that escape is the only option. Also, his escape plan involves a toilet.

But no, we’re not talking about Cassian Andor on Narkina 5!

Of course we're talking about William Holden’s J.J. Sefton in Billy Wilder’s 1953 prison-of-war camp classic, Stalag 17.

For this week’s Andorks De...

Jane McAlevey once said that “organizing, at its core, is about raising expectations.” This week, it’s also about raising hell.

As we reach the midpoint of Andor S01E09 “Nobody’s Listening” – and the Narkina 5 arc as a whole – we figured we needed to discuss ORGANIZING. That's why we’re excited to be joined by our friend and political organizing expert, Sydney Ghazarian!

We talk ...

Does the Outer Rim have a Geneva Convention? Are there war crimes in Star Wars?

We ask this because we’re making our way through ANDOR Season 1 Episode 9 “Nobody’s Listening”, and well, it sure seems like we’re looking at some war crimes. We wanted to bring on An Actual Lawyer to talk us through it – that’s why we’re excited to welcome this week’s special guest: Charles Star, th...

"Nobody's Listening"? Well, not for long, because it's time for you to START listening as we kick-off our coverage of Episode 8 of Season 1 of ANDOR here on Andorks!

We're joined this week by our friend, the incredibly talented filmmaker and television writer, Nida Chowdhry! We dig deep into the crucial interrogation scene between Dedra Meero and Bix Caleen, meet Space Mengele, draw tenuous "Spaceballs" connections, talk Bollywood, ...

The Narkina 5 Arc on Andor isn't just inspired by George Lucas's original Star Wars movies. It's also deeply indebted to another George Lucas project... and we're not talking Strange Magic (yet).

So shave your head and pop your Political Repression Pills, because we're taking a DETOUR this week on ANDORKS to visit George Lucas' debut film THX 1138!

Join us as we explore a totalitarian nightmare in which sex is outlawed, compliance is...

We opened the Book of Saw this week, and now its time to take the trip to Segra Milo and visit Saw Gerrera's Partisans in their home base.

It's not hyperbole to say we've been looking forward to this episode since we had the idea for this podcast, and we couldn't think of a better guest than Shanti Singh, a tenant organizer from DSA San Francisco. Shanti knows a thing or two about leftist infighting, and in this episode we get to ta...

In a 1983 interview with Rolling Stone, Carrie Fisher said to "not forget that these movies are basically boys’ fantasies."

40 years later, has ANDOR improved on the franchise's reputation?

To answer that question and more, we're excited to welcome this week's special guest, the incredibly talent cosplayer and maker, Liz McFarland!

Together we begin to wrap up Season 1, Episode 7 "Narkina 5", check in on Kleya, Vel, Cinta, Mon, ...

We've waited months to get to talk about everyone's favorite radical revolutionary Che Guevara, I mean-- SAW GERRERA!

Yes, ahead of Saw's triumphant debut on "Andor" in Part 6 of "Narkina 5," we're taking a detour to explore the animated adventures of Saw Gerrera, from his origins in the never realized "Star Wars: Underworld" to his debut in "The Clone Wars" and reappearance in "Rebels."

Joining us on this detour is Vulture streaming...

We have lots of questions about the logistics of the prison barracks on Narkina 5. That's why we're glad to welcome our special guest, a journalist who has covered law enforcement courts and prisons at the Los Angeles Daily News and The OC Register, and labor organizer, Josh Cain!

Other discussion topics include NBA talk, pizza party prizes, the mother dyad of Eedy and Marva, California's somehow-legal slave labor program, cash bail...

Plop that eel into your effervescent glass of Chandrilan Squig and sit back as we continue our way through ANDOR Season 1, Episode 8, "Narkina 5"! 🪱🥂

We've got friends everywhere, and today we're psyched to be joined by Vulture critic and self proclaimed "Andor's Strongest Soldier", Roxana Hadadi. Together we compare and contrast Cassian's literal prison and Mon Mothma's personal prison, quote Gramsci, interrogate "Shooting and Cr...

What a joy, it's Kino Loy!

We're honored to be joined by film critic Siddhant Adlakha to ANDORKS as we continue our way through "Narkina 5" (both the episode and the actual prison)! We talk fascism, radicalism, additional foot talk, a much-needed correction on the status of another podcast host, the introduction of Andy Serkis' other Star Wars character, prison labor, Cerveza Cristal, and chinamaxxing.

Also a huge CONGRATULATION to S...