One of the many outstanding characters in Andor was Kino Loy, played by Andy Serkis. He was a prisoner of the Empire who was a day shift manager in the prison on Narkina 5, who eventually wound up leading an escape to freedom. But Kino's own journey to freedom was cut short when he revealed [...]
Star Wars Celebration London 2023 has wrapped, and it was a tremendous four-day weekend filled with celebrating Star Wars and plenty of announcements and reveals. There's a whole lot to discuss from the weekend, and we'll be doing that for weeks to come, but I thought it would be worthwhile to compile a list of [...]
As the year 2022 draws to a close, the Star Wars social media accounts have been posting a series of clips highlighting some of the best moments from Andor, the most recent live-action series. They posted four different clips, each of them a monologue from a key character in the series, and each of the [...]
One of the most tragic and heartbreaking moments in recent Star Wars memory came toward the end of Andor episode 10, when the prisoners are on the cusp of freedom. Staring out at the open sea in front of them, all they have to do is jump in and swim to safety. But Kino Loy, [...]
Andor episode 10 featured some of the best acting performances we've ever seen in Star Wars. We've become used to that in this series, as between Genevieve O'Reilly, Stellan Skarsgard, Diego Luna, Andy Serkis, and more the series has been packed with majestic performances, yet it's hard to top the monologue delivered by Skarsgard's Luthen [...]
A surprise addition to Andor's cast was Andy Serkis, whose appearance in the series was largely unknown until he appeared in episode 8 as the day shift manager for level 5 at the Imperial prison on Narkina 5, named Kino Loy. While initially appearing as a gruff leader just doing his job - and ensuring [...]
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