10 Best Episodes of ‘Andor’ Season 1

‘Andor’ tracks Cassian Andor as he moves from a small time survivor to a key figure in the early Rebel Alliance within the ‘Star Wars’ galaxy. The story follows him across Ferrix, Morlana One, Aldhani, Coruscant, and the prison world of Narkina 5 while Imperial Security Bureau officers tighten their grip. It also weaves in Mon Mothma’s political maneuvers on Coruscant and the covert network run by Luthen Rael with help from his assistant Kleya.

Season 1 unfolds in connected arcs that build step by step. Episodes 1 to 3 cover Ferrix and the Pre Mor security response. Episodes 4 to 6 focus on the Aldhani garrison heist timed to a rare celestial event. Episode 7 shows the Imperial crackdown that follows. Episodes 8 to 10 center on the Narkina 5 prison. Episodes 11 and 12 return to Ferrix for the funeral that draws every thread together.

Kassa

Episode 1 introduces Cassian on Morlana One as he searches for a lead about his sister in a brothel and becomes entangled with two Pre Mor security officers. The confrontation spills outside and ends with one officer dead and the other killed after pleading, which triggers a corporate investigation led by Syril Karn and Sergeant Linus Mosk.

Flashbacks reveal the Kenari tribe and a young Kassa exploring a crashed Republic mining ship before Maarva and Clem take him from the planet. On Ferrix we meet Bix Caleen, Brasso, and B2EMO, and we see the salvage trade that shapes daily life. These events put Cassian on a path that will bring Luthen Rael to his door.

Reckoning

Episode 3 brings Luthen to Ferrix to meet the skilled tinkerer who has been selling parts through Bix. Syril leads a raid on Ferrix after tracing Cassian’s movements and the search narrows to an old foundry where Cassian plans to sell a valuable Imperial component.

The townspeople strike metal to raise an alarm while squads sweep the streets and alleys. Timm is shot by jittery officers after trying to reach Bix, and the foundry becomes a staging ground for an ambush that lets Luthen and Cassian escape on a speeder. The flashbacks show Maarva taking young Kassa from Kenari as Pre Mor officers loot the crash site.

Episode 4 sends Cassian to Aldhani under the alias Clem to join Vel’s small unit hidden in the highlands above an Imperial garrison. The team includes Cinta, Taramyn, Arvel Skeen, and Karis Nemik, and they prepare to steal the payroll that moves through the base during a local festival called the Eye.

On Coruscant, Luthen runs a front as a gallery owner and lays out his broader network while Kleya helps maintain cover. Mon Mothma begins working with banker Tay Kolma to mask funding transfers. Inside the ISB, Major Partagaz pushes analysts to find patterns in scattered incidents and Dedra Meero starts building a case around stolen Imperial tech.

The Eye

Episode 6 covers the night of the Aldhani heist as the team infiltrates the garrison while the Eye lights the sky. The rebels hold the Commandant and his family at gunpoint to force access to the vault while Lieutenant Gorn clears a path inside the base.

The operation faces setbacks when a firefight breaks out during the escape and Taramyn and Gorn are killed. Nemik is crushed during the getaway and Skeen later proposes keeping the money with Cassian, who responds by shooting him and paying Vel before departing. Cinta remains on Aldhani in an Imperial uniform as the Empire begins a local sweep.

Announcement

Episode 7 shows the Empire imposing the Public Order Resentencing Directive after Aldhani which lengthens sentences and grants new powers to security forces. ISB meetings give Dedra leverage to pursue her theory that scattered thefts point to a coordinated rebel effort while Syril returns to Coruscant and takes a desk job in the Bureau of Standards.

Cassian returns to Ferrix to settle debts and sees that his actions have drawn Imperial attention to the town. He leaves and travels to the beach world of Niamos where a shoretrooper stops him during a disturbance and a KX security droid restrains him. A local magistrate sentences him to six years on charges tied to loitering and disorder.

Narkina 5

Episode 8 moves to the Narkina 5 facility where prisoners work on assembly lines and floors are electrified to enforce control. Cassian is assigned to Unit 5 2 on Level 2 under floor manager Kino Loy and learns the rules for shifts, food, and nightly lights out.

Elsewhere, Syril seeks a chance to clear his name and Dedra questions him about the Ferrix incident, then detains Bix after tracing communications to Luthen’s operation. Mon Mothma works the Senate while her household guard and social calendar hide private meetings with Tay. The prison scenes outline hand signals between tables and a scoreboard that tracks daily output.

Nobody’s Listening!

Episode 9 shows Cassian quietly sawing a water pipe and using tools to prepare an escape while Kino monitors productivity. A worker named Ulaf collapses and a medic explains that an entire level was killed after a prisoner newly released was reassigned to another level, which confirms that no one is being freed.

At the ISB, Dr Gorst uses an audio device to interrogate Bix while Dedra closes in on Ferrix. Mon Mothma continues to face a funding gap and weighs hidden channels with Tay as surveillance grows. Kino hears the truth about sentencing and begins to listen to Cassian’s plan for a coordinated breakout during a shift change.

One Way Out

Episode 10 delivers the Narkina 5 prison break as Cassian bursts a water line to short the electrified floors. Kino steps to the console room and speaks over the intercom to tell every level to rise up and run for the docks, and the inmates flood the walkways toward the exit.

Prisoners leap into the open water to swim away while guard crews lose control and alarms echo across the complex. Kino cannot swim and remains at the edge while Cassian reaches the sea with Melshi. The ISB uses the fallout to bait rebel leadership by protecting a source and allowing a separate plot to proceed.

Daughter of Ferrix

Episode 11 follows Cassian and Melshi across the Narkina coast and back to Niamos to retrieve credits and a blaster before Cassian places a call to Ferrix. Maarva dies off screen and the authorities allow a funeral that will gather townspeople along Rix Road, which draws the attention of the ISB, Syril, and Luthen.

Mon Mothma meets with Davo Sculdun and hears his proposal to connect their families through their children while Tay tracks the books. Luthen visits Saw Gerrera and convinces him to sit out a planned operation, then escapes an Imperial Arrestor cruiser when his Fondor deploys countermeasures and disables pursuing TIE fighters.

Rix Road

Episode 12 brings the Ferrix funeral procession that begins with the anvil and a marching band through the streets. A hologram from Maarva’s brick urges residents to resist and a crowd surges as Wilmon Paak’s device explodes and fighting spreads across the square.

Dedra is caught by locals and Syril pulls her into a shop to get clear. Vel and Cinta follow an ISB watcher while Brasso and others guide people out through alleys. Cassian finds Bix in an Imperial holding site and frees her, then boards Luthen’s ship and offers a choice to kill him or take him in. A post credit scene reveals the parts made in the prison as components of the superlaser dish that powers the Death Star.

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