Main cast: Diego Luna (Cassian Andor), Genevieve O’Reilly (Mon Mothma), Denise Gough (Dedra Meero), Adria Arjona (Bix Caleen), Alan Tudyk (K-2SO), Benjamin Bratt (Bail Organa), Faye Marsay (Vel Sartha), Elizabeth Dulau (Kleya Marki), Alastair Mackenzie (General Perrin Fertha) Muhannad Bhaier (Wilmon Paak), Anton Lesser (Major Lio Partagaz), Duncan Pow (Melshi), Alistair Petrie (General Davits Draven), Jacob James Beswick (Supervisor Heert), Ben Mendelsohn (Orson Krennic), and Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera)
Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios

First, let me try to explain the title of the episode: Jedha, Kyber, Erso.

Jedha is the Holy Land™ of Star Wars, a moon that’s basically Space Mecca for Force-religion types. It’s the site of the first real Death Star test in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, where Grand Moff “I Need More Highlighter” Tarkin casually blows it off the map. Jedha’s a big deal because it’s a sacred place for ancient Force believers, including the Guardians of the Whills. Remember Donnie Yen’s blind kung fu monk and his heavily armed, permanently unimpressed boyfriend from that movie? They are part of the Guardians.

Kyber—and yes, the episode spells it as Khyber, but it’s likely meant to be Kyber—crystals are what power lightsabers and the Death Star’s planet-killer laser. They’re mined on Jedha, among other places, and are sacred to Jedi tradition. In Rogue One, the Empire is strip-mining Jedha for these crystals to fuel the Death Star’s laser, which is where the religious angle meets the sci-fi WMD narrative.

Galen Erso is the galaxy’s saddest science dad, who’s guilt-tripped into building the Death Star but leaves a sneaky backdoor flaw so his kid Jyn can nuke it later. He’s the reason that Rogue One exists.

So, taken together, these three names are essentially a Rogue One foreshadowing bingo card:

• The place (Jedha)
• The fuel (Kyber)
• The man who makes the pew-pew planet killer (Erso)

However, Moff Tarkin and Galen Erso are nowhere in sight in this episode. Not even a holo-message or a blurry background cameo. Jedha gets a nod, but the episode mostly feels like a shuffle through side quests no one RSVP’d to.

Classic Andor move right there — teasing you with a title that’s basically a Star Wars Greatest Hits playlist, and then forgetting to invite the main acts to the party. It’s like a band naming their tour “Bowie, Prince, Mercury” and then playing only backup dancers doing interpretive dance routines.

So yeah, the episode’s title is basically a clickbait mixtape that says: “Here’s the juicy stuff you’re waiting for!” but instead serves you a lukewarm cup of “Not quite!”

As for the finale itself, they opt to wrap up the season by throwing all the loose ends into a blender, hitting ‘liquify’, and then pouring it into a lukewarm cup of meh” It’s not a finale as much as it’s a half-hearted ‘see you next time’ — an awkward warm-up act for Rogue One.

Partagaz opts for the “I quit life” move instead of taking his chances with imperial justice, which is either cowardice or excellent timing to dodge any future scripts.

Meanwhile, Deedra Meero is sentenced to the prison we visited in season one, the very place Andor had to be basically kidnapped out of because he couldn’t do his own heavy lifting. And let’s be honest, Meero didn’t have a fraction of Andor’s plot armor, so poof, she’s gone without much fanfare. Honestly, what was her job description again? Stern gaze specialist?

Marki and Mon Mothma join the rebels and get the full “Welcome to the squad!” warm hug from Vel Sartha, because nothing says “rebel alliance” like awkward handshakes and suddenly everyone pretending to be besties forever. Friendship bracelet ceremony pending.

Andor is off to Rogue One, to finally get some character growth, plot significance, and a personality that doesn’t scream “background filler with occasional sighs”. It’s almost heartbreaking to think the guy was this dull for so long, but hey, better late than never?

Bix — or Box? She’s now a farmer with their baby, looking wistfully at Andor and K-2SO soaring above. Honestly, if these two weren’t such nondescript characters, maybe that moment would have meant something. Instead, it’s just a ‘meh’ postcard from the land of lost potential.

So, there you have it: all the fresh faces the show introduced — who we thought might be the next big thing — get quietly dropped, sidelined, or extinguished without making a ripple in the Star Wars pond. Meero’s claim to fame? Being the punchline to Karn’s eternal simp saga. The rest? Just background noise.

Finally, the most milquetoast protagonist in the galaxy finally ends his journey… and we can all breathe free. Free from the endless wandering, the pointless plotlines, the “Will he? Won’t he?” whines, and the “What exactly did I just watch?” moments.

And with that, the curtain falls. Andor is done. May the Force grant us all better TV shows ahead.