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Luthen has clearly been studying space Stanislavski. Skarsgård is once again magnificent in this side of the role, and the multilayered performance makes his meeting with Mon a delight to watch.

It's awesome to see her in this paranoid setting - the Empire is clearly onto her, but she's too prominent to dispose of.Īs Luthen returns to Coruscant, he dons a lush curly wig, a fabulous outfit and foppish demeanor as part of his cover - the proprietor of a fancy antique store catering to the capital's elites. She's secretly spearheading the nascent Rebel Alliance and basically the anti-Palpatine.

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Filling the role here is Genevieve O'Reilly, who portrayed the character in Revenge of the Sith (though most of her scenes were deleted), Rogue One, and CGI animated series Rebels. Mon Mothma, whom you might remember from her iconic 'Many Bothans died…' speech in Return of the Jedi. The Imperials do plenty of sneering at each other as they try to climb the ladder - this could be boring, but everyone is so fabulously dressed and the acting is so good that it's all super engaging.ĭid I mention how much I like their uniforms? He pretty much tells her to stay in her lane.

Her snide boss, Major Partagaz (Anton Lesser, whom you might remember playing creepy ex-Maester Qyburn in Game of Thrones), doesn't think there's enough evidence and is too focused on maintaining bureaucracy to take a closer look. Hearing about the mess the corporate security force made on Ferrix as it tried to catch Cassian, she becomes intrigued even though it's outside her purview - ultimately suggesting that it hints at an organized rebel effort. The Empire's structure isn't keeping up with her.Īmong the impeccably tailored, and probably the show's main Imperial baddy, is Supervisor Dedra Meero ( Denise Gough). You might recall Orson Krennic from Rogue One dressing in a similar outfit he's a director in the ISB-linked Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research and secretly working on the Death Star at this point in the timeline.ĭedra Meero is ahead of the game. This law enforcement and intelligence agency is responsible for keeping the citizenry firmly under the regime's control, and is generally scary and nasty.īut damn, these people look excellent in their white uniforms. The fabulously dressed Galactic EmpireĬORUSCANT, THE GALACTIC CAPITAL - A chunk of this episode takes us to the seat of Palpatine's Empire and introduces the villains of the Imperial Security Bureau, or ISB. Luthen reveals that he came to Ferrix to recruit Cassian to join a heist on the quarterly payroll for the entire Imperial sector - presumably as a way to bankroll the rebellion while hurting the enemy. It's essentially a repeat of Luthen's speech back on Ferrix, but Skarsgård is so magnetic that I'd happily watch him riff on this same point a million different ways. 'So what I'm asking you is this: Wouldn't you rather give it all at once to something real, than carve off useless pieces until there's nothing left?' 'You'll ultimately die fighting these bastards,' the charismatic recruiter says. The nihilist Cassian reckons fighting the Empire is a waste of time - better to live whatever life you can carve out under that regime. HYPERSPACE - Luthen continues to be supercool as he convinces Cassian to join the rebel cause, reasoning that he's already earned a death sentence by stealing from the Empire. Let's check out our hero's new situation, see how the seeds of rebellion are being planted at the heart of galactic power and meet our impeccably tailored baddies. On the run from the law, Cassian ( Diego Luna) escaped with rebel recruiter Luthen Rael ( Stellan Skarsgård) for parts unknown.

Life in this galaxy kinda sucks in this era, when Emperor Palpatine's forces are expanding their sphere of influence and enveloping ordinary folk in a vicelike grip.

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The show takes place five years before 2016 spinoff movie Rogue One, which revealed the events leading into the original Star Wars film, A New Hope.

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