![]() ![]() It’s all just another lever of control for the Empire. But instead, Kino works a few dozen prisoners to the bone on one of Narkina 5’s hundred floors of nameless factories that produce the tiny cogs that make the Empire’s galaxy-crushing regime function. All of these are traits that the Rebels prize and we know their effort desperately needs. He’s smart, efficient, calculating, and clearly willing to accomplish his goals in spite of any cost - plus, thanks to Serkis, he’s absolutely jacked. In another life, Kino could have been one of the Rebellion’s most ardent defenders and generals. Kino’s yet another clear-eyed example of one of Andor’s driving ideas: The way the Empire wins is by turning its enemies against each other. The Imperial guards have given him authority over the prisoners on his factory floor, and he runs that floor with ironclad efficiency and seemingly genuine passion for the cruel work of overseeing the various manufacturing assembly lines and making sure that no one is slacking off for even a second - lest he have to use the facility’s electric torture floors. ![]() Despite being a prisoner of the Empire himself, Kino makes it clear which side he’s on. ![]() Serkis’ character in Andor episode 8 is named Kino Loy. The famed mo-cap actor shows up with no CGI adornment in episode 8, “ Narkina 5,” as the floor manager at Cassian’s factory-prison, where he gets to play a far more interesting and menacing character than his sequel trilogy character, Supreme Leader Snoke, ever was. Andy Serkis finally has made his triumphant return to the Star Wars universe thanks to the latest episode of Andor. ![]()
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