Mon Mothma’s engaging Senate speech is undermined by whispers throughout the chamber. He’ll take his cut of the credits and a different ship and go. Vel hands Cassian the dead man’s manifesto and he hands her the kyber crystal. The only rebellion he cares about is his own.Ĭassian shoots the man, ending his plans to steal half the money for himself and attempting to return inside to a slightly better outcome. In a quiet moment between Cassian and Skeen, everything begins to unravel once more. There may be hope - Vel and the doctor are trying to save one of their own. Vel knows of a doctor who might be able to save Nemik. Their escape is, technically, successful. In one final act of heroism, Nemik guides Cassian through the Eye.
During takeoff, Nemik is literally crushed by capitalism, but despite the containers of credits smashing into him at full force, he remains alive. The ship takes off, fighters in close pursuit. But everyone else seemingly makes it out of there unscathed. Or something like that.Īs expected, the actual act of stealing the credits and loading them into the freighter is tense and chaotic. Cassian was right in Rogue One when he said even rebels had to do unspeakable things to grant them their victories.
Once Gorn leads the group into the base, Commandant Beehaz’s wife and son are immediately held at gunpoint as the group forces the officer to follow them to the vault. As does the shower of meteorites cultivating in the exact celestial event that is meant to allow said heist to end successfully. WARNING: The following contains SPOILERS for Andor Season 1, Episode 6.