Andor episode 8, «Narkina 5,» brings a new villain into the mix named Kino Loy, who’s played by a familiar face: Andy Serkis, who played Snoke in the sequels.
Andy Serkis finally has made his triumphant return to the Star Wars universe thanks to the latest episode of Andor. 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.
Serkis’ character in Andor episode 8 is named Kino Loy. Despite being a prisoner of the Empire himself, Kino makes it clear which side he’s on. 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.
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.
