ANDOR Star Kyle Soller On Syril Karn's Fate During Episode 8's Devastating Battle - SPOILERS

ANDOR Star Kyle Soller On Syril Karn's Fate During Episode 8's Devastating Battle - SPOILERS

Episode 8 of Andor season 2 proved to be a tough watch for a number of reasons, and star Kyle Soller has now weighed-in on the fate of his character, Syril Karn...

By MarkCassidy - May 08, 2025 01:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Via SFF Gazette.com

After obsessively hunting Diego Luna's Cassian Andor since the very first episode of Andor, Syril Karn finally got his hands on the Rebel pilot in season 2, episode 8 - but a moment's hesitation ended up costing him everything.

Towards the end of "Who Are You?," Syril learns the truth about the Empire's evil plans for Ghorman, and stumbles through the protestors in a daze before catching sight of Andor just as he's about to assassinate Dedra Meero.

Karn brutally attacks the man he views as his sworn enemy, ultimately managing to gain the upper hand when they are both knocked down by a nearby grenade blast. Syril is about to shoot his nemesis (the one he created in his mind, at least), but Andor's question - "who are you?" - causes him to hesitate, and he is shot dead by revolutionary leader Carro Rylanze.

A sad end for a pathetic, but fascinating character who realized far too late that he had dedicated himself to a regime built on lies and conquest.

“He built up this totem of Cassian, this kind of voodoo doll, and the fact that he wasn’t even a blip on Cassian’s radar is crushing to him,” Syril actor Kyle Soller tells The Hollywood Reporter. “He’s so desperate to be remembered and to make a difference, and it’s a cut too deep by that point. He’s been betrayed by Dedra and the Empire, and now his one true obsession doesn’t even think he’s worth remembering. He’s heartbroken.”

Despite witnessing the Empire’s massacre of innocent protestors, Soller doesn’t believe Syril would’ve defected to the Rebellion even if he had survived.

“I still don’t think he would’ve joined the rebel side. I don’t think he would’ve joined a side at all,” he speculates. “I think he would’ve been so traumatized by those last ten minutes that he would just wander off somewhere to live alone.” 

What did you make of these latest three episodes of Andor and Syril's demise? Let us know in the comments section.

Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.

Rife with political intrigue, danger, tension, and high stakes, the series is a prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which portrayed a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire’s weapon of mass destruction: The Death Star, setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film.

Andor sets the clock back five years from the events of Rogue One to tell the story of the film’s hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation from disinterested, cynical nobody into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.

Says creator and executive producer Tony Gilroy, “One of the great thrills of making ‘Andor’ is the scale of the story and the number of characters we’re able to meet -- ordinary people, Imperial overlords, passionate revolutionaries. They are real people making epic decisions, all of them staring down questions with terrifying consequences. Cassian’s journey is the soul and spine of our story, but it’s the choir that makes the show. I’m so excited for audiences to see where we go in Season 2.”

The final season will unfold over 12 episodes, broken down into four chapters of three episodes each. The first chapter will premiere April 22, with subsequent chapters debuting each week.

Andor Season 2 stars Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgård, Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Alan Tudyk, with Ben Mendelsohn and Forest Whitaker. The series was created by Tony Gilroy, who also serves as an executive producer along with Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna, Luke Hull and John Gilroy.

Gilroy wrote the first three episodes, with Beau Willimon writing episodes 4-6, Dan Gilroy penning episodes 7-9 and Tom Bissell putting pen to paper for episodes 10-12. The directors for the series are Ariel Kleiman (Eps. 1-6), Janus Metz (Eps. 7-9) and Alonso Ruizpalacios (Eps. 10-12).

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/8/2025, 1:02 PM
I'm not reading. Haven't watched this week's block of episodes but I hear they are next level. Today I will consume. I've been too busy and last couple of evenings I've been too tired to adequately give these three hours my dedicated and unadulterated attention. Hope they are brilliant!
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 5/8/2025, 1:37 PM
@McMurdo - Truly top notch Star Wars
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/8/2025, 1:37 PM
@Wahhvacado - these episodes specifically? Or you mean the show in general. Super hyped for these three hours.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 5/8/2025, 1:39 PM
@McMurdo - The show in general but these episode are probably the best to date
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/8/2025, 1:42 PM
@Wahhvacado - fantastic to hear man. It seems like it's all been leading to this block of episodes on Ghorman. Time to go dark before I get anything spoiled 😌
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/8/2025, 1:44 PM
@McMurdo - My friend...all I will say is... Brace yourself.

It brilliant...but gut wrenching.
Wahhvacado
Wahhvacado - 5/8/2025, 1:48 PM
@McMurdo - Enjoy!
McMurdo
McMurdo - 5/8/2025, 1:49 PM
@Nomis929 - YESSSSSSSS LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. the build up has been fantastic thus far. Ready for the pay off!!!
kylo0607
kylo0607 - 5/8/2025, 3:18 PM
@McMurdo - Episodes 8 & 9 are easily some of the best Star Wars content you will ever see.

Enjoy!
stevezegers
stevezegers - 5/8/2025, 1:05 PM
That "who are you" was such a gut punch. Great episodes.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 5/8/2025, 1:19 PM
More people watched bantha poodoo The Acoshite than Andor season 2.
Nomis929
Nomis929 - 5/8/2025, 1:50 PM
Such sophisticated Star Wars storytelling. Excellent.

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/8/2025, 1:58 PM
RIP to the Dwight Schrute of the Star Wars Universe…

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Kidding aside , Kyle Soller did a great job playing this driven , ambitious , insecure and somewhat pitiable character…

He would give the slightest of facial expression or tics and you would know what the guy is feeling which is a sign of a great actor.

I hope to see him in more projects moving forward since I think this was my first time seeing him in anything!!.
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 5/8/2025, 2:13 PM
Just finish Episode 8, loving it.
MisterBones
MisterBones - 5/8/2025, 3:44 PM
How they handled him in this episode was masterful

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