Maarva Andor, Andor
When Cassian Andor’s adoptive mother Maarva died off-screen, we were truly flummoxed why legendary actor Fiona Shaw would have taken such a small, one-dimensional role. But when the season one finale arrived, we finally understood—only someone with Shaw’s level of talent could give Maarva’s unbelievably stirring, incendiary funeral speech, exhorting the people of Ferrix to rise up against the Empire. (If only she’d gotten to say “fuck.”)
