Meet Andor's Kino Loy, One Of The Most Complex Star Wars Characters Ever [Exclusive]

The video has some insight from Serkis, explaining that Kino is a longtime prisoner at the Empire's isolated Narkina 5 facility, which uses prison labor to mass-manufacture parts for the Imperial war machine. What are these parts for? We are never told. It doesn't seem like Kino knows, and he doesn't care either. He's there to supervise the men on his shift and do a good job so that his time in this miserable place is a little less miserable. He is someone who counts the shifts until he can reach the end of his sentence with the promise of an eventual release. The promise of resuming normal life, even if it has to be under Imperial rule. Beneath all that crispness and tough exterior, there's a certain optimism about him.

One ​​thing "Star Wars" has done remarkably well since its inception is create characters that get very little screen time but become deeply compelling. Boba Fett is the classic example, having appeared within minutes in the original trilogy, saying next to nothing and becoming one of the franchise's most popular characters. Kino isn't quite as sexy as Boba Fett, in terms of looks, but he scratches the same itch – he's instantly magnetic. A lot of that has to do with Serkis, who wears his own skin as a performer here and delivers everything.

Often we get Serkis under layers of CGI, like Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings', Caesar in 'Planet of the Apes' or Snoke in the 'Star Wars' sequel trilogy. Here though, we get Serkis in nothing but an orange and white prison jumpsuit giving a raw performance. One that probably deserves an Emmy in the not too distant future.