Image via Matt Towers; Netflix, Everett Collection By Cameryn Barnett Published Sep 12, 2026, 11:43 PM EDT Cameryn Barnett is a film and television features writer who joined Collider in April 2024. In addition to regularly pitching on old classics and new releases, they have contributed several video scripts and video lists to the magazine, and they will look for any excuse to cover upcoming anime franchises and fantasy projects. As a Gen Z nerd who grew up in the early 2000s, Cameryn has been obsessed with the Marvel Cinematic Universe since its inception, has religiously binged every series to come out of the DCAU , and has a nostalgic soft spot for everything Avatar: The Last Airbender . They are also still in the midst of long-running obsessions with all things Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings , tragically know more about the Targaryen line of succession than real royalty, and are still delusionally waiting for The Acolyte Season 2 to be renewed. Sign in to your Collider account Add Us Add on Google Preferred Source Google News Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Andor may be over, but Kyle Soller 's performance as Syril Karn remains one of the show's strangest and most memorable. Across the series' two seasons, Syril evolves from an obsessive bureaucrat into a pawn in the Empire's plans for Ghorman, with his increasingly complicated relationship with Dedra Meero ( Denise Gough ) ultimately ending in tragedy. By the time Syril realizes just how thoroughly he has been manipulated, his devotion to order has already helped put him on a collision course with Cassian Andor ( Diego Luna ) and the Ghorman resistance. Soller's performance makes that downfall unexpectedly emotional, especially as Syril's carefully controlled exterior begins to fall apart.
Given just how well Soller embodies Syril's desperation, severity, and growing disillusionment, it may be surprising for Star Wars fans to learn that the actor has already played an even more openly vulnerable character in another acclaimed sci-fi series. Back in 2023, Soller starred in the Netflix sci-fi hit Bodies , showing off his softer side and giving the series its most poignant love story as London Detective Inspector Alfred Hillinghead.
A critically acclaimed release in its own right , Bodies is a thrilling adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name that broke into Netflix's Top 10 following its release . For viewers who were impressed by Soller's tragic turn in Andor , the eight-part sci-fi mystery offers an even clearer showcase for his emotional range.
Bodies is also a healthy mix of time travel and good old-fashioned (literally) murder. The series' plot revolves around detectives in four time periods — 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053 — all of whom suddenly stumble upon the same body ( Tom Mothersdale ) appearing in all four years at once in the same exact spot. As the investigators each follow their own leads to understand this mystery victim's identity, cause of death, and the motivation behind the killing, both the audience and detectives alike are pulled into a conspiracy spanning centuries, one that seeks to reshape the world into a new, dystopian order and ensure that everyone knows what it means to feel loved.
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