Star Wars: Andor

[Hussar]

this is what I thought of when they started marching toward the imperials

They've always had a pretty strong Les Mis theme running all the way through the show.

 

[Aeson]

I got the feeling this show was more about showing life under Imperial rule. They threw action and intrigue in to spice it up a bit.

 

[Ryujin]

I got the feeling this show was more about showing life under Imperial rule. They threw action and intrigue in to spice it up a bit.

I'd say there's also more than a little Russian Revolution to it. you may make the proles angry enough to rebel, however, it's the landed Middle Class who push the revolution forward and fund it.

 

[pukunui]

In the last episode those two just kind of milled around doing nothing. They could have at least had some kind of confrontation with Andor at the hotel.

Agreed. Cinta should have had more to do than kill the undercover Imperial agent.

Talking of which, did Andor find Luthen's ship because he parked it in the same place? That's minus superspy points for him.

I noticed that as well ... but I suppose it's possible Luthen parked his ship in the same place because he wanted Andor to come find him.

 

[Rabulias]

It will also mean that the next 12 eps will be the last 2 seasons, so should have more room. This is all just me speculating based on the idea it was meant to be 5 seasons, who knows

As I understand it, season 2 will cover the next four years leading right up to Rogue One, with each year covered by three episodes. These stories will be condensed from and/or highlights from the original 5 year plan.

 

[Mallus]

In the last episode those two just kind of milled around doing nothing.

I think they showed the cost of being rebel insurgents, ie it cost them their relationship. They illustrated Luthen’s soliloquy to the mole.

I like that. In an inferior work, Cinta would never have made it off Aldhani.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think they showed the cost of being rebel insurgents, ie it cost them their relationship.

Without the rebellion, they wouldn't have had a relationship in the first place. I didn't see anything beyond the normal strains of a relationship with someone you also work with.

They illustrated Luthen’s soliloquy to the mole.

Not really. The idle rich and people with little to live for often jump at the chance of rebellion. It gives them something to live for that they wouldn't otherwise have.

I like that. In an inferior work, Cinta would never have made it off Aldhani.

Given that she didn't do anything afterwards, the "inferior work" would have been right. A "superior work" would have given her something to do.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I noticed that as well ... but I suppose it's possible Luthen parked his ship in the same place because he wanted Andor to come find him.

He looked very surprised then!

 

[pukunui]

He looked very surprised then!

Luthen’s a good actor. He could have been feigning surprise so Cassian wouldn’t realize his move had been anticipated.

 

[Justice and Rule]

This. It was well written and well-acted, and there was nothing like enough of it.

Instead, we got irrelevant and incoherent snapshots of Cassian's childhood, and a missing sister subplot that went nowhere.

What was incoherent or irrelevant? It all informs us of where Cassian came from and what he's about. He doesn't need these things to feel bad about leaving Maarva or caring deeply about Maarva, but they do give us an expanded context about their relationship, who they were, and why they feel the way they feel. They are hardly irrelevant.

And it's okay for some things to not be resolved. If anything, it adds to the realism of the entire situation: sometimes life interrupts what you want to do and changes everything. Cass killed a person, and that changed everything about where he was and where he was going; that doesn't mean it wasn't meaningful, it just means that he hasn't been able to get back to it. Perhaps he never gets back to it, but that doesn't make it irrelevant, it just means his life has changed in such a way that he can't or he doesn't desire to.