Spoilers Star Wars: Andor season 2

[Retros_x]

I finally finished Andor last night with my SO. It was really good! An actual good Star Wars series with great characters. But I don't think its as perfect as some people make it out to be. I think my main gripe is the clash of serious political tones with the fantastical over-the-top universe of Star Wars. It just clashes often in Andor. I think the series is at best when focussing on the rebels side, but whenever the Imperium is in focus I often can't take it seriously anymore because they are just a caricature. When the Intelligence officers stomp around with their theatrical antics it doesn't fit the serious, "realistic" tone that Andor tries to achieve. When the Death Star gets introduced in the old movies with their fantastical setting, you don't think too much about it - of course the evil empire has a super weapon. But in the "realistic" setting of Andor I couldn't help but think what an illogical project the Death Star is for a empire with no direct threat or competitor. I did like though the endings of many of the Imperial Intelligence officers in the last episodes, because that is indeed a more real depiction of fascists: They will destroy themselves.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

But in the "realistic" setting of Andor I couldn't help but think what an illogical project the Death Star is for a empire with no direct threat or competitor

Harrying of the North - Wikipedia

Genocide has long been a tool of control.

 

[pukunui]

I’m eagerly looking forward to what happens next

What happens next is Rogue One ... and then A New Hope. There won't be a third season of Andor.

 

[sevenbastard]

What happens next is Rogue One ... and then A New Hope. There won't be a third season of Andor.

Thats what you think....

Starwars will milk anything they think they can make a buck off of and bring it back.

Boba Fett, Darth Maul, The Emperor, all some how survive.

 

[Rabulias]

Harrying of the North - Wikipedia

Genocide has long been a tool of control.

This is very true, but @Retros_x has a solid point. The Empire may have a great number of supporters on a planet, and it would be illogical to destroy them along with Rebel elements (though totally on-brand). Additionally, planets have raw materials and resources which can be useful. Blowing up the planet destroys those resources. The Empire can commit genocide in many other ways.

 

[billd91]

This is very true, but @Retros_x has a solid point. The Empire may have a great number of supporters on a planet, and it would be illogical to destroy them along with Rebel elements (though totally on-brand). Additionally, planets have raw materials and resources which can be useful. Blowing up the planet destroys those resources. The Empire can commit genocide in many other ways.

There may be imperial supporters on a rebellious planet, but it's not like the Empire needs them like a democratic form of government would. Their obliteration will terrify the other systems just as effectively as wiping out rebels.

And, aside from organic resources, plenty of the planet's resources will probably remain harvestable once the planet is blasted into chunks. Though you are right that some, mainly organic, resources would probably be pretty valuable and couldn't be replicated by resource-rich asteroids or worlds that don't support lifeforms. So the Empire should be at least somewhat judicious about obliterating those worlds.

 

[MarkB]

This is very true, but @Retros_x has a solid point. The Empire may have a great number of supporters on a planet, and it would be illogical to destroy them along with Rebel elements (though totally on-brand). Additionally, planets have raw materials and resources which can be useful. Blowing up the planet destroys those resources. The Empire can commit genocide in many other ways.

And it does. They have whole sets of rules and protocols on the matter.

The point of the Death Star isn't that it gives them a capability they didn't already have, it's that it provides an immediate and overwhelming threat - genocide and destruction in one handy, easily-delivered package, only a hyperspace jump away.

 

[Micah Sweet]

And it does. They have whole sets of rules and protocols on the matter.

The point of the Death Star isn't that it gives them a capability they didn't already have, it's that it provides an immediate and overwhelming threat - genocide and destruction in one handy, easily-delivered package, only a hyperspace jump away.

You don't get much more intimidating than a planet-buster. Although, it must be noted that the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

 

[pukunui]

Thats what you think....

LOL. Andor was originally going to be 5 seasons, but they decided that wasn’t going to work, so they truncated it down to one second season consisting of four parts with one year time jumps in between.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

This is very true, but @Retros_x has a solid point. The Empire may have a great number of supporters on a planet, and it would be illogical to destroy them along with Rebel elements (though totally on-brand). Additionally, planets have raw materials and resources which can be useful. Blowing up the planet destroys those resources. The Empire can commit genocide in many other ways.

But there are countless of planets with resources, and blowing up a planet also gives you access to plenty of resources, stuff hidden in the mantle or core that you now expose to asteroid mining. And there aren't that many planets with uppity rebellions, but plenty with resources.

But the primary purpose of the Death Star would presumably be to be a standing threat to ensure that the great number of supporters will always keep the Rebel elements in check because they don't want to be blown up. No ground troops that you could try to defeat, no enemy fleet you could try to battle with your own ships. Just a machine so powerful that only an Empire can build it, no planet can hope to rebel. "They can't kill us all" might be true, but technically, they definitely could - and do you want to be the one that's killed?