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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9727540" data-attributes="member: 78087">Finally got around to finishing Andor Season 1 (on the plane; we haven’t had D+ for ages) and my God, the last four episodes are absolute bangers. Not only the best Star Wars TV but some of the best TV ever, and certainly the best TV about fighting authoritarianism. And if Star Wars isn’t about fighting fascism, what the hell is it about?Of particular note are the four classic speeches (One Way Out, What Do I Sacrifice, Fight the Empire, and Nemik’s Manifesto) which are all absolutely amazing. It’s a pity Mon Mothma doesn’t get one, but maybe she will in S2. One Way Out is about capitalism and nobody can convince me otherwise. Nemik’s Manifesto should be the new pledge of allegiance in schools.“Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: TRY.”(One weird thing - it felt quite odd that pretty much everyone has a British accent. Why do Bix and Cassian somehow not have English or Irish (Fiona Shaw is mostly using her own accent) accents? What does having an English accent mean - sure, if you’re an Imperial, it makes sense, but otherwise, does it mean that the people of Ferrix or the prisoners on Narkina are somehow more privileged Imperial citizens than Han Solo or Lando Calrissian? I know the Doylist reason - it’s filmed in Pinewood - but I think it would have made more sense if everyone in Ferrix had Mexican accents and otherwise everyone else had mostly American accents.)</blockquote>

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