#maarva andor funeral speech

[cassiansrebels]

❝she's a rebel.❞

💭 andor monologues:

maarva andor's funeral speech

[amonkozian-blog]

hi okay andor 7-9 dump the setup of 7. "Ferrix"//"Stone and Sky" and you KNOW Wilmon will suffer and/or die. Those words were last said (in episode) at the funeral of Maarva Andor and they will NOT be taken in vain. Dedra back and forth across the window, flitting between arm of the emperor and someone beginning to confront the terrible weight of what she is about to do. The voice of reason at the table in the form of carro rylanz and the dissent of his daughter enza. The beginning of the end. "MAYBE YOU'RE THE PLACE HE NEEDS TO BE" 8. the folly of the old repeated by the young. the young too close and too stupid and who don't remember it. the old who remember but didn't see until it was too late. Wilmon staying behind. Ferrix all over again but worse. The inevitable death of Syril in the most pointless possible way showing there is no value in redemption if the deed is already done. Dedra showing emotion????? A relationship between Dedra and Syril crumbling both by his death and by the fact that a relationship built on lies will ALWAYS fall. ALWAYS. And you can see it in their confrontation, you can see the poison it has become, and still up until just that moment they are both reaching for the tainted chalice because they don't see it, or they won't see it, or they can't. The SINGING. ALL REVOLUTIONS SING. NINE. TEAR ME APART EPISODE NINE. HOLY FUCK. Andor JUST back from Ghorman and BARELY holding it together. STRAIGHT back out to save Mon. the SPEECH and the PANIC in the ISB as they realise - they finally realise - that the storm is here and they are found wanting. There is no way for them to beat it because it has been too long brewing and they in their folly have raised their sails to the breeze. The betrayal of Luthen done with the right reasons. The saving of Mon Mothma for no recognition. "MAKE IT WORTH IT" as the two sides of the revolution finally meet, the high-and-mighty senator and the soldier on the ground and they don't know what to make of one another but they sure as hell know they're on the same side. The return of Andor to Yavin and his conviction that he and Bix are free. AND THEN THE DECISION THAT BIX IS NOT IN FACT THE PLACE HE NEEDS TO BE. SHE LEAVES AND SHE LIVES AND SHE'LL COME BACK BUT HE'S DEAD. Sucker punch the air out of me and come back for my throat.

[catfur-and-greenscales]

Andor season one was a season of words. It is a message about the power of speech.

It is a season about how words and the meaning behind the actions will change the world.

It is a season of speeches. Nemik's manifesto, Kino Loy, Maarva's funeral speech, Luthen ...

How the words and ideas of few make greater impact than the violent actions.

How words seal fates of people.

How Timm, Skeen, Dedra, Cyril, Luthen and Mon among many speak and change their lives forever. Some even ending up dying because of what they said.

Andor is about how the words ignite the fire and change things for forever.

And how believing in those words can change everything.

There is action. There is speed. But what we all remember the most are the people and what they say. All what comes when the words have been silences. The biggest actions happen when the people are forced or tried to be into silence. But when someone still speaks, there is nobody who can stop them.

[mariacallous]

To move forward we need to do something that has seemed easy in the past but has never truly been attempted. The New Republic failed firstly to explain the horrors of the Empire to a galaxy weary and divided by recent conflict, and then failed again to combat its ideology when the First Order appeared on its borders. We cannot make their mistakes again. We need to follow through with action. Too often we think of standing against evil as an act of bravery when recent events have shown us that it should instead be considered one of necessity. So we need to take the necessary extra steps that the New Republic could or would not. We need to say "never again" and then, crucially, we need to mean it. We cannot turn our eyes away nor sleepwalk into destruction as those before us did. We must see, we must learn, and we must remember.

It is this last point that can often prove most challenging. One of the difficulties of being a historian is the constant concern that things are being forgotten. We may never know about all of those who were murdered by the Empire. Neither may it be possible to discover the identities of all the heroes and the martyrs who lost their lives fighting against its evil even before there was an organized Rebellion. But some of their words have endured and can still move and inspire us today. A long time ago a riot started on the planet Ferrix. It was begun by a hologram of a deceased woman at her own funeral. She was called Maarva Andor and she has been forgotten for far too long. She described the Empire as a disease that grew stronger the longer people refused to look at it. She was right. At the end of her speech, she made a simple plea: "Fight the Empire."

It can be different this time.

And it begins with you.

The conclusion to The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire by Dr. Chris Kempshall

[colleybri]

The Mirror Hurts

@andorappreciation Day 3 “Dualities and split identities”

There’s a couple of stunning shots in the Season 2 trailers that show Cassian’s reflection, and it got me thinking again about the ‘mirror’ motif.

I’m particularly taken with the one that shows multiple reflections, perhaps suggesting the various identities of a spy. We’ll see this in the espionage sense in Season 2 but in S1 it’s relevant as well, as Cassian uses different aliases during the Aldhani heist and the Narkina arc, and started out with having his birthname changed when he was brought to Ferrix too. So perhaps this image also evokes the idea of trying to find your identity, especially as a refugee, and finding the person who you are content to be; meant to be.

The theme - like so many of them - originates in Rogue One and is obviously designed to connect with the film when we rewatch it after Andor. The series adds profound weight to several moments. The absolute key one for Cassian in the film - the culmination, in a way, of his life’s journey - is his decision to put aside his blaster and disobey his order to kill Galen Erso. There’s a practical reason of course - he’s watching events unfold on the platform that start to suggest Galen is not a villain - but the main reason is Jyn’s love for her father, and more broadly how much she reminds him of his earlier self. Their stories, thanks to the retcon of Cassian’s background, are a much more precise ‘mirror’ than previously, with both being bruised by early events to the extent that they try to turn away from the fight and become cynical. Cassian’s reawakening and dedication to the cause happens at the end of S1 - Tony Gilroy pinpoints it as when he hears Maarva’s funeral speech; for Jyn, it happens when she reconnects with her father via seeing and hearing his holomessage. But the important point is that she is a mirror of Cassian, and why their relationship in the film goes from being one of wary suspicion to absolute trust. It might be something explored in S2 but the difference between Cassian and Luthen (a possible future mirror) might well boil down to Cassian caring about others in a personal way, never wanting to leave anyone behind. When asked about the initially antagonistic Jyn and Cassian relationship back in 2016 Diego Luna’s assessment was that ‘The mirror hurts’ - but that that pain can ultimately lead to making a very strong connection.

This ‘The mirror hurts’ idea is picked up with Vel and Cinta too: “I’m a mirror, Vel. You love me because I show you what you need to see.” Mirrors reflect painful truths about yourself, and in this case it seems to me to be about the growth Vel needs to undergo - Cinta has put the cause first but still has room for ‘what’s left’: love. Vel is really struggling to strike that balance and seems caught between her head and her heart. But she wants to know the truth, painful as that is. Cinta isn’t rejecting her here, not at all: it’s a reminder of the reality of love at a time of war. It’s also a realistic picture of a relationship still in uncertain early stages, where there can be a desire to be more like your lover and insecurity at the idea that you are in fact very different. …

Cassian also needs to see the truth, but for him it’s as often about rejection of an identity as much as a need for acceptance. After the horrific death of his tribe leader young Kassa attacks his reflection in the crashed ship, to the soundtrack of a haunting track called ‘Mirror’. Yes, he’s attacking the enemies who killed her but he’s also clearly experiencing self-loathing there. The early episode flashbacks are brilliantly filtered through the adult Cassian’s perspective; he literally is dreaming his way into the first one. It sums up the unresolved trauma that has made him such a fucked-up hot mess of a young man now. Haunted by what he could have done differently, by events outside of his control, and running away from the better man he could be because he isn’t sure of who he is or even who he wants to be.

But he knows who he isn’t, and the next ‘reflection’ comes from Skeen. Killing him is partly a result of Cassian seeing the worst parts of himself reflected back and realising: ‘I’m not this person.’ “You’re just like me,” Skeen says matter-of-factly and Cassian rejects this image of himself. But he needed to see that reflection first and realise the worst version of what he could be, and how badly he has treated those close to him in his self-centred superficial life on Ferrix. Skeen’s betrayal also, ironically, possibly feeds into Cassian putting his trust in Jyn’s belief in her father - he likely remembers, from Aldhani, what it feels like to not be trusted. Nemik trusted him with the manifesto though, and that was a life-changing decision too.

Jyn isn’t the only character who mirrors Cassian. The most obvious one is Wilmon Paak, the boy whose father is unjustly hanged by the Empire and who Wilmon attempted to avenge with violence. Just as did the 13 year old Cassian. Wilmon’s story going forward will be fascinating to watch… how much will it exactly reflect Cassian’s? Might he become drawn to more extreme measures?

Syril is another mirror, but a kind of reverse one as Cassian’s foil. Their stories have so much in common but in a kind of inverse way. While Cassian climbs and ascends, Syril descends. Literally, in the elevator on Coruscant while his theme plods its way down the scale (Cassian’s theme ascends). Both have strained relationships with single mothers who they want to make proud of them. Both get to kinda-sorta heroically rescue their kinda-sorta love interest in the finale. Both go from naivety to various degrees of growth through a series of traumatic life events. Even little things suggest their connection, like the old toys they both have in their childhood bedrooms, Syril’s Imperial action-figures and Cassian’s homemade stuffed Bantha: the embodiment of ‘similar on the surface, very different beneath’. A big part of Syril’s obsession with Andor is that he (like Cassian with Skeen) is seeing something of himself in his concept of Cassian… but instead of a kindred spirit he sees an agent of chaos, a man who broke the rules, brought terrifying disorder to Syril’s life. Hunting down Cassian is like an attempt to destroy what he most fears in himself and in doing so restore order to his universe.

Seeing yourself and your story reflected in others along your journey helps you make the right decisions as you travel. It shapes who you are and what you stand for. Cassian will die able to be proud of himself for carving out an identity he can embrace (literally, in the form of Jyn) - all his various aliases and identities coalescing in the act of the greatest sacrifice.

[serceleste]

andor

So I FINALLY watched Andor and damn it was good, I can't believe I waited so long to watch it, it honestly reminded me that yes, I still love Star Wars, actually, and just... it was SO GOOD.

Here's some random thoughts! Many spoilers!

love that the main villains were mostly ISB agents because I've always thought the ISB is terrifying so I think it's amazing Andor made use of that

Bee!!! Thank you for giving me another droid I would die for. He was sad about Maarva! He didn't want to leave!!! 😭😭😭😭

The writing was so good, especially for Star Wars, so many banger lines. Cassian's "I would rather die trying to take them down than live giving them what they want" now lives rent free in my mind.

I wanted Andy Serkis (sorry, Kino Loy) to live SO BAD, his "I can't swim" wrecked me.

More Mon Mothma! Wonderful getting so much depth to her as a politician, a Rebel, and as a woman.

I LOVED how much it delved into the grit of the Rebellion, of what it actually would have been like trying to fight that war, of the sacrifices and choices made. The fact that there was someone like Luthen deciding what assets were the most valuable and what lives could be lost in order to protect them, that fifty deaths were acceptable if it would protect an asset in the ISB, that there were people like Cinta who would do ANYTHING for the Rebellion and sacrifice anyone because the Rebellion had to come first, who wouldn't blink twice at murdering Cassian if Luthen said it had to happen.

They brought Saw back!

I adore that random guy in the tower, banging away <3

Everything about the funeral sequence was brilliant

Luthen and his ISB asset, that speech he made about what he had sacrificed, A++++

Bix was so fucking beautiful and the way she was tortured fucked me up.

Goddamn but Syril is a fucking weirdo

I also loved that because it was very much a show about being on the ground in the days of the Empire that it showed what life was like, that Cassian could be in the wrong place at the wrong time and wind up with a ridiculous prison sentence for not really doing much of anything. Watching him and the other prisoners stuck in that mindless factory and always threatened with torture and death was so rough, and how conditioned they had become to just do it, just get by, because they'll get out eventually, and then to realize that no one was actually getting out!

And of course that they were building for the Death Star because OF COURSE they were. And it being Cassian just made that so much more of a gut punch.

I really liked Vel, like, a lot.

Finally, Cassian is just so beautiful and so sad and so determined and I want him to have everything and I want him to have people love him to happiness 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭

[hermitmoss]

Disability Pride flag + Star Wars

Image description: 7 panels toned in the colours of the disability pride flag, with text indicating their meanings, with backdrops of Disabled characters in Star Wars.

1: A black-toned panel that says "BLACK" and "commemoration + mourning". The pictures are of a community carrying out a funeral march for Maarva Andor, a Disabled leader and organiser, Hera Syndulla mourning Kanan Jarrus, her Blind spouse, and Poe Dameron mourning Leia Organa, a Disabled woman and leader.

2: A green-toned panel that says "GREEN" and "sensory disabilities". The pictures are of Kanan Jarrus and Chirrut Îmwe, both Blind people.

3: A blue-toned panel that says "BLUE" and "emotional + psychiatric disabilities". The pictures are of Obi-wan Kenobi and Reva Sevander, who both have mental health disabilities that include flashbacks, and of Leia Organa, whose actress was bipolar, and who described herself and Leia as being so similar it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began.

4: A gold-toned panel that says "GOLD" and "neurodiversity". The pictures are of Theron Shan, who has a different neurotype to the one he was expected to at birth, Hardcase, who has hyperactivity, and Yoda (who is also a mobility aid user) and Jedi younglings, who all have a different neurotype (Force-sensitivity) from the norm. In the picture of Yoda and the younglings, he is talking about how he values how their minds work differently from other peoples'.

5: A red-toned panel that says "RED" and "physical disabilities". The pictures are of Saw Gerrera, an amputee who uses supplementary oxygen and a staff as a mobility aid, Weazel, who has dwarfism, Luke Skywalker, an amputee, and Lando Calrissian, a cane user.

6: A white-toned panel that says "WHITE" and "invisible + undiagnosed [disabilities]". The pictures are of Finn, who was unaware of his neurodivergence for the first decades of his life, Cere Junda, who has trauma, and Greez Dritus, who has an addiction.

7: A black-toned panel that says "BLACK" and "rage, protest + rebellion". The pictures are of Chirrut Îmwe and Kanan Jarrus fighting in the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire, Reva Sevandar fighting against one of its enforcers, screaming in rage at somebody who traumatised her, Maarva Andor giving a posthumous speech encouraging rebellion, and Leia Organa giving orders to Rebellion fighters who are about to engage the Empire. /End.

[armitagehuxsleepschedule]

see the thing is i DO think they should say fuck in star wars. that said, i think it was a good move to change maarva's line to "fight the empire" instead of "fuck the empire" because as awesome as it would be for her to say fuck, if that was the first F-bomb in star wars then the reaction to that scene would 100% be focused on The Fact That She Just Said Fuck (In Star Wars) instead of on how great her speech was. how great the whole funeral sequence is just in general.

the reason why that one guy saying "shit" in andor works so well is because it's not in the middle of what would have already been a super important line of dialogue. it's dropped very casually and very naturally, to the point where you almost don't even realize there's anything amiss and then you're like "wait hold on did he just say the word shit in star wars? yoooooo" and i think if (when?) they say fuck in star wars it should be done similarly.

[claudia1829things]

"ANDOR" Season One (2022) Commentary

"ANDOR" SEASON ONE (2022) COMMENTARY

Ever since Season One of the Lucasfilm series, "ANDOR" was released on the DisneyPlus streaming channel, it has received a great deal of accolades and high praise. In fact, the series is now regarded as one of the best productions from the STAR WARS franchise, if not the best.

I find this high regard ironic, considering how many STAR WARS fans had reacted to Disney Studios' announcement about a series focused around the character of Cassian Andor, from the 2016 hit film, "ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY". Many were not happy. I, on the other hand, had looked forward to the series. Not only had I been a major fan of "ROGUE ONE", I had regarded both the Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso characters as one of the film's highlights. So, when I finally sat in front of my television series and watched an episode of "ANDOR" unfold each week during the fall of 2022, my reaction resulted in . . . hmmm, mixed feelings?

Season One of "ANDOR" certainly had its highlights. I admired the excellent performances from a cast led by the very talented Diego Luna. I thought showrunner Tony Gilroy's portrayal of a corrupt and violent Galactic Empire seemed pretty spot on. In fact, Gilroy's portrayal of the galaxy at this point in the timeline pretty much matched his, Chris Weitz and director Gareth Edwards' portrayal of the galaxy in "ROGUE ONE". Although the 1980 movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE FIVE - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" was the first STAR WARS film to portray its protagonists ambiguously, the ambiguous portrayal of the Rebel Alliance first appeared in "ROGUE ONE". Gilroy continued this ambiguity of the Rebel Alliance in the "ANDOR" series. Season One featured scenes that impressed me very much. They included Cassian Andor’s escape from Ferrix in the third episode, (1.03) "Reckoning"; the Rebels Alliance of heist of the payroll of the Imperial garrison on Aldhani in (1.06) "The Eye"; and Cassian’s rescue of Bix and the anti-Imperial riot on Ferrix. Featured in (1.12) "Rix Road", the season finale. But the sequence featuring his stint at the Narkina 5 prison and especially his escape in (1.10) "One Way Out" nearly struck me as brilliant.

Despite these virtues, Season One of "ANDOR" also featured issues that I either found questionable or simply did not work for me. The season's narrative structure of a group of three (or four) episodes per arc barely worked for me. I say barely, because the arcs still managed to form one season-long arc. But it did so in a way that some of the episodes felt like mere padding. And this proved to be one of my main problems with "ANDOR". As I have stated before, the first two episodes could have merged into one. And the fourth and fifth episodes could have merged into one. I also believe that the seventh episode could have merged into the eighth one. For me, twelve episodes seemed like too much for the narrative featured in the series. And I found some of the episodes' endings rather abrupt and problematic. This especially seemed to be the case with the earlier episodes.

I still find myself wondering about the purpose behind those flashbacks featuring Cassian Andor’s childhood in the first two episodes were about, other than revealing his origins. But why feature flashbacks of his past, when they had no real impact on the season’s main narrative? Also, the last two episodes seemed anti-climactic to me. This especially seemed to be the case for "Rix Road", the season's finale. One might questioned this opinion, considering "Rix Road" featured the funeral of Maarva Andor, the protagonist's adoptive mother, her pre-recorded speech bashing the Galactic Empire, the riot that followed and the Rebel Alliance's attempt to kill Cassian before the Empire could capture him. The reason I found all of this anti-climatic is that the series' protagonist had played little or no role in these incidents. During all of these events, Cassian was busy trying to rescue his captured close friend, Bix Caleen, from the Empire's Imperial Security Bureau (ISB). Cassian's rescue of his friend proved to be a lot less difficult than I had assumed it would be. And the Rebel Alliance had decided not to kill him at the last moment.

Speaking of "Rix Road", it had provided one aspect of "ANDOR" that really annoyed me. The episode had paused its narrative to convey Maarva Andor's pre-recorded speech against the Empire. But this was not the first time something like this happened. Two or three times, the series paused the story in order for a character to give this great speech or monologue on the evils of fascism and tyranny. It almost felt as if Tony Gilroy was trying to shove politics down our throats. I am not one of those yahoos who constantly complain about "woke" politics in pop culture movies and TV. But the numerous pauses that resulted in a monologue or speech really got on my nerves. George Lucas managed to do the same with two lines in two separate movies. One line came from the mouth of Princess Leia Organa in "STAR WARS: EPISODE FOUR - A NEW HOPE". Her mother, Senator Padmé Amidala, had uttered an even more famous line in "STAR WARS: EPISODE THREE - REVENGE OF THE SITH". Two separate lines. It seemed a pity that Gilroy was unable to do the same.

My last major issues regarding "ANDOR" revolved around the characters of Syril Karn, a security inspector for a corporate conglomerate and Senator Mon Mothma of the Imperial Senate. Karn spent the first two episodes investigating the deaths of two fellow security officers killed by Cassian on Morlana One. The security officer's investigation led to his violent encounter with Cassian on Ferrix during the third episode, (1.03) "Reckoning". Following Cassian's escape, Karn spent the next nine episodes developing two obsessions - finding and capturing Cassian and developing a romantic (if you want to call it that) fixation for ISB Agent Dedra Meero, while he continuously engaged in verbal combat with his domineering mother. After wasting away for eight episode, Karn learned about Maarva Andor's death and decided to travel to Ferrix to snatch Cassian. Only . . . he never encountered his prey. Not once. Karn only ended up saving Agent Meero from angry rioters. One could say this was a lead up to Karn joining the ISB. But this all felt like such a waste. Perhaps Gilroy could have allowed Karn to be an ISB agent from the beginning. This could have allowed him to take a more active role in the season's narrative.

Finally we come to Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila. I had assumed her presence in the series would be a repeat of her presence in "ROGUE ONE" - simply there to fill in the role as one of the Rebel Alliance's leaders. Instead, Gilroy provided an in-depth look into her private life and her efforts to keep her role as one of the Rebels' leaders a secret. To my surprise, Senator Mothma's arc came dangerously close to dominating this series . . . in which Cassian served as the main protagonist. The worst part - at least for me - is that her arc had no real impact on Cassian’s arc. Or served as any kind of catalyst to Cassian’s arc during this first season.

I find this ironic, considering the numerous complaints lobbied at 2022's "OBI-WAN KENOBI" limited series over the strong presence of the Reva Sevander character. What many have forgotten was that Reva's experiences during the Order 66 purge had led her to seek revenge against former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. Reva's quest for revenge led her to use both the 10 year-old Princess Leia and former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to achieve it. Her actions ended up serving as a catalyst for Obi-Wan's character arc in the series. Senator Mothma had no such impact on Cassian Andor's arc. Hell, she never met him in person in any of the season's twelve episodes. The only connection they had was Mothma's cousin Vel Sartha, who had led Cassian and others in the Aldhani heist. If Tony Gilroy and Lucasfilm had wanted a heavy emphasis on Senator Mothma that badly, they could have made her serve as the catalyst for Cassian's recruitment into the Rebel Alliance, not Luthen Rael. Or they could have created a separate limited series for her. Tony Gilroy, Lucasfilm and many critics and fans had forgotten the name of this series, which is "ANDOR"; not "THE REBEL ALLIANCE", "REBELS II" or "MOTHMA".

Ever since I had expressed my complaints about Season One of "ANDOR", many have accused me of not liking the series. As if my opinions of it was a damn crime or something. One, I am entitled to my opinion of any movie, television series or any other form of entertainment. Due to my positive opinion of the Cassian Andor character, I had hoped to really enjoy "ANDOR". Unfortunately, that never happened. The first season possessed enough virtues for me to like it. But I believe it also possessed enough flaws for me not to regard it as highly as many others have. Frankly, I believe Season One of "ANDOR" proved to be one of the most overrated productions created by Lucasfilm.

[andorshitdaily]

Phoenix stole my absolute fave moment with Mon trapped in the hexagon of evil, so a few faves that happen in just seconds: Andor showing the true mental toll the empire take by showing Cassian fully dissociating his first night on the bridge in Narkina Luthen realising "oh fuck she's speaking my language, this is what it's really about" during Maarva's speech the whole entire weight of the galaxy's future and her own soul's damnation weighing on Mon after Sculdun leaves Dedra's smug face against Blevin when Partagaz says she was right (in short) Dedra evil face twitch when questioning Bix Adria's stellar acting of hearing children being genocided as a torture method the Velcinta handhold (LET THEM KISS DISNEY YOU COWARDS!) Nemik's manifesto narrating Cassian's come to antifa moment in the rain in the ship the night before Maarva's funeral

you challenged me and i accepted the challenge.

(you know i can't just pick one of those)

okay i'm tired now

Tell me your favorite Andor quote or screenshot because I'm bored and I miss it!

[thaliajoy-blog]

Finally tentatively thinking about rewatching Rogue One when all of Andor is out. It's funny how it used to be that I grew disapointed in RO years after seeing it in cinema, but now I'm like maybe Andor will make it better in retrospect. Sorry Tony Gilroy I will do better. Your Luthen sunrise speech + Maarva funeral speech + Bix goodbye speech got me on my ass. And all the rest too. Mon Mothma my fave 🤍🤍🤍

[unitedfrontvarietyhour]

Maarva's Andor's funeral speech from Andor, S1E12 "Rix Road"

[adidegmez]

I watched andor. I liked it.

Andor and Rogue One Spoilers...

Cassian is a good guy but he kills people. I understand why he killed on rogue one he just followed orders(he was being a good soldier😕)And the speech he gave to jyn when he explained they were following orders they were doing all the bad things for the rebellion, for th greater good.They knew what they were doing was wrong but they belived in the rebellion and did what they said to them. But i still dont like that he killed a lot of people, other than that, I liked Cassian.

Seeing people rise up for themselves, i like it. I really love rebellions. And Andor gave us rebellion in sw universe.

I think syril and deedra was useless i didnt like them.

Cassians promise in the last episode. Did he keep his promise? I know he died in rogue one but will there be a season 2. And that season will maybe tell us what did cassian did between the movie and season 1. Did he find his sister? maybe that season they can give some answers. well maybe they answered but i am new to this universe so i dont know if they did.

Luthen's converstation to Lonni. It is sad but true. Luthen is so cool. But he did so many bad things to save the days he will never see. And some good people became what they swore to destroy and Luthen is one of those people.

Prison scenes were good when they got out i was so happy. but Kino didnt come with cassian and melshi what happend to him after that?

Nemik's manifesto did Cassian read it? so amny questions ı hope there will be a season 2.

Maarva's funeral was good to. Show's effects were so good but in storytelling there were something that not right or there should be more to it.

This article was very messy but I sent it without editing. Because while I was writing this article, I finished Star Wars 5. I finished Rogue One and Star Wars 4 yesterday. There are things I need to write about them before I forget.

I have one last question, mon mathma was lider of the rebellion in rebels but in andor she is not yet. I was watching Star Wars chronologically and according to the order I watched rebels was before andor. does it take place simultaneously, like the clone wars and Star Wars 3?

In the end i liked the show and it's tone. i'll probably start writing about rogue one tomorrow .

[nonhumanhottie]

Andor rewatch

Announcement

Syril's mum is such an important addition to the star wars universe

Mon is ready to fucken scunt Luthen go off queen

Maarva gives me aunt may vibes

Mon really said fuck Perrin and I respect that so much

The way I didn't notice it's clone troopers in the flashback too caught up in Maarva being I queen I guess

My housemate has no idea why I keep groaning in distress at mention of Cassian's future

Housemate so mad at the beach troopers lmao

Narkina 5

Syril just cracks me up

Yularen is still a Sass king good to see you again you bitch

I'm so glad star wars double dipped with Andy Serkis

Oh saw I will always stan you

Nobody's listening!

Not Dr Gorst smiling and waving

Dedra absolutely slays top isb officer

Housemate was so sad about the batshit torture method

The stupid prison PA voice reminds me of Jigsaw in Saw lmaooo

God I love Andy's face. It's just. Everything. It's so much.

Housemate is screaming over Syril's mum

I love how the Narkina 5 plot shows that once communities form, they're tough to break

One way out

Housemate is absolutely living for this. It's the best of the best bestie

Davo really said rich people have no taste

The anticipation of the prison break still gets me

The speeches in this show give me years to my life

'I can't swim' still fucks me up even if i know he makes it out

Daughters of Ferrix

It's so fucked up that the droids have feelings who allowed this

I have so little to say at this point everything is so good

Mon breaks my heart oh my god

You know you've extreme when even Saw is gagged

Housemate is so mad that Cassian didn't hug Maarva one final time

Rix road

I don't even know what to say about this other than its literally A+ star wars

The lesbians in this show are so powerful

Housemate freaking out over Nemik's manifesto

'This is the funeral to be at apparently' - housemate

I'm just flailing like a muppet at this finale

Maarvas speech is peak modern star wars to me

I bet she'd be so glad to know her stone wounded an imperial

I love when Dedra's mask finally cracks

Man I i love this show and I'll happily wait years for the second season if it's just as good at this

[magicicapra]

okay buncha mostly incoherent and disordered bullet points bc you're insanely right* (* disclaimer: star wars is bad and i mostly care very little for it, so some of this stuff might be wrong. i did cross reference wookiepedia tho so it can’t be too bad) - jyn as born to lyra and galen on vallt in a literal prison and cassian as born on kenari and orphaned, with no adult guardians and no way off world. despite the less-than-acceptable (to say the least) conditions of their true homeworlds, both yearn in some ways to go back, even if cassian, specifically, is mostly neutral towards his life spent on ferrix. - their lives interrupted at first by the CIS (<- lol), when lyra is arrested and taken to vallt and when the corsair crashes near the children’s settlement - both of these incidents eventually lead to the first noted loss for the protagonists: krennic rescues galen and lyra (and then coercively recruits galen for the death star program, taking him from jyn), crash of the transpo corsair results in leader of cassian’s group getting killed - end of the republic sees both relocated: jyn to lah’mu and cassian to ferrix. making their first real, stable homes - deaths of lyra and maarva (at the hands of the empire no less) means the loss of the two’s remaining, definitional role models. - galen and cassian’s unwilling but forced roles (theoretical and practical, respectively) of the construction of the death star - both jyn and andor eventually end up yearning for a return to what they barely experienced but knew to be better, before the material needs of conflict destroyed their lives - jyn as being a part of a ragtag, hastily assembled team for her whole screentime vs. cassian’s past as merely an add-on to a hardcore rebel cell before being a part of rogue one. both share in isolation. - every place we see that cassian and jyn have gone have either been completely obliterated or otherwise despoiled by imperial presence. kenari’s stripmines, lyra’s death on lah’mu and galen’s on eadu, the destruction of jedha and scarif, imperial squatting on aldhani, occupation of ferrix, etc. - how deeply both saw and maarva believe in the rebellion, despite differences in their outlooks and  the amount of time they had to form their positions, as well as your previous mentioning of their hope for their successors. if one were to take a pessimistic reading, the true narrative purpose of jyn and cassian is to rectify nauseatingly large mistakes (galen’s work on the depth star, maarva’s presumptive ultimate failure to keep her planet free) - maarva’s posthumous speech at her own funeral greatly inspires her community, definitely a big spark for the rebellion in local space. the destruction of jedha is nothing but another entry in a glossary of tragedies for the rebellion. imagine, then, the collective bounceback and renewal of morale when the plans are transmitted from scarif. - how violently everyone meets their ends. gorn, barcona, and far and away most of rogue one is shot. nemik is crushed. bodhi is exploded. jyn and cassian are obliterated by a pressure and debris wave. their heroics are exclusively met with death.

there’s some parallel between jyn and cassian and parentage but i can’t make it coherent right now . but like.

[flythesail]

I've seen a lot of "there was no reason for Luthen to be on Ferrix other than to just Be There." Especially since he had two fully competent and trustworthy people already there on Ferrix.

But that's the point! Kleya doesn't think he should go either. The point is he shouldn't go, doesn't have to go, and he does anyway.

It's like he can't take a backseat to this. It's a situation he already technically has control of and he still wants to be the one in control by being there.

He says in an earlier episode, "I'm not slipping, Kleya. I've just been hiding for too long." In the finale, he gets out there to see it all for himself.