These are space Nazis, so why should we care about what they think or feel? They’re objectively reprehensible villains. Of course, Star Wars is under no obligation to give us layered and nuanced versions of Imperial characters. Does the show really want us to root for Dedra? And does she have a personality trait other than just being way better at her job than everyone else and thinking outside of the box? If Dedra does end up being revealed as a very deeply-planted Rebel spy or perhaps a self-made revolutionary (one of many fan theories), then we’ll hopefully get to see the brilliant Denise Gough show another side to her character. Dedra continues to show her superiors that she understands the logistics of running a fascist regime way better than they do, which is all well and good, but on some level, her workplace victories also feel a little strange. But these same shades-of-grey brush strokes aren’t being used to color the Imperial characters. ![]() Andorpromised early on that we weren’t going to get a pretty picture of the “good guys” of the Galactic Civil War, and that’s never been truer than it is in this scene. Instead, Luthen meets with Saw Gerrera (Forest Whittaker) to debate the ethics and politics of various cells and sects that make up the Rebellion. Just like in the previous arc, the Dickensian drama unfolding across the galaxy isn’t just about the titular character. Ultimately, the big news here isn’t what’s going on in Cassian’s prison. Star Wars Finally Solves Big Mystery About Lost Prequel Trilogy Character By Tom Chapman That is to say, we believe this system works, but we have to really question how an Imperial braintrust cooked up an idea that could only be created by a writers’ room for a prestige TV show. Spacely from The Jetsons were to have a reality show about people building Spacely’s Sprockets, or if the prison in Paddington 2were moved to the inside of George Lucas’ first movie, the monochromatic THX-1138. Essentially, this Imperial prison motivates the inmates to be really good at building cogs(?) and pits various teams of workers against each other. Andorepisode 8 is good, but as we watch humans literally build the cogs that make the machines of the Empire work, one can’t help but wonder, are we getting a bit too granular with the logistics of Star Wars?Īt the point at which Cassian gets thrown into a forced-labor Imperial prison, nobody wanted Andor to suddenly turn into Alien 3, but there’s still something a bit too sanitized about these Star Wars prison sequences. In episode 8 of Andor, half of the action is a Star Wars version of the Shawshank Redemption, and there’s something about this specific incarceration that feels a bit on the fake side of the Force, like the Disneyland version of a space prison. This Star Wars: Andor article contains spoilers.
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