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Spoilers ahead for all ofAndorseason one, includingfinale Rix Road.
Of course, he gets exactly what he wants.
It also bears reflection.
Ferrix, too, is no longer what it was.
), & Co., as well as an outcome of the Empires systematic response to the Aldhani heist.
Friends have been harmed, lives overturned.
Bix is no longer whole, rendered brain-scrambled via Imperial torture.
(Listening to those podcast recordings of Karis Nemiks manifesto helped.)
Its enthralling to read Cassians story as a mirror to Luke Skywalkers.
Hes a man who treats the prospect of a greater good with indifference.
Alliance, sep, guerilla, Partisan Front …
I think its all useless, Andor tellsLuthen Rael,the shadowy spymaster who turns him into an asset.
Better to spit in their food and steal their trinkets, Luthen provokes.
Its better to live, he replies.
In other words, Andors struggles are purely personal.
Im far from the first person to sing the shows praises.
(Shout-out to my colleague Roxana Hadadi with the pitch of the century:Michael Claytonin space.)
(Luthens speech at the end ofOne Way Outis not something Ill be forgetting anytime soon.)
The Aldhani heist doesnt target some galaxy-ending MacGuffin, but literal Imperial payroll.
An empire doesnt just rule with an iron fist, but also with COMSTAT-esque detention quotas.
Which is perfectly fine, its what has long been enjoyable about the franchise.
But modernStar Warshas come to lean on this mode like a crutch, inhibiting the possibility for organic evolution.
and What if we had to reckon with the consequences that come with the swashbuckling antics of flyboy pilots?
Andorfeels like the project that splits the difference.
This may well prove to not be enough.
We need all the heroes we can get, says Luthen to a wavering believer.
In the world ofAndor, to be a hero means a willingness to be a brick in the wall.
Perhaps the same could be said ofAndoritself.
