That scene where Saw Guerrera seems to inspire/motivate Wilmon to take off his mask, whereupon he starts choking -- what exactly was he inhaling? I thought they were still on the same planet with the same usual atmosphere. I didn't quite understand that bit.
Gee, lots of thoughs here.Maybe before commenting, I should ask for help on answers to help me fill in some blanks here and there.Who was that "Lady in Red" whom Bix takes Andor to see? Is she a "Force sensitive" (like Donny Yen's monk character in Rogue One)?I ask, because she seems to give Cassian a brief encounter with something higher than his usual travails of existence - ie. something supernatural, metaphysical... spiritual?And yet he dismisses her as a cook -- before later discovering that her "hokey" healing powers did indeed do some magic.
What exactly were those "variations" on the rhydonium device? Just different configurations for building a powerful bomb?I forget what exactly the device was supposed to be used for.
Quote from: sanman on 05/10/2025 02:47 pmThat scene where Saw Guerrera seems to inspire/motivate Wilmon to take off his mask, whereupon he starts choking -- what exactly was he inhaling? I thought they were still on the same planet with the same usual atmosphere. I didn't quite understand that bit.Okay, wait - I found this:
Why wasn't Jimmy Smits (LA Law guy) back to play Bail Organa?
What should we assume happened to Mon's banker friend? What exactly did assassin-girl do to him?
That TIE fighter model looked familiar. Was this one that was introduced in Rogue One? Somehow I remember they had some aerodynamic TIE models in that movie.
She's introduced as a "Force healer," and Cassian dismisses that as just superstition and hokum. One of the premises of the show is that almost nobody knows about the Jedi, the Sith, or the Force. Most people encounter none of that, so it's just superstition and rumor.
The key takeaway from that scene is that she refers to Cassian as "a messenger," and there are a lot of examples of that once you think about it--he carries messages forward.
Quote from: sanman on 05/10/2025 02:47 pmWhy wasn't Jimmy Smits (LA Law guy) back to play Bail Organa?They said it was due to scheduling. He had another commitment. Of course, it also could have been that he wanted more money than they were willing to pay.
So I wanted to make some points, but not right off the bat, since they'll probably come across as nitpickery. But it's for discussion, so:I felt the whole "France in Space" thing was a little too on the nose.("Long, long ago... Il Etait Un Fois... La France")Classical Star Wars has been more allegorical, and drew from a mix of sources, without any one influence predominating over all others. Yes, we could compare the Empire to an evil fascist regime like the Reich -- the fact that their main henchmen were named "stormtroopers" and the ominous Stukka-style scream of the TIE fighters were strong hints. But there were so many other influences (LotR, Hidden Fortress, etc) that these rounded out the mix.Here we got full-on Gormand-is-France, right down to them speaking faux-French. I feel they didn't have to go that specific, and reproduce a literal near carbon-copy of France. Sometimes the Uncanny Valley of over-similarities disrupted my story immersion and took me out of it. In addition to Andor & Co tying up with the French Underground Resistance, we even got Les Miserables, where Syril Karn is obsessively chasing Cassian, like Inspector Javert relentlessly chasing the hero Jean Valjean.(We're going to need a parody trailer for that: "Don't make me angry, Mr Karn -- you wouldn't like me when I'm angry")In some ways, I think this entire storyline would have been more suitable for Blake's 7, since that had more menace and less fairytale elements in it. But Rogue One itself tried to minimize the fairytale elements and focus on the Dirty Dozen mission aspect.I feel like the story has turned a corner with the death of Syril Karn and the departure of Bix. Now we'll get Alan Tudyk as K2SO, and more Orson Krennic too, hopefully, as the final 3 episodes try to bridge with Rogue One.When we saw Cassian Andor die along with Jyn Erso at the end of Rogue One, it always struck me as strange how they just platonically hold hands and hug, as the blast wave from the Death Star's strike advances towards them.I thought they should have kissed or something, to make it more dramatic. But now that we see the Andor series, and his relationship with Bix, then it sets things straight.When they made Rogue One, did they then already have the idea for making Cassian Andor's backstory into a full story of its own? Likewise, when the name of the series was announced as "Andor" the choice of title struck me as a little strange, since it wasn't like he was already a huge tentpole character in the Star Wars universe, like Obi-Wan.So in retrospect, it does perhaps now seem pluasible/likely to me that the Rogue One movie and the idea behind the Andor series were both conceived together. Does anybody know?
This video may explain the parallels between our historic rebellions and Star Wars lore.
https://gizmodo.com/andor-season-2-syril-death-fascism-star-wars-2000600158
"Even Syril’s blaster went on a character arc".
Quote from: catdlr on 05/11/2025 04:23 am"Even Syril’s blaster went on a character arc".So does that mean this blaster goes on to be something special? Does it get used in Rogue One, for example?I'm briefly remihded of Kylo Ren's obsession with collecting relics associated with the Dark Side of the Force.Would this blaster be an example of something associated with the Light Side?
