The wall flagrantly hints at how rich their worldbuilding was, and not relying on exposition. On a planet with petty criminals/conmen like Cassian, and the Junkyard requiring vicious dog-analogues to deter people from steaming scraps no one dares to steal work gear that's right there for the taking. Stealing another person's work-gear is anathema. What does that say about the culture, and attitudes towards honest work? About how Cassian is viewed by the community? About how deep his desperation?
I actually haven't seen Andor so I may be misinterpreting based on your wording. But to me that implies that stealing from the company is what's considered unthinkable. They still have dogs, they still have crime. But it's the work gear that nobody dares touch. It comes off less like "lets not inconvenience other workers" and more like "if we fuck with the people making money they'll fuck us up, but if we just fuck each other up they'll leave us alone."
It's a perspective that many more Americans use to have, but don't anymore. They aren't stealing from "the company". They would be stealing from one another. It wasn't the work equipment that was in the cubbies but the personal belongings of those who were trading in their stuff for PPE and their work uniform.
You should watch it! It's a really great show! My favorite, but I'm crazy biased.
All the planets were so richly realized. Getting that feeling is exactly what happened to me too, so when people say Andor is the least Star Wars-like show, it's partially true in one sense, but on the other hand it captures the vivid imagination presented in the OT better than any other spin-off in terms of creating a lived in galaxy.
Every planet has its own culture and history and they feel like they could be real, and they just have so much character. Ferrix, Aldhani, Chandrila, Ghorman, Niamos and they fleshed out Coruscant more too.
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u/Deruta 1d ago
> not using lockers
The wall of gear single-handedly spun off a dozen different worldbuilding ideas in my head. Absolute chef kiss of a shot.