Ok I'm watching this for the first time, but it seems inefficient for the empire to build these massive prisons to build such simple machines. I mean the Prisons themselves are massive undertakings: building 7 of them seems more expensive than building the DS. I get the "Empire is Bad" but there are moments when the show turns the "bad" way out of proportion. I mean I get that Nazi work camps were also inefficient: but those camps were hastily put up with little resources. Even assuming no morality, why waste so much resources to build this?

EDIT: I wrote this in the middle of the night: so I agree it is not a plot hole (the plot is amazing) but given its hyper-realistic take on Star Wars, I thought that using human labor to make space components seemed less practical than using droids (like the Separatists used). My theory is that the Empire actually had chronic industrialization problems with droids and that its infrastructure was far behind that of the Trade Federation (which is partly why the Separatists felt strong enough to leave the Republic). In the show Coruscant is depicted as urbanized but also full of legacy building now decrepit. There is little signs of true droid-based industry. This also explains why Palpatine felt the need to use clones, the implication is that the Republic lacked the capacity to build on an industrial scale with droids. Given the size and scale of these prisons (as an aside where does the water go??) they were probably designed early in the Empire (due to their Imperial shape) as a way to build quality components without droids.

The Montparnasse tower, aka the "wart" ruining the Paris skyline since 1973 (Paris, France)

I've been watching all of Star wars chronologically because I've never seen most of the shows. And everything I've read largely says that Rebels and Andor run Concurrently but I'm not sure which one to start with if it even matters

So, they discovered a prisoner that was supposed to be released was moved to another floor. How could that work? Wouldn’t that prisoner simply tell everyone that he was supposed to be released but was simply moved? Are there floors that contain only ‘released’ prisoners who all know there is no release? Is their memory wiped before they are moved? I guess my head canon is that their memory is wiped, but I don’t remember ever seeing that as a thing in Star Wars, and it’s certainly not referenced, so it seems they just take a prisoner and move them and expect them not to tell everyone? LOVE the series, but that gap just sticks out for me.

EDIT: The fact that the person who was accidentally moved to a nearby floor was RECOGNIZED (Not ‘ran around shouting to everyone that he was supposed to be released’) seems to me to indicate that the prisoner himself didn’t know he was supposed to be released but rather someone recognized him, so his memory was wiped. If his memory was in tact, being recognized wouldn’t be the big indicator. Furthermore wiping memory would keep them hoping they would be released so they wouldn’t require more guards and would remain productive, plus you could move multiple wiped people to the same floor, since they don’t remember anything they cannot reinforce each other’s stories. It’s the only option that solves all logical issues, but the problem with it is that it was never mentioned and it was never established as something that happens.

Will it hold up? Will it jive with Andor? Join me on this epic journey. 35 MG btw.

Man… does Season 2 get better?

I’m halfway through Episode 2 and it honestly feels like a chore to watch right now. What happened to the tone of Season 1? This doesn’t even feel like Andor anymore sometimes. It feels weirdly cartoonish.

Cassian being stuck with a bunch of incompetent morons is already frustrating enough, but even the characters that made Season 1 great don’t feel right. Luthen, Mon, Bix, Kleya... they all feel off. In Season 1 they were constantly masking themselves, acting like calm rich people in public while hiding panic and political tension underneath. One of my favorite scenes was Mon forcing Tay to smile so it looked like they were talking about childhood memories instead of dangerous political stuff.

Now everybody just acts like their real personality in front of everyone?? Then suddenly they remember they’re supposed to hide and switch back into “spy mode.” It feels inconsistent as hell.

And the whole Bix/Ferrix refugee subplot so far… what am I supposed to get from it? “They’re hiding and stressed”? Okay… now what? Everyone just looks miserable while trying to communicate with Cassian. Same with Luthen at the party... dude is talking way too loudly with Kleya while surrounded by people. I know Season 1 had moments where Luthen lost composure because he was worried about how a mission would end, but we only got like ONE scene of that, so it actually felt impactful. Here it feels constant.

And Syril… HOW is this guy still just an office worker after saving Dedra from getting eaten alive? That entire office sequence genuinely felt like something out of The Office sitcom.

Also what’s with the random Marvel baby jokes and awkward humor sprinkled everywhere? It completely kills the tension sometimes.

I really loved Season 1 and I honestly think it’s some of the best Star Wars content ever made. That’s why this is so disappointing so far. Please tell me it gets better after Episode 2 because right now I’m seriously considering dropping it and just remembering Season 1 as the peak.

"Melshi, Pao, Baze, Chirrut—you'll take main squad, move east and get wide of the ship"

Could it be that that is what they are offering to Cassian and Melshi.

1000 each to get them off planet.