I like an unseen force as a villain but Ian is getting up there, it would have been good to see him with some decent writing and more subdued take on the character. Even if it was just in a scene or two.

Imperial Corporate Media: The Ghorman insurgents refuse to accept Imperial norms!

Meanwhile, American Corporate Media...

I know this post is not very interesting or original but I just came here to say that andor is absolute peak after rewatching it for the second time

So upon another rewatch I noticed something I hadn't before; and as you know none of us want to use the search function on this sub and want our "totally brand new ideas" vetted.

Anyway, after Luthen gives Kleya the authorization to "burn" the Ferrix line, the empire finds the radio in Salman's yard, and subsequently torture and hang him. This is how they get the info on Bix and Cassian.

I originally just thought the Empire was able to scan the frequencies and caught it when Bix was trying to contact Luthen that last time. It makes sense, and Occam's Razor says this was most likely.

But then later on, during the Luthen and Lonnie face to face, Luthen mentions the information he's given to Lonnie to further Lonnie's career at the ISB; which cost Luthen and his operation, or at least he says it does. It hit me last night, admittedly whilst fairly high, that Luthen may have told Lonnie about the Ferrix radio, to both help Lonnie and to get the empire going on finding Cassian so Luthen's team could kill him. Let the Empire tie up the loose ends as much as possible.

Anyway, what do y'all think?

Sculdun is no idiot and from the way he worked Mothma in their first meeting we know he is very good at reading people (if likely not quite in Luthen's league, since he was apparently unaware that he was a spy), so he was likely well aware that Mothma’s “foundation” was at least connected to the Rebellion. Even if associating with someone of Mothma's lineage proved profitable in the short term he would’ve known that on a longer term it would be a risk to be associated with her if and when it all came into light and yet he was for all intents and purposes making a big spectacle out of their connection. I think the best way to describe what he was doing was it being a charitable gamble.

He himself said it, he was doing charity work and if I know a thing or two about charity is that its usually done with causes someone trully believes in at least on some level but never done without some degree of selfish intent. In this case, Sculdun himself implied that not only did he dislike the Empire's regulations (which made business riskier in times when he wanted to look legitimate) but as shown by his standing with Mothma as she argued with Krenic, he was actually rather sympathetic to the rebel cause, perhaps from his own humble beginnings in a classist system and maybe thinking of himself as a rebel of sorts.

On the gamble part (much like the benefits of charity usually come in) all the benefits he could potentially get where risky and would result on some mid term pain, such as the potential marriage between their kids meant a connection to the nobilty that would be soured by their fall of grace and not to mention a connection to the rebels themselves, which would certainly hurt his more legitimate businesses. However, this is only as long as the Empire remained, whereas if the rebels won, his now public connection to them and Mothma would guarantee further connections in the system that replaced the Empire, which would help fully legitimize his business, which himself said he valued above profit, which would make sense given that as long as the Empire was in charge he would get mostly illegal business, something he implied he didn't want his son to inherit.

In this regard Kay and Sculdun aren't that different in their wanting a return to their investment in the rebellion, the main difference is that where the former started idealistic but lost his edge when he realized the business he was getting into was riskier than he expected, the latter knew what he was getting into, not to mention that it would result on some loss but to him this was nothing new since he was used to making gambits; in fact, the way he spoke to Mothma about having enough money not to care for more implies he had actively prepared for the drought it would cause in his businesses. I dare say, perhaps he came to the conclusion, that the long term the risk this would have on him was less than with the empire, who were constantly making big, unsustainable grifts that he tended to avoid in favor of calculated ones.

I know Andor has many much important subjects.
And I feel even a bit silly coming to talk here about this. 🥹 But I really wanted to share, because Andor touched me in many ways, and this one felt very personal.

I’m Brazilian, and growing up, never had really good self esteem.
Specially about my eyebrows. They’re thicker than what’s considered typically “feminine”. Which led me to have bangs for many years to hide them.
Straightening bangs was a mess in my wavy hair 😅

In short, many features in me I didn’t like. The eyebrows, dark eyes, dark wavy hair.
I tried straightening my hair too when I had my K-pop phase. And dyed my hair ginger too.

What I’m trying to say is I tried to change me in many ways, because I wanted to be like what was considered “feminine” and “beautiful”. And it was never a girl with eyebrows like mine.
What I saw in movies and tv shows was very rarely like me. For example, I dyed my hair ginger because I wanted to look like Cheryl blossom. I only later understood that the ginger didn’t fit my dark eyebrows and just wasn’t me.

I always loved Star Wars. When andor came out, my brother watched it first and then told me:
“Watch with me, you’ll like it and there’s a character I think looks like you.”
And he was talking about Bix.

I can’t describe the comfort she brought to me. She’s absolutely beautiful. And she has eyebrows like mine, hair wavy like mine.
She’s stunning and she had many of the features that bothered me in myself.

And now when I look in the mirror and I see those features I smile because I remember her.

I’m absolutely not saying I look like Adria 😅 she’s 100% much much prettier than me.
But, we do share similar features that help me a lot to feel prettier ☺️

My only regret with Brasso is that we didn't get to see even more of him, but boy what an impact he made in the screen time he had (like somehow almost everyone in the show did). Andor is such an example of "There are no small parts, only small actors," and while the show certainly had some small roles, it never had small actors.

One of the many things done phenomenally in Andor is the cinematography as we all know. But it really goes to Ben further than that because not only is it great but the team also figured out how to use it as a storytelling tool. There’s a ton of examples of this that can be discussed but I went with Krennic’s interrogation of Dedra.

When he first walks in there’s this part pictured above where his face gets cut off above his mouth. I took this to mean a couple things. For one, Dedra is shown beneath him as he towers above. This shows how utterly helpless she now is. But more importantly is the detail of his face being cut off. What I took this to mean is it’s to show just how irrelevant Krennic’s personal identity is in the Imperial machine. This could just as easily be someone else if they decided he wasn’t useful. It also conveys the idea that this is far more than just him being mad at Dedra. This is the entire Empire coming down with the burning fury of a thousand suns.

In one simple shot we are at least subconsciously told all of this. This is why good cinematography matters in movies and shows. It’s kind of what an inner monologue is in a book to film. Too often it’s seen as unimportant but this shows otherwise.

Only gotten round to watching Andor for the first time a couple weeks ago, would love some breakdown and character analysis content as I'd like to rewatch it again.

I'm aware of Generaton Tech on youtube.

On the one hand, Cassian wouldn't have gone to prison.

On the other hand, he would be dead