It's fine I also like Andor.
Always two, there are!
Was it shot in a way that it can easily be removed by Chinese censors?
It lasts a couple of seconds and nothing plot critical is happening in the background. Throughout the episode, the fact they're in love is pretty apparent even if you dub different dialogue on it to make them friends. But yes, Chinese censors can probably scrub it pretty easily. I don't know why people are so worked up about it. Presumably because they think it is pushing an agenda. Two women making out is not in itself Woke. Woke is when it shows they're better because they're lesbians and triumphing over the hateful bigots. This is just, well, two characters in love. I hate being propagandised to as much as the next guy but that hasn't made me hate something just because it's a woman.
By accident. And it makes sense for someone to carry a blaster in the odd case some meddlers or Imperial toadies showed up.
Cinta and Vel have a whole scene where they over and over drill through the chain of command and what is and isn't allowed and part of that is very clearly them insisting on nobody else having blasters and making him agree to that. He directly disobeyed and secretly went back on what he'd publicly agreed to. So yes, it's on him.
Just to check, you are actually watching this show you're critiquing, right? I just want to be sure I'm not debating with someone who likes to argue about something they're not even watching.
Nothing amazing enough for me to ever bother with a subscription for
Entirely your choice, but you can buy a subscription for a month and the whole show will be out before the end of May so it's around $10 and then cancel. If you're inclined.
I can see why hardcore and Old School fans of SW may have things they don't like about it. There aren't lots of strange aliens and there's no hint of the Force as yet. It's very unashamedly trying to do a more grounded and realistic take on the setting. But I happen to enjoy that and I think it's very well written. One thing I
very much like is that it doesn't hit you over the head with explanations and characters are able to talk in subtext and the audience is assumed to be smart enough to understand it. That's a refreshing change these days.
IMO that itself was a major mistake by Lucas. Building the death star to suppress an already existing rebellion would make IMO more sense than creating one just because he is evil.
Palpatine is the very definition of a long-term planner and I think he always knew that as he pushed harder and harder for "UNLIMITED POWER" resistance would grow stronger. As a Sith, there's no such thing as causing too much fear. He always planned to dissolve the senate and rule through full autocratic power. The ability to destroy an entire world in the blink of an eye puts him on a level far beyond just military supremacy.
The Andor problem of the creation of the death star causing the rebellion is the bigger problem I have though. Its generally a story weakness that so much of the story justification for the rebellion is related to the creation of the death star.
I may be missing something. I don't see Andor as saying the construction fo the Death Star causes the rebellion. There are already rebellions going on at the time of Andor. What there isn't, is the Rebel Alliance. So for example we see Saw Guerrera refusing to work with another group because he or they is a "New Republican" and that's a different political ideology than his.
I believe Andor is simply going with Leia's original statement of "the tighter you close your fist the more star systems will slip through your fingers". In fact, Luthen deliberately provokes the Empire into an over-reaction precisely to build support for the rebels.
As an aside, Deedra and Syril are now my favourite screen couple.
