The Rebellion is a benign military dictatorship fighting against the malignant military dictatorship of the Empire. Someone like Luthen would be seen as a loose cannon; his tactics would cost them men and material just to further his own goals, that he decides for himself, and that would not be tolerated. Especially when he kills allies based on his own judgement; that would not be tolerated in the Alliance, where they need every asset and person they can get.
It's novel to find myself agreeing with you for once, but I guess it wont kill me!
Yes, Luthen was playing chess and the rebel alliance was playing, I don't know, laser tag? Both were appropriate for the stages they were in. Thinking through moves ahead, sacrificing pieces, guarding ones plans - vital to lay the ground work for the rebellion. Actively engaging the enemy in a guerilla war, mobile, hiding, striking fast and falling back - the next logical step.
The transition was well-managed and I liked how they showed it so naturally. But I can also very much see how Cassian saw it as an almost-betrayal by Mon, Bail and woman-in-gold to suddenly become the figureheads and frankly that's mostly what they were. Do we think Mon Mothma has an extensive military experience to guide the rebellion with? Do we think she has a deep understanding of logistics and supply? An extensive network of contacts, spies and arms dealers to supply the rebellion with intel or weapons? No - she's an orator and a fine one, and she is brave to have done what she did all those years. But in many ways a figurehead. To people on the frontlines, both militarily and in the espionage side, it's got to feel a bit galling to suddenly have this person
you rescued on Luthen's orders, suddenly telling you what you can and cannot do.
I'm hyped for the Perrin show, where we see him become a lawyer following the events of Season 2 of Andor and he streams for super chats moneys.
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He's like, our guy. Perfect for the role! He can have my super chat berries
That was a weird addition to the closing character montage. I don't dislike it, but is he supposed to be a future player in affairs now? Or was it meant to communicate something about his being sad and discarded on the wrong side of things? I feel like I may have missed something somewhere.
I liked how I thought he was about to put his arm around the sleeping woman but turned out he was just going for the bottle.
Thing is, it is quite excusable as being a mobile, logistical space station as well as a command centre and massive organisational hub full to the brim of offices meant to centralize and making ruling the empire easier so the empire can move shit off of Coruscant. It's basically just the Empire's pentagon.
Ehhhh, you'd need a million little secrets and restrictions and misdirects to misrepresent what it is. I feel in this instance one big lie is easier than a hundred thousand smaller ones. The senators are career bureaucrats. They'd smell something was off with it pretty quickly and they'd all be jostling for contracts and cuts and be miffed at the endless rebuffs. A single big "energy project" black hole is somehow easier in many ways. It's more separated than an "organizational hub" would be.
Just that first shot outside of the office. The sad thing about everything is that most of the ISB people aren't really evil per-say.
It's sad to think about how easily good people could be swept into it. Imagine Partagaz as some mid-ranking officer or brave intelligence operative during the Clone Wars. He's about the right age for that. Having bravely put down Seperatist terrorist operations and helped restore peace and order out of the chaos, he's promoted into the newly formed ISB. A chance to help protect the restored order and make sure the horrors of the Clone Wars never return. How long would it be and how subtle, before he noticed the change and what he was really doing.
I think the fact he was listening to the rebel speech at the end was quite sad. It suggested he was considering if it might be true.
The empire collapses like five years later, she is probably not locked up for long.
It would be an amusing spin-off to have rebels breaking open the prisons and freeing all the political prisoners. "What's on her charge sheet?" "Sedition." "Okay, get her out of here she's one of us. See if she has any useful skills as well - maybe she'll be an asset."
I honestly felt sorry for her at the end. She'd had a shit of a life and even though confronting Luthen personally was a stupid error, the gall of seeing someone else take credit for your years of work would be an enormous thing to have to swallow. Can see why she swooped in even though it was stupid.
Krennic was brilliantly horrible in this show. The way he fucking stuck his finger on her head. Especially as we've established Dedre has severe issues being touched or any kind of intimacy.
Rosario Dawson really cannot act and is far too unfit personality wise and physically to be Ahsoka. Shes known for nude scenes in a handful of movies. Compare Hayden returning as Anakin, they're both around the same age but he still moves with the same grace and aura as he did in the prequel trilogy. They needed someone younger, who still sounds like a bit of a teenager who could banter back with other characters. But Disney wasn't interested in that.
Rosario Dawson is a bad actress. Casting her as Ahsoka a colossal mistake. Though seeing Ray Stevenson boot her off that cliff was almost worth it. That guy had every drop of presence that Dawson lacked. It's a flaw when the villains in your movie are so much more charismatic than the hero. I even felt more compassion for Shin Hati and she was a Dark Sider. But she looked half-starved and haunted most of the time. Whereas Dawson just looked well-fed and smug.
I dipped in and out of that show mainly to get the essentials. I couldn't take too much of Dawson. She's really bad and I don't know how she gets these roles. She was in the Netflix Defender shows and she was bad in those as well.
