It's honestly interesting that Filoni has ruined both of the decent character deaths he had in Rebels with Clone Wars characters.
From what I'm aware of Maul in Solo was actually a set up for the Obi Wan Kenobi movie which was supposed to take place around the same time in the Star Wars universe and was supposed to be the next release I believe but Solo flopped so hard they pushed the movie back and eventually reworked it into a series. Apparently Dave Filoni had a bitch fit behind the scenes about the fact that Maul's death was already in Rebels and whined to Kathleen to get Maul out of the script NOW! NOW! NOW! At least that's the story I've heard slung around out there.
That makes zero fucking sense. Some of those rebels fight for the sake of private property and religion, others try to do away with private property and religion.
That makes more sense; although technically, the Empire wasn't a tyranny until ANH, when they finally did away with the Senate and enforced order with bayonet rule alone.
Well, suffice to say "I called it." Andor is Star Wars for intellectual leftists and ANTIFA-types.
The underlying concept of the Rebellion is freedom. Freedom is a pure idea. It is why both conservatives and progressives can see themselves in the role of the Rebellion. That there is an unnatural force constraining people and it needs to be rejected.
Freedom is nebulous at best, and it can be defined on different sides. I mean, someone who thinks the Senate was full of corrupt assholes would see the Empire as freedom, and someone who sees the Empire as oppressive would define the Rebellion as freedom. Freedom can pretty much go either way.
False. The North Vietnamese Communists were even more tyrannical than the British were, and they had no problems oppressing fellow Vietnamese to get the edge on the French, South Vietnam, or the Americans. Trying to equate the Sons of Liberty with the Vietcong betrays an understanding of history that would make fifth-graders look like history professors.
False. It is called the "Alliance to Restore the Republic" for a reason. It is not the development of any new government system. As far as they're concerned, the Republic in the old days worked, so let's bring that back and remove the Empire. It's literally in their fucking name.
Yes for Luke; no for the Alliance. If you try to connect the Alliance to the French and Communist revolutionaries, that would be a betrayal of what they fought for. Especially since the Alliance was big on private property and restoring the Senatorial Aristocracy and Jedi Religion to power, whereas the French and Communist Revolutions tried to downsize both the religious and the aristocratic elements of society.
Don't you mean the People's Front of Judea?
I could be wrong because I haven't actually watched Andor but it seems like a good chunk of the shows messaging is about the complexities of revolution and how a good chunk of the time said revolutionaires become the thing they hate.
Not quite. The show practically says it's OK to have someone like Luthen who makes moral sacrifices so long as it's against the fascists. The more tidy Alliance Council are portrayed as aloof revolutionaries who don't know the true meaning of sacrifice. They even found a way to make Bail Organa look bad because he bad-mouths Luthen.
it was actually really good, too good for that really meh show
He also does a great rendition of Maul, makes him sound exactly the right level of unhinged and violent. His rendition of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter is great for good reason.
I saw that reddit thread the other day. I considered this to be a very clear call to action
If Sam Witwer were a real fan he'd refuse to portray the cucked Darth Maul he's been hyping up and push for a more proper Darth Maul or nothing. His Shadow Hunter reading is the only time I liked him as Maul because he did a good job and had good material to work with.
They're too blinded by their hate of fascism, that they have become the very thing they swore to destroy. They have the Empire mimic the Wannsee Conference with that first Krennic scene in that mountain retreat with Dedra and Space Qyburn, when in reality, the people who attended that conference in real life would agree with Luthen in that you need to put aside conventional morality in order to create a better world for tomorrow.
Like I said before, you can justify the actions of Vader, Tarkin, and Palpatine, the grand triumvirate of the Empire, with the very same principle. Vader and Tarkin want to save lives and end conflict and chaos. Palpatine wants a peaceful galaxy. Those ends are good, but the means they choose to pursue those ends are evil. That is why the Empire is evil, and why the old Alliance was good, because unlike the Empire, the Alliance sought to do good things through good, ethical means.
Oh wow they were retarded enough to waste money on this. I rather hope this book came out BEFORE the show flopped.
"Belt with hidden paint tubes so she can paint if she has a sudden inspiration"
Another Disney product skinwalking something good and failing. The pre-Disney Star Wars visual guides for both characters and ships & vehicles were all wonderful.
