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Andor, Tony Gilroy’s prequel series leading up to the events of Rogue One, is a Star Wars story about the people who would be background extras in other Star Wars stories.
Writer-director Leslye Headland’s new series takes a nuanced approach to representation.
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Andor actually shows why the Empire is terrifying. We see the Empire’s strategy over and over again: Extract resources. Displace indigenous populations. Partner with corporations for profit. And when all else fails, suppress dissent — increasingly, as the show progresses, by any means necessary.
Star Wars: Andor's first episodes on Disney+ eschew the familiar signs of the Empire in favor of some private corporation - which is part of the plan.
The social media harassment of Kelly Marie Tran was abominable, but it’s not fair to say that racism is baked into the epic franchise’s core
We get a crash course in how the bounty-hunting system works, complete with the Bounty Hunters Guild taken extremely literally as an actual unionized workforce of bounty hunters. There are labor disputes over clients refusing to pay guild rates.
There is probably no greater illusion in the field of national security than the idea of credible missile defense.
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