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Star Wars: Andor 2.01 - 2.03
Apr. 24th, 2025 09:46 amYou know, oddly enough two shows on the direct opposites of the scale - namely Skeleton Crew on the "firmly aimed at kids" side, and Andor on the "SW for adults, and by this we do not mean the female characters are shown undressed" side are what I like best about the Disney era franchise, while the actual movies are eh, and the other shows trying to strike a balance between the two are hit-and-miss. ( Vaguely spoilery thoughts on the first three episodes ensue. )
Now onto those thoughts I had which aren't about these episodes themselves but were inspired by one of the tropes they used. Because SW, enven Andor!SW, is at its heart optimistic about human nature. And so the farmers are salt-of-the-earth good people being oppressed and of course wanting to help refugees and only obeying the fascists out of fear (in a clear pre-stage of becoming rebels themselves.) This is something even dystopias like the Hunger Games franchise do - it's the big city that harbors the evil (rich) authoritarian elites while the countryside, the districts, are full of good people who only comply with dictatorships out of fear. And because of rl, I was cynically thinking: doesn't said rl prove the salt-of-the-earth farmers would actually be actively rooting for the Empire because hey, sure, they're suffering, but at least they get to "own the libs" and the Empire ensures the "aliens" are treated even worse? That they would buy into the propaganda that all their miseries were actually the aliens' fault and be as much supportive of the dictatorship as the super rich were?
Don't get me wrong: I'm actually glad Andor doesn't go there, that it is despite all the noir tropes optimistic about human nature. But those thoughts do occur.
Now onto those thoughts I had which aren't about these episodes themselves but were inspired by one of the tropes they used. Because SW, enven Andor!SW, is at its heart optimistic about human nature. And so the farmers are salt-of-the-earth good people being oppressed and of course wanting to help refugees and only obeying the fascists out of fear (in a clear pre-stage of becoming rebels themselves.) This is something even dystopias like the Hunger Games franchise do - it's the big city that harbors the evil (rich) authoritarian elites while the countryside, the districts, are full of good people who only comply with dictatorships out of fear. And because of rl, I was cynically thinking: doesn't said rl prove the salt-of-the-earth farmers would actually be actively rooting for the Empire because hey, sure, they're suffering, but at least they get to "own the libs" and the Empire ensures the "aliens" are treated even worse? That they would buy into the propaganda that all their miseries were actually the aliens' fault and be as much supportive of the dictatorship as the super rich were?
Don't get me wrong: I'm actually glad Andor doesn't go there, that it is despite all the noir tropes optimistic about human nature. But those thoughts do occur.
