Andor The Imperials of Andor (spoilers allowed)

It was interesting to see the Imperials be characters - their mundanity (e.g., patrolling/the shift work), their competence (quickly realising the heist) and cruelty (obnoxious superiority).

But also I paused for thought when it was an Imperial who said "let the child go" - and the Rebels didn't. How the tables turned in that one moment.

I guess we'll see certain aspects (fascism and brutality) ramped up in the Imperials in later episodes. And more extreme behaviour from the Rebels, when Saw shows up...

 

Cinta just shot him then. It really verifies that how Skeen described her as the toughest one in their bunch.
Andor said no one needs to die- and sure they could've stunned him as well but Cinta wanted to kill. As revenge? Maybe. It did work though and make the Commandant take them more seriously for sure.

 

Indeed she did. Ruthless!

 

I don't think it had much to do with revenge at all. It's just that they a) didn't have the time for this, and b) everyone was unaware of her arrival, giving her the chance to shoot without giving the Imperial a chance to react.

She certainly has no qualms killing Imperials if the situation warrants it, but so far she has only done it when "necessary". That's not a revenge-killing.

 

Yeah not really.
I meant that she might have that mindset that killing imperials is some sort of revenge for her family and she does it when she can. Sure she didn't kill hostages so maybe she did see the as civilians or thought it is important to do the mission just as planned and only kills imperials when mission allows it.
Anyway she definitely seemed quite ruthless there when she arrived and killed the engineer right after Andor said "nobody needs to die". And engineer seemed quite heroic there even though he was imperial. It was an interesting scene.

 

Yeah! Definitely an interesting scene. Almost one made for us to stay "stop, wait! How have we come to this? Who's acting in the right way here?"

RO...and planet-killers? ANH...and ruling-by-fear. ESB...and interpersonal torture. Definitely turning points in the mindset from Imperial to Rebel.

Gosh it's been a political set of posts today.

Sorry. Back to fun!

 

Wonder if Imps' first visit on Ferrix (that, basing on trailers, will be shown in flashbacks) is going to be revealed to be brutal (Cassian's father's execution), but also not unprovoked. Andor family were outright marauders, maybe they were not the only ones in the city and Imperials originally arrived just to arrest criminals.

 

So Yularen's in Episode 7?

 

Yes.

 

It appeared father was killed by the Republic clones and the first visit happened during the clone wars to claim the planet for the Republic. Cassian and other were separatist sympathizers so they see Republic and Empire as the same oppressive rule.

 

Basing on Maarva's words, it happened in 18 BBY - so there were still clones, but already an Imperial officer. Also protesters demanded the return of the Republic, so it seems they were not pro-CIS.

 

Major Partagaz. Is that his name? He's a great addition. Will he remain throughout the series?

 

ISB might have leak, saw someone on Twitter analyze recent promo for the show. And looks we got a traitor to the Empire.

 

It makes sense since only someone from ISB could have provided Luthen will all that highly detailed info about Cassian.

 

Also makes it easier to recruit former Imperials with an ISB double agent.

 

I think this is spot on.

 

He doesn't have a very nice view from his window. It's probably symbolic, i dunno, no horizon, domineering city scape, lack of natural light, yeah, deep man. Hannibal wouldn't like that view. Tell me about the lambs Syril.

 

Could be. I am not sure. I thought this too first, but someone shouts "Long live the Republic" there like it would still be time of the Republic.... maybe it's meant as anti-imperial shout though, but it's not clear to me who shouted or what year they are living there. Is it still Republic or early Empire. So I wait until episode guide is up. Actions look like that of imperials for sure and man looks like an imperial officer, but Republic had some non-jedi officers too. I may have understood it wrong. They have changed Cassian's backstory quite a bit from what was told during Rogue One so pardon the confusion. Now it seems they were unaligned and didn't accept the Empire or something.

 

I’m fascinated by the leadership structure of the Empire. What are the leadership tiers below Palpatine? I’m assuming there are multiple Grand Moffs. Are there regular ole Moffs? If so, how many at each level? What is their span of control (100 star systems per one Grand Moff, for example)? Where do the Imperial leaders in Andor rank in Palpatine’s Administration? So many questions. I find it all fascinating.

 

Time for an Imperial org chart!

 

To clarify before the death of Tarkin, he was the only Grand Moff in the Empire. After his death there would be many.

 

I'm betting Palpatine has set up multiple redundant adjacent same-level department and administrations, who each compete for distinction and control over their areas. This creates a system of waring factions among his own Imperials, who try to rise up to the highest level that they can and attain as much power as they can. It would create distrust among the different 'factions', and strict adherence to the rules, all serving to the top boss. We see this kind of stuff in the worst of the worst in corporate business.

 

Just wanted to say, seeing Yularen in live action was great. Never would have thought Anakin's dissaproving admiral would make it to this point.