Andor Showing Imperial soldiers in a more nuanced way

I think even ANH dealt with this well in some very well written and succinct scenes , take the meeting of the admirals and generals , in that one scene we get various viewpoints : Motti is arrogant and believes in the Death Star, Tagge is clearly a more traditional military man, he respects the rebels and is shocked that the senate has been disbanded . Tarkin is very much the tyrant. And Vader of course has a larger view.

 

OK but I don't want to digress from my original point, that is, virtually everyone, if they're human, sooner or later will just say "it is what it is" about some important injustice. You can't fight every single thing that is wrong in the world. With this premise, I can totally imagine being emotionally involved in the story of an Imperial, who is an Imperial because that's what they do, because that's their reality, because it's their job, because they are not perfect, because they don't want to sacrifice their life for some greater good, and I think I can easily sympathize for them even though they are Imperials, sa long as the story manages to show me their human side.

 

I would rather say that everyone of us is a bit of a combo of those groups you just mentioned. Sometimes we all are ignorant, sometimes we are all powerless, and sometimes we just go for what is most convenient to us. There aren't many heroes in the world, and I don't mind if some SW characters reflects just that, from time to time.

 

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What is your emotional involvement toward dramas like The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and stuff like that? That is, when the main characters are just flat out awful.

It seems to me that people generally tend to feel sympathy even when the character is morally reprehensible, if the story is well made. Our compassion works in mysterious ways.

 

Well, Game of Thrones also had the Starks as central characters. Who were not awful.

I think that's why some are having trouble getting into House of the Dragon, where pretty much everyone is awful.

 

My problem with Hot D is mostly with the characters being as dumb as a sheep, rather than awful, but that's off-topic in this thread.

 

I think it adds a lot more depth and nuance to Star Wars. I'm glad Andor is attempting to feature more of these sympathetic Imperial characters. I also like the inclusion of morally grey Rebels.

Most people aren't as innately evil as Palpatine. They're compelled to commit commit wicked acts by their creed, culture and life circumstances. Being good in an evil society is very difficult, even for the best of people.

I appreciate it when Star Wars recognizes that. It makes the moral triumphs of our heroes even greater.

 

Not only dumb as sheep, but temperamentally undifferentiated as well

I think the only character approaching this degree of development right now is Syrill, who is also the most interesting character of the show, by far.