Baby Aayla Feat: Young Knight Quinlan Vos

I would have been a lot more okay with the way Cinta died if killing off black and brown characters for the sake of the development of white characters weren't already a pattern for Andor.

I see the tragic sort of irony in the fact that Cinta seems almost invincible in the face of danger from the Empire— she's so alert and competent and ready for anything— of course it could only be an accident that she wouldn't see coming. And I see the interest in the concept of there being a death on this mission not because of the Imperial crackdown the group was afraid of, but because a green kid could only see that outside danger instead of the even more likely dangers of within-group panic and disorganization.

But it all rings hollow when over and over and over, the writers of Andor kill off darker-skinned characters just so the lighter-skinned ones can have their character development moments. Taramyn and Gorn dying first and fastest at Aldhani, Birnok being introduced just to help Cassian plan before he's killed off immediately so Kino and Melshi can get their moments instead. Then tossing Nurchi in there just to die just because, I guess. The way Clem is mostly there for his death to be a catalyst to Maarva and Cassian.

And so all I can think about watching this scene is wow, what a surprise, we killed off the brown girlfriend so the white one can have her moment of tragedy and eloquent monologue. It makes me furious, it makes me sad, it makes me bitter and resentful that this just keeps happening and happening in a show where I KNOW the writers are capable of doing better and yet they CHOOSE not to every. single. time.

[ Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith | Naboo Concept Art ]

General Grievous attends a HR meeting

HARRISON FORD as Han Solo & MARK HAMILL as Luke Skywalker - STAR WARS EPISODE VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

It tickles me that the empire is literally an ouroboros eating its own tail

every time a new Star War movie or show is announced all the fans are like “OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭”

I absolutely LOVE the choice of Tales of the Underworld first episode to not explain SHIT about how Ventress died or why Quinlan was confessing his love to her. Sink or swim in the narrative, bitch, Star Wars ain't throwing you a life preserver. Phenomenal choice, zero notes, I've been hyena laughing about it all day.

STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE (1977) - dir. George Lucas

ANDOR S02E09 Welcome to the Rebellion x Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope