Andor S02E01: A Year Later // S02E09: Welcome To The Rebellion

#Galaxy's mightiest heroes

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.

Mace Windu artwork by David M. Buisán for Star Wars Unlimited

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005) / Keisha Castle-Hughes as Queen Apailana

i don't want the ghorman project. i've thought it through all night, and i don't want it

I love you. I know.

CARRIE FISHER & HARRISON FORD STAR WARS: EPISODE V - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

There’s only one thing I want from the Ahsoka show

STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH 2005, dir. George Lucas

Something about Luke being the spitting image of his father

shmi & anakin, chris travis / the virgin and child with saints, duccio di buoninsegna / anakin, padmé & luke, brian ashmore / mother and child (madonna), egon schiele / leia with jaina and jacen, russ walks / madonna of the rose, raphael