Calling Andor the best Star Wars ever is like calling Anakin the best Jedi ever
It’s true
But
We’ll come back to that
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If Andor season 2 has one overwhelming message
it’s that *revolutionary* is a job fit only for lunatics
and egotists
as a career path revolution offers only long hours, great danger, shitty accommodation
and an almost certain death
after a long period of being tortured
Star Wars is the story of those mad enough and bad enough to join the rebellion. The lunatics, scoundrels and heroes who become revolutionaries.
And Andor is the story of what revolutions are really like. Sad, violent, desperate and doomed. A rebellion that the characters in Andor often seem to regret ever having joined.
Which raises the question
What are you rebelling against, Andor?
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