Andor : Redefining the Rebellion

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Published on April 4, 2025 1:30:07 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEbv8bOZSNs

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Star Wars has become a very mixed bag of tone and quality, but Andor is easily the most nuanced and “realistic” of the many stories the franchise has produced, in part because Andor isn't a Jedi, a swashbuckler, or the son of someone important. In short, he's a rando that got sucked in.

The series is open to a wide range of interpretations. This is one of them. Or if you prefer, here's Damien Walter's examination of Andor through an explicitly Marxist lens, which I found interesting on several points.    • Andor is a Marxist story  

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00:00 Intro
02:01 Revolution Salad
03:38 Ideology is Packaging
08:45 Andor is Us