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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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The obvious answer is – The Empire.

The Empire are…space fascists. Their whole vibe screams Nazi right down to the Hugo Boss style uniforms. With Emperor Palpatine as the fascist dictator Adolf Hitler and / or Benito Mussolini.

But Emperor Palpatine is also Darth Sidious, a Sith Lord who uses the dark side of the Force to subvert the good Republic and establish the evil Empire.

This mirrors the common understanding that fascists like Adolf Hitler used hypnotic powers of persuasion and oratory to sway people towards fascism.

But. This isn’t how fascism rose to power in reality

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