Andor the Anarchist: Star Wars' Radical Anarchists & Rebels

Andor the Anarchist: Star Wars' Radical Anarchists & Rebels | Nate

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This 44-page zine draws out the anarchist ideas explicitly and implicitly embedded in the Star Wars canon, focusing on season 1 of the Andor TV series.
I was interested to learn that the show's Aldhani heist subplot was inspired by Stalin's IRL bank heists to fund the nascent Russian Revolution.
The examination of Saw Gerrera's (a name deliberately metred to suggest Che Guevara) and Luthen Rael's approaches to insurrection was fascinating, too.
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Bookwomble I laughed at the report of the Disney CEO making a statement that the show isn't “in any way“ a political film and has no political message: he's either an idiot (unlikely), deluded (possible) or seeking to avoid MAGA “Imperial entanglements“ (probable).
One of the more affecting strands of the show for me was that of Karis Nemik & his manifesto, in-show title, “The Trail of Political Consciousness“ (but remember, there is no political message ⬇️ (edited) 2w

Bookwomble ... here!), which Nate gives some historical perspective on.
I could have read a much longer treatise on this theme. 2w

TieDyeDude Sounds like a good read. I really wish some of these media folks would show just a little spine. If you are going to put millions of dollars into something, stand up for it and shut down the whiny minority that obviously never understood the property to begin with. Maybe if they defended their projects instead of trying to appease everyone, we could have gotten The Acolyte Season 2 or a better Episode IX... 1w

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude Yeah, it always seems to be the studio execs who haven't a clue about what they're handling 🫤 1w

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Andor the Anarchist: Star Wars' Radical Anarchists & Rebels | Nate

"Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
And then remember this: the Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is a mask of fear."
- Nemik's Manifesto: The Trail of Political Consciousness (Screenwriter, Tony Gilroy)

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🥺✊🏼💫. 2w

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Andor the Anarchist: Star Wars' Radical Anarchists & Rebels | Nate