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[burningfudge]

seeing mon and kleya’s thrilling escapes from coruscant makes leia’s first reaction to luke and han even funnier. leia must’ve heard about these highly skilled rebels but then when she gets captured, she gets a hillbilly farmboy and an idiot smuggler to rescue her

[bifuriouslyqueer]

She was expecting

and got

instead

[animazi]

luke hull, the production designer of andor, says it is a very visually light show, and he’s not wrong, but it is deeply interesting to me how the brightest and lightest part of andor is the empire.  in most other star warses, the empire is depicted as, well, dark; it’s vader’s looming shadow, the grimly lit death star. the empire is a creature of malice and hatred, a Bad force led by the shadowy darkness of palpatine - the empire reflects its morals and character. this is an effective way of queuing in to an audience primed by a lifetime of light versus dark good versus bad metaphors the situation at hand; in anh the tantive is visually very white, vader brings a darkness (literally) in with him. the light in star wars is the rebellion - leia’s pure white dress, mon’s r1 and rotj garb, luke’s white outfit. they are the hope, and so they are the lightest points of the movie. the rebel hq is white, blindingly so - look, you get my point.  in andor, however, this is flipped. luthen’s fondor is often shadowy and greyish, mon gives her speech disavowing the empire a primarily grey colourscape, the radio tower to luthen on ferrix is dark, the backroom of the gallery is dark, but the empire is a blindingly sterile white again and again and again. narkina-5, the isb building, dedra’s flat. it’s a very deliberate brightness, one that contrasts with the more naturalistic lighting at play in rebel-led scenes and places; the imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. the empire has to continually signal its presence, has to continually signal what it claims to offer; Light, Order, Reason. it’s an inescapable brightness, a pervasive presence. you can retreat into the shadows but not the light.  and at the same time, that pretence is so deeply hollow! there’s a clinical aspect to the light of the empire, a constant oppressive artifice to it; it smothers mon in the embassy, isb uniforms and stormtrooper armour has to be perfectly smooth and pressed, in contrast to the aforementioned rebels. dedra’s torture of bix strips the bright and clinical facade away, revealing the empire not as a medical organisation, treating the illnesses of the galaxy, but as a cruel creature, fed by and greedy for the desire for power and control and harm that those that make it up embody. dedra and the false light of the empire are symbionts; in the light she must be composed (as the empire demands of its subjects), it is only in the dark that she can be vulnerable. the light is more intuitive than the dark, but that is the exact framing that andor’s empire relies upon. it is easier to comply than to resist, but that light is false and cold and will burn you in time.

[rebeljyn]

Mon Mothma Outfits

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Mon Mothma Outfits

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Mon Mothma Outfits

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Mon Mothma Outfits

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Mon Mothma Outfits

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[djkerr]

Michael Wilkinson, the brilliant costume designer for Andor, shares photos of creating Mon Mothma's Senate Party gown for season 2 episode 6, "What a Festive Evening."

📷 @michaelwilkinson IG

[djkerr]

Stunning concept art by Andrei Riabovitchev for some of the costumes in Andor Season 2. ✨🎨

📷 @riabovitchev IG

[djkerr]

Breathtaking illustrations by Andrei Riabovitchev for Mon Mothma's gorgeous costumes in Andor season 2. ✨🎨

📷 @riabovitchev IG

[takemetodragonstone]

I am once again thinking about the many parallels between Ghorman and Kenari.

Do you think that when Cassian learned that the empire intended to gouge-mine Ghorman he thought of Kenari’s fate? “Abandoned imperial mining project. Apparently no one survived”. Do you think he remembered standing in front of that huge abandoned imperial mine cutting into the heart of his home planet and felt like a child again, helpless against the might of the empire?

Do you think when Cassian told Luthen “they’re not ready” he was remembering the girl who died on Kenari leading their small band of child-scavengers to check out the wreck of the crashed imperial ship? And all the fallout from that?

Do you think he was remembering the sister he left behind, the community lost, the planet destroyed beyond all possibility of habitation?

Do you think that every time Cassian saw someone recoil from the word “Ghorman” he remembered the woman who recoiled when he told her he was searching for a girl from Kenari? How many other times do you think he saw something like that, from the few people who had even heard of Kenari?

Do you think that when he was in the midst of the Ghorman massacre he was remembering whatever tragedies befell Kenari that left the children to fend for themselves?

I’m going insane.

[trasenaar]

Fandom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of transformative works are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Fandom is everywhere. And even the smallest work of transformation pushes our lines forward. And then remember this. The IP owner’s need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Capitalism requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of greed. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the corporate authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try.

[hegodamask]

"If you look at Cassian and Maarva in the first season, she teaches Cassian about love. When he says, “I’ll be worried about you all the time,” she says, “That’s just love.” But nobody has ever told Dedra what love is, or what it means when you look at a person and you’re happy for them. In 205, when she says, “It’s good to see you happy,” she doesn’t say it in a way that’s like, “Oh, it’s so good to see you happy!” She [coolly] says, “It’s good to see you happy,” and she doesn’t know what that is doing. So Syril being the person that she sends into Ghorman and uses like that is what makes her feel bad about that whole Ghorman situation. It’s not really the massacre, unfortunately. It’s not that she sees that she’s wiped out all these people; it’s that she’s lost Syril." - Denise Gough

ANDOR S02E08 Who Are You?

[not-me-burning]

Denise Gough on Breakthrough News today

[everything-written-down]

I know this is old news but the fact that the empire spends like a billion dollars and 5-10 years building the Death Star and in the end it’s operational for like 36 hours before the resistance blows it up is so hilarious

[jynjackets]

I'm glad you & other fans are talking about the weird sexualization of Cassian & Bix. I picked up on it at first and thought maybe I'm just seeing things because I'm already so critical of this show? But no, watch it again and its there. I hate that scene where Twix is waiting for him to come home from a mission and she's in those skimpy clothes-- I have never fastforwarded through a scene SO fast in my life LOL. On its own, I do not care if a woman character is at home chillin in a tank top but you can tell it was written/directed by a man, and it has those "Sweetie You're Home! :)" tradwife undertones. So it's all that context + the fact that she exists as docile housewife for her man that makes me go .. ?? barf. Idk my first thought is Jessica Jones-- she's seen having sex and lounging around in her skimpy tanktops/underwear but it never felt sexualized to me, she's a tired ass bitch who fucks and doesn't feel like getting dressed. I guess we can't have the same for a Latina woman char. Cool.

exactly anon. it’s so gratuitous that it’s ultimately unappealing for even straight audience members

sex is not bad, but it’s undeniable how women are reduced to their sexual utility. bin has no consistency from her character other than for this utility. You should not have to make up things in your head about her if we are examining her actual character.

The sexual assault juxtaposed with her relationships in the show, wants us to assume that consent is the answer to what makes the sexualization of women okay, “liberating” even. But this is an intentionally low standard to be met. Consent alone as sign of sexual freedom ignores context, accountability, and the existing power dynamics of the reality we live in. Bin being able to ‘consent again’ is a disgusting joke of an arc. It’s implying that sex (and even procreation) in and of itself is the worthy life goal for a woman, when “not getting raped again” is not a complete character resolution for anybody. It’s horrifying and resentful.

And exactly about the point about jessica jones! Sex and characterization are not at odd ends. She’s in skimp clothing when it at the very least makes sense for her to do so. And it’s not purely for men in the show or in the audience to gawk at her. She fucks! And it’s just part of the intricate mosaic that she is.

Her show even involves Jessica’s trauma with rape but takes the time to unravel its impact, and how her path to healing allows her to defeat her rapist/villain. “Consent” isn’t the key takeaway to her story, but autonomy, identity, grief, and even love. A host of things that are involved in women’s complicated relationship with sex.

[theautisticjedi]

Syril realizing everything he's done has lead to this, to the slaughter of innocents. He seems remorseful. Until he sees Cassian, the man he's been hunting. And he attacks him, beats him, nearly kills him.

And then Cassian asks who he is. And Syril realizes that this hunt was pointless too.

And then he gets shot in the head.

What a fucking ending.