Watching Andor and seeing the gritty and brutal methods it took to build the rebellion has made me completely rethink the purpose of Luke Skywalker and his role as a hero. When we only had the OT, which obviously is very Skywalker-centered, it’s easy to think Luke is what brought everyone together carried them to victory. While this is partially true, thanks to Rebels, Rogue One, and Andor, we see all of the real work, people, sacrifice, and death it took to build the powerhouse in A New Hope to life. It wasn’t easy or pretty. Luke was just some farmboy who swooped in after all the real work was done and “saved the galaxy.” Some might take that as their interpretation, but as someone biased towards Luke and archetype of a hero in general, I’m inclined to think he’s more than that. All this time, in the darkness of the Empire, the rebellion held out hope that freedom and light would return. That’s why the original rebel symbol seen in Andor, the circle with a line through it, seems to have been taken from the symbol of the jedi during the clone wars. They knew somehow, somewhere, the light side of the force would survive just as they had and bring them the ultimate weapon against darkness in star wars. I’m not saying the rebellion was twiddling its thumbs waiting for a jedi to save them; that’s where the people went wrong during the clone wars. The rebellion built itself up with its own strength so that when its hero finally returned, it would be the last bit of gasoline needed to turn the fire into the blaze that would defeat the Emperor himself.
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