Idk there's just something inside me that is obsessed with populating Star Wars with normies. Like idk not everyone can be a cool mercenary or a rebel or a bounty hunter or connected to gangsters. What sort of life does the guy who pumps gas for the Millennium Falcon lead. What about the single mom who owns the general store on Tatooine (this is specifically why I'm so obsessed with the Kenobi novel). What was Peli Motto's life like before Mando stumbled into her shop? I love Andor soooooo much because so many of the characters are incidental normies in their respective environments. Like, Ferrix having a historical society and clear cultural identity under which to rally around in opposition to the Empire even though it's not a particularly cool or special place to live, it's just sort of your average trade town (it reminds me SO much of the random ass mid-size Flemish city I currently live in in this one specific way, or really any largeish town in New England); and the fact that the Rebel cell set on infiltrating the Imp base used a cultural/religious event unique to the planet as the crux of their grand plan, makes me FUCKING insane. LIKE. Babyfaced Fascist's whole steez about being a relatively low level private security worker whose attempts at playing Nazi Captain America getting him relegated to office drone who has to live with his normal-ass mom is incredible.
Idk I know in Andor this is a deliberate device to highlight that every person no matter where or how they live can either resist or be complicit in the status quo, but I'm also interested in the people that have their heads in the sand or have big lofty dreams or even small ones..... What must it be like to live in a place like the GFFA and just have so much wacky bullshit be normal! Your best friend might be a frog or some other alien physically incapable of human speech, but you can still communicate effectively because you understand each other's languages! There were normal ass people, both human and alien, on vacation in Andor even though they were all living in a fascist empire puppeteered by an evil space wizard who can shoot lightning from his hands! That's so fucking bonkers it's literally all I can think about. Those kids in Skeleton Crew go to middle school and one of them is just casually a baby Max Rebo.
Idk also I love Legends Star Wars' insistence on zooming into the mundane lives of its background extras. Why yes, I DO want to hear about that guy on Bespin hauling ass with the secretly plot-relevant ice cream maker. But also how did he feel when a random prettyboy gambler with no prior business or administrative experience on his resume take over the place where he and probably his entire family lived and worked. How does he feel about the Ugnaught junk and sanitation worker underclass. Does he know or think about it at all?
Idk the GFFA is so huge and crazy the fact that people can be space wizards is only one mildly interesting aspect of it. What about NormalMan McGuy who just lives his life being regular. I can see myself in that dude, but also his life is crazy when compared to mine, if only because one of his coworkers at the insurance firm he works at is a Wookiee and some of the policies he drafts covers shit like spontaneous supernovae events and invasion by droid armies. I think that's so cool that there's room in this universe -- textually, canonically -- to live fulfilling lives without having any connection to the main plot. Like do you see my vision. Or am I just being insane here.
