I simply can’t find the words to describe how hard Star Wars hits emotionally after you’ve lost a parent. So much of Star Wars is about healing the relationship between a parent and a child, about growing up and realizing that your parents are just as flawed as you are, about parents overcoming their personal trauma and being able to express how they feel for their children in a way they’ve never been able to before. And it really wasn’t until I lost my dad in 2016 right before rogue one came out that I noticed that pervasive theme, before I had lost a parent I really didn’t understand how difficult it is to face.
And that’s why I started my podcast, why I have grown so attached to rogue one, why this film and now andor have become so important to me. I needed to be able to talk about it, to talk about grief and loss and my dad and all of his demons and flaws. And that catharsis in healing is what the Star Wars community has brought to me, and I couldn’t be more grateful