"I was younger than you are now. I was a prisoner. They made a work camp in the jungle. No droids, no beasts, just men and cargo. Onderon jungle. Real jungle. Hot, wet, blistering jungle. Old men died fast. Just dropped where they stood. We came back next day, there'd be nothing but a bone or two where they went down. Our clothes, just- just melted away. So they worked us naked. Two, three hundred men. Boys really. Back and forth until the only thing you could remember was back and forth. Then one day, everyone started to itch. Everyone, all at once. Even the guards. You could feel your skin coming alive. It was the rhydo. They had a leak. You could feel it before you could smell it. So they all panicked and ran away, but it was new to me...""I understand it. Because she's my sister rhydo, and she loves me! That itch, that burn... You feel how badly she wants to explode? Remember this. Remember this moment! This perfect night. You think I'm crazy? Yes, I am. Revolution is not for the sane. Look at us: unloved, hunted, cannon fodder. We'll all be dead before the Republic is back and yet... here we are. Where are you, boy? YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE NOT WITH LUTHEN, YOU'RE HERE! YOU'RE RIGHT HERE, AND YOU'RE READY TO FIGHT! WE'RE THE RHYDO, KID. WE'RE THE FUEL. WE'RE THE THING THAT EXPLODES WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH FRICTION IN THE AIR. LET IT IN, BOY! THAT'S FREEDOM CALLING! LET IT IN! LET IT RUN! LET IT RUN WILD!"
>>218213356>Our clothes, just- just melted away. So they worked us naked. Two, three hundred men. Boys really. Back and forth until the only thing you could remember was back and forth.
>>218213356Andor is awful. People who think it's any better than the mainline movies are nuts.
>>218213398Except when Forrest was on screen then it was peak
>>218213398The worst part is it made people start saying that Rogue One was good ackshually instead of a pointless borefest with characters that nobody really gave a fuck about.
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>>218213398>Andor is awfulArgue your point>any better than the mainline moviesIt is most certainly better than at the absolute very least VII, VIII and IX, not to mention better than most of Clone Wars and all of Rebels, Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, Tales of the Underworld, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew.
>>218213957>Argue your pointIt's the product of a Hollywood Stalinist weirdo who uses Star Wars- a sci-fi fantasy opera for children- to promote his shit political ideology.
>>218213398perfectly emblematic of current year filmmaking to try to make children's sci-fi entertainment into some heavy handed grimdark bullshit
>>218213356And after all these years and hours upon hours of screen time and a major role in a video game, there still is NO POINT to this character. He leads a small rabble of people with a few ships and gets high on hyperdrive fuel while ranting about nonsense.
>>218214654He was the first rebel. Lucas created him to show how the military aspect of the Rebellion started, to explain where all these trained soldiers came from all of the sudden in the original trilogy. It all started with the people like Saw, local militias that were trained by the Jedi at the end of the Clone Wars. But all these militias are disjointed and need to be united under one banner by the people like Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, which is how we get the Rebel Alliance from the original trilogy. His most important appearance is in The Clone Wars, of course, where he originated and all of that is established. Everything after that has been neat as far as developing his character goes, but his utility and purpose for the wider Star Wars mythos was established in his first appearance. Everything after that, he's just a fun cameo, and Forest Whitaker is cool.
>>218214443>no argument on character writing, story, themes, narrative weight, viewer respect or anything actually relevant>nothing but mutt brainrot politicsFigures. Concession accepted.
