Star Wars: Andor

[Stalker0]

Overall, really enjoying this one. I do agree with the note that the two first episodes are a bit slow, I don't mind some build up but very little actually happens there. But once we get to episode 3 it gets solid.

I do enjoy the tone, love seeing Mon Mothma working in the shadows, the bad guys actually acting competently, that security lieutenant is actually kind of a baller.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Or the Tantive IV may have the same ID-masking tech that the crew of the Ghost used all the time in Rebels, and they're genuinely trying to bluff it out as being an entirely different Corellian Corvette than the one that escaped Scarif, however transparent the attempt.

If they had wanted to bluff it out, they wouldn't have been shooting back at a legitimate government vessel. They would have stood by and allowed themselves to be boarded.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I suspect that perception is going to change quickly over the remaining eps.

There are a number of ways Syril could go. Which is why his story is far more interesting than Andor's.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The Rebel Alliance isn't cool with suicide bombers, civilian targets, or mass collateral damage. That's why they've broke with other anti-Imperial groups like the Partisan Front and the Justice Action Network.

Don't forget the Judean Peoples' Front.

 

[Mallus]

Don't forget the Judean Peoples' Front.

Judeaooine People's Front.

 

[Celebrim]

If they had wanted to bluff it out, they wouldn't have been shooting back at a legitimate government vessel. They would have stood by and allowed themselves to be boarded.

If you respond to a hail of "Turn off your engines and prepare to be boarded" by as desperate of a move as opening fire on a Star Destroyer with a corvette that has like 1/1000th of the tonnage of the attacking vessel, you pretty much know the gig is up and that pretending to be a consular ship on a diplomatic mission is an even more ridiculous move that is only likely to work if the villains are written by Disney.

 

[MarkB]

If you respond to a hail of "Turn off your engines and prepare to be boarded" by as desperate of a move as opening fire on a Star Destroyer with a corvette that has like 1/1000th of the tonnage of the attacking vessel, you pretty much know the gig is up and that pretending to be a consular ship on a diplomatic mission is an even more ridiculous move that is only likely to work if the villains are written by Disney.

Yeah, but you also know that shutting down your engines and getting boarded isn't a better fate. They were probably hoping to nail the SD's tractor beam emitter with a lucky shot and then outrun it.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Judeaooine People's Front.

Not to be confused with The People's Front of Jedha.

 

[Celebrim]

Yeah, but you also know that shutting down your engines and getting boarded isn't a better fate. They were probably hoping to nail the SD's tractor beam emitter with a lucky shot and then outrun it.

I totally get what they are going for, I just don't think the 1977 Star Wars ever gave me the impression that the whole deal about being a "consular ship" was a bluff anyone was going to believe under the circumstances or that Leia really was anything but a member of the rebel alliance and a traitor who had been caught in an act of treason.

 

[Stalker0]

Yeah, but you also know that shutting down your engines and getting boarded isn't a better fate. They were probably hoping to nail the SD's tractor beam emitter with a lucky shot and then outrun it.

Or do exactly what they ultimately did, get the plans off the ships before they get boarded.

Yeah I don't think anyone ever considered Leia's "diplomatic ship" an actual "attempt" at getting away, its just a throwaway line, she has to say something in defiance to the empire, and its better than "you'll never get away with this".