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Spoilers Andor season one

As I recall, at least one episode of Andor - specifically, in the prison stretch - features no weapons fire whatsoever. (That business with the electrified floor - that doesn't count.) Am I correct in assuming this is the very first piece of Star Wars screen media (i.e., a movie or TV episode) that is officially in-canon, and features no weapons fire?
I doubt it. There's probably a few episodes of Clone Wars, Rebels, and most likely Resistance where nobody fires a weapon in anger. Also I think it's a fair bet that most of the old Ewoks cartoons didn't have much in the way of weapons fire. Given the tone, I doubt even the bows were used as actual weapons.

If we're just restricting it to hand blasters then again, the old Droids cartoon may again be in the running because they weren't allowed to have anything that actually looked like a gun, so they generally avoided that kind of action as a rule. Even the stormtroopers (for the two or three times they actually showed up) didn't have E-11s, but these long pike looking things, which were probably inspired by the goad carried by the dewback riding stormtrooper in ANH. Admittedly, those did fire energy blasts of some description, but I think they were only shown to do so the once.
 
^ It's my understanding that the Droids and Ewoks cartoons aren't really in-canon, and I did specify in-canon. ;) I watched the first two seasons of Rebels, and was dismayed to find shootouts in every single episode. I know the franchise is called Star Wars, but to not feature even a single episode without weapons fire, especially in an animated show aimed at kids, seemed like an egregious failure of imagination.

I haven't seen any Clone Wars or Resistance, but my impression of them is they're pretty battle-heavy, too. So... the question remains. :)
 
The Clone Wars episode "Mercy Mission" doesn't appear to have any weapons fire. The episode "Evil Plans" doesn't either unless you count droids being electrocuted. But that one's about a GODDAMN CAKE
 
I don't remember if there is any blaster fire in the Rebels episode about Kanan teaching Sabine how to use a lightsaber. The duels are kind of intense for the emotions Sabine is going through, but it is still just training.
 
Thought a bit about the issue with Cassian's sister again.

I actually think it now possible that she's no one other than Jyn Erso. The child actress playing her really looks like a younger version of Jyn.

She may just have been adopted by Galen and his wife.

In case, it's her and not Bix (who i thought of as a candidate before), the reveal may just happen to other characters than Andor, who will never get to learn the truth.

Would add a new layer of tragedy to Rogue One, if Cassian dies together with his sister at the end. Without ever realizing this...
 
Only way to make that less depressing would be to have Hera swoop in at the last second rescue them in the Ghost, than have to make the way back to Yavin the long way due to damage, thus missing the Battle of Yavin.
 
I haven't seen any Clone Wars or Resistance, but my impression of them is they're pretty battle-heavy, too. So... the question remains. :)
Clone Wars had a bunch of political episodes that are mostly Padme having angry discussions with senators about peace treaties and banking regulations. There was a whole episode that was just Jedi younglings getting their kyber crystals on Ilum. There were a bunch of episodes with R2 & Threepio just wandering around having weird, random adventures (just like the old cartoon.) Then there's the Mortis arc that was three episodes of nothing but Anakin, Ahsoka & Obi-Wan dealing with The Father, The Son and The Daughter. None of who need blasters, let alone carry them. I'm pretty sure the episode where Savage finally tracks down Maul had zero weapons fire. Then there was 'A Sunny Day In The Void' which was literally just 20 mins of characters wandering aimlessly though a featureless desert (and was exactly as exciting as it sounds.) The Yoda arc which as the name suggests, was just Yoda going to various places strong in the force, having visions and trials with as one might expect, very little blaster action. So even for an action heavy show there were plenty of exceptions in it's 130 odd episodes.

As for Resistance; most of the first season was just a bunch of barnstormers and racer hanging out on some random backwater planet. So there was more or less an even split between slapstick hijinks and pew-pew action. I don't remember any specific examples, but I'm sure they're there if one cares to go looking (someone who isn't me.)

Someone already pointed out 'Trials of them Darksaber' as a blaster free episode of 'Rebels', but there was also 'Path of the Jedi' that was just Kanan and Ezra visiting the Lothal temple, chatting with Yoda on force Skype, having force visions and getting a kyber crystal. Then a season later there was 'Shroud of Darkness' where they go there again (this time with Ahsoka) but a similar paucity of blaster action. The two part second season finale was also 100% Jedi (and part-timer) on Inquisitors and Sith (and part-timer) action. Pretty sure nobody used a blaster in season three's 'Double Agent Droid' either. Then finally we have the fourth and final season with 'Dume' that was all about processing grief (sometimes with explosives) but no blasterfire that I recall. Which was followed immediately by 'Wolves and a Door' that was all sneaky-sneaky, and no shooty-shooty.

But if you want to restrict it to live-action I'm pretty certain that while 'The Streets of Mos Espa' in 'The Book Of Boba Fett' had a lot of pointing of blasters (and the slowest car chase outside of 'Lovecraft Country') there was no actual firing of said blasters.

So no, in this very specific sense; 'Andor' is not a mold breaker.
Nothing to say it is impossible
Except the fact that we know who Jyn parents are, both when and where she was born (on Vallt about a year into the Clone Wars), and all of that is rendered moot anyway since she's quite obviously not the same ethnicity as Kassa or Kerri.
Kerri was clearly born before the war since 1) the Republic was still around when they were separated, and 2) she was clearly older than said war at the time (at least 5 or 6, I'd say.)

So yeah, aside from all of that hard evidence to the contrary; nothing at all to say it's impossible! ;)
 
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The Clone Wars episode "Mercy Mission" doesn't appear to have any weapons fire. The episode "Evil Plans" doesn't either unless you count droids being electrocuted. But that one's about a GODDAMN CAKE
Interesting, thanks.

And thanks also to Reverend for the very detailed and expert reply. :bolian: :)
 
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And one borderline creepy in retrospect, incestuous almost romance in the franchise is enough.
That part at least is not a concern since there was no romance between those two. Like, at all.
That embrace at the end was clearly a "camaraderie + we're about to die" thing, not a "we both caught some feels" thing. I don't get how people can look at that and conclude that suddenly they're in love, where literally nothing else in the movie supports it.
Actually that's a lie, I do get how; a lifetime watching poorly written movies in which it's just assumed that the male and female leads will fall in love by the end (even when it makes no sense.)
I recall a similar confusion over the end of 'Pacific Rim' where basically the same thing happens . . . only it's not an "oh fuck we're dead!" hug, it's an "oh fuck we're alive!" hug. So same, but also opposite. And again; zero romance.
 
That part at least is not a concern since there was no romance between those two. Like, at all.
That embrace at the end was clearly a "camaraderie + we're about to die" thing, not a "we both caught some feels" thing. I don't get how people can look at that and conclude that suddenly they're in love, where literally nothing else in the movie supports it.
Actually that's a lie, I do get how; a lifetime watching poorly written movies in which it's just assumed that the male and female leads will fall in love by the end (even when it makes no sense.)
I recall a similar confusion over the end of 'Pacific Rim' where basically the same thing happens . . . only it's not an "oh fuck we're dead!" hug, it's an "oh fuck we're alive!" hug. So same, but also opposite. And again; zero romance.
It would be nice to see that more in movies and the valuing of friendship over romance.
 
It would be nice to see that more in movies and the valuing of friendship over romance.
Furthermore that even love in general need not be limited to just the sexual/romantic and parental/familial kind (because there's a disturbingly telling venn diagram!) Love is far more diverse and complex that most media depictions give it credit for.
Indeed one of the things Star Wars has often touched on (that sometimes flies over people's heads) is that love isn't even always a good thing. It can be selfish, it can be corrosive, it can be radioactive. The prime example of course being Anakin & Padme. Not to give too much away because the show's still running, but I think 'The Last of Us' may touch on this a bit too.
Oh and honourable mention for the MCU and the Thanos/Gamora relationship . . . which now that I think about it; that fucking soul stone cliff also did the friendship/platonic love thing with Nat & Clint.
 
Thought a bit about the issue with Cassian's sister again.

I actually think it now possible that she's no one other than Jyn Erso. The child actress playing her really looks like a younger version of Jyn.

She may just have been adopted by Galen and his wife.

In case, it's her and not Bix (who i thought of as a candidate before), the reveal may just happen to other characters than Andor, who will never get to learn the truth.

Would add a new layer of tragedy to Rogue One, if Cassian dies together with his sister at the end. Without ever realizing this...

Dear god, no. Fortunately, Andor's writers have proved themselves to be way too smart to lower themselves to this kind of hackery.
 
Reverend said:
I'm pretty sure the episode where Savage finally tracks down Maul had zero weapons fire.
A junker fires his weapon at Savage.
But if you want to restrict it to live-action I'm pretty certain that while 'The Streets of Mos Espa' in 'The Book Of Boba Fett' had a lot of pointing of blasters (and the slowest car chase outside of 'Lovecraft Country') there was no actual firing of said blasters.
There was some, in the fight with Krrsantan.
The Yoda arc which as the name suggests, was just Yoda going to various places strong in the force, having visions and trials with as one might expect, very little blaster action.
If I remember correctly those episodes only have blaster fire in Force visions.
 
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