In Andor Season 1 when Andor first gets to Na5kina 5 and they do the orientation speech it is stated that the clean sanitary conditions are not the norm for imperial prisons and that Narkina 5 is somewhat out of the ordinary.
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That is true. Most Imperial prisons might be complete pig's styes.
'How Andor's Fight Scene Was Choreographed (Behind the Scenes Breakdown)' - 10 minute video...
^ Always good to see the stuntpeople themselves explain the fights - from script, to planning and pre-vis - to the finished article. Also features some details a few of us may have missed the first time around of watching...
^ Always good to see the stuntpeople themselves explain the fights - from script, to planning and pre-vis - to the finished article. Also features some details a few of us may have missed the first time around of watching...
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Not sure if I mentioned this earlier, but there's a surprising amount of subtle storytelling going on just with the appearance of specific blaster props. There's Cassian using Bix's sidearm as his back-up in 'Rogue One'. Vel recognising Syril's Preox-Morlana Corpo blaster that Cassian brought to Aldani, heralding the re-introduction of Melshi. Plus in that very same scene, the first blaster on that table we see Vel handle is the A-180 Jyn would later "find" before leaving for Jedah.
Who goes to which one is probably mostly random and more about quotas than any in-depth assessment of a prisoner's capabilities or skills. Jyn for example was in for counterfeiting; that's a technically skilled job. Any sensible labour system would have had her assigned to a facility more like Narkina, but the Empire being the Empire just dumped her where there was an empty cell. Indeed if memory serves from 'Rebel Rising', she got blackmailed into working for a corrupt Imperial and was thrown under the bus when they were found out. Stands to reason they'd make sure to disappear her into some obscure dark hole with a high mortality rate.
I don't see the need. It was a prison labour camp; mostly farm work IIRC. The Empire built a lot of prisons; not all of them have to be super-efficient, minimum staff, component assembly factories like Narkina. Some are just old fashioned mud holes where prisoners are used to dig ditches and break rocks.
Who goes to which one is probably mostly random and more about quotas than any in-depth assessment of a prisoner's capabilities or skills. Jyn for example was in for counterfeiting; that's a technically skilled job. Any sensible labour system would have had her assigned to a facility more like Narkina, but the Empire being the Empire just dumped her where there was an empty cell. Indeed if memory serves from 'Rebel Rising', she got blackmailed into working for a corrupt Imperial and was thrown under the bus when they were found out. Stands to reason they'd make sure to disappear her into some obscure dark hole with a high mortality rate.
Just the recurring reminder that three actors have played Bail Organa in live action, the first being Adrian Dunbar in a deleted sequence from TPM. Yes, he ended up being "Bail Antilles," but that wasn't the original intent.
I still think as Leia wasn't even mentioned that they could've written around Smits' inability to appear by mentioning Bail as being offscreen and having Benjamin Bratt play Garm bel Iblis, another Rebel senator, but that's just my Legends fandom speaking out I suppose. Basically, I didn't think Bail Organa NEEDED to be in Andor and his dialogue could've been another prominent Rebel Senator's.
Just catching up to Andor and backstories…for what it is worth, though I am a great admirer of Jimmy Smits, I thought Benjamin Bratt did a good job…
ETA; “Smits” spelling…
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I think Bail Organa is one of the best things to come out of the PT and having him in Andor shows that Gilroy doesn't entirely hate Star Wars.
Hate starwars?
Gilroy made one of the best things in starwars.
I wouldn't even say jar jar Abrams hates starwars, he is just a overated hack writer who loves lense flares a little to much.
Anyone hates star wars it's Rian Johnson deliberately craping all over the original characters in the last jedi.
Thank you for missing the point and ascribing ill will to people. It misses the point as much as people saying Gilroy hates Star Wars misses Gilroy's work.
As we see in Andor, Dedra's arrest is mere months before ANH at most. Would it REALLY matter to the Empire if the Death Star became public knowledge at this time? Even if Jar-Jar Binks screamed about it on the holonet and posted selfies of himself on it and everyone saw it and believed him, what would people do? The Imperial Senate was near its end, the moffs and regional governors already around at this time to replace them.
We know that the superlaser hadn't been installed yet and presumably the Alliance would mount an attack, fly into the hole where the superlaser should be, and destroy the reactor. But in the event of such a leak, the Death Star would already likely be moved to another location and the Alliance wouldn't know where to find it. If people protested, as we saw in Ghorman the Empire doesn't need Death Stars to wipe out a large chunk of the populace anyway.
Am I missing something? Yes it's good that the Empire is trying to keep the Death Star secret but would it really be the catastrophe that Krennic etc. are imagining it would be if everyone found out anyway?
We know that the superlaser hadn't been installed yet and presumably the Alliance would mount an attack, fly into the hole where the superlaser should be, and destroy the reactor. But in the event of such a leak, the Death Star would already likely be moved to another location and the Alliance wouldn't know where to find it. If people protested, as we saw in Ghorman the Empire doesn't need Death Stars to wipe out a large chunk of the populace anyway.
Am I missing something? Yes it's good that the Empire is trying to keep the Death Star secret but would it really be the catastrophe that Krennic etc. are imagining it would be if everyone found out anyway?
Two and done.
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