Spoiler alert: This article contains potential spoilers Andor Season 2.
andorThe second final season of the series concludes with a montage that gives you an easy glimpse into the ultimate fate of the characters. The series’ name, Kassian Andru, has fully embraced his role as a leader of the Rebels, through Yavin IV compounds, heading directly to the 2016 event. Rogue One. (Of course, smart YouTubers already have it splice Andor and Rogue One Scene together. )
Season 2 standout Kleya Marki once feared traveling to Yavin IV for her secret (and controversial) work with Luthen Rael, but it appears that she is finally embracing her new home. Dedra Mello lost everything. Once a rising star of the Imperial Security Agency, she is now another prisoner in the Imperial Gulag, crying in the darkness at the Grimm moments of the montage. Finally, Bix has returned to Minarau’s agricultural world. As she stands in the middle of a golden field, we learn why she comforted their young children and left Kassian for a long time easier to see.
With an exciting score from Brandon Roberts, this kind of montage is probably the only way the series ends, giving us some solution, acknowledging that rebellion and war are far from far away.
. . . Andor Anyway, by creating perin on every look, it makes the water even more muddy.
The scenes with the various characters are all memorable, but one moment is especially unforgettable. After seeing former Imperial Senator Mon Mosma sitting among the rebels of Yabin IV, we cut to a shot of her husband Perrin, perhaps considering her life choices. But another woman is sleeping by his side, but her head holds a bottle of alcohol on his shoulders and in her knees. As he passes through the scene, Perrin drinks a long drink and radiates his whole attitude, causing disappointment and regret.
This is far from how Perin is portrayed in the previous episode. His wife is an aspiring and idealistic senator from Chandrira’s planet, whereas Perin is empty, gorgeous and decadent. He fully enjoys the comfort and privileges given by his wife’s wealth and political status, and does his best to avoid anything offensive remotely.
When Mon expresses his political concerns, Perin responds with a painful and frustrating “Does everything have to be boring and sad?” When he became a chammy with her political opponent, he dismissed her objection and said, “You’re on the boring edge of the table. These people are fun.” More and more, Perin has become the epitome of an empty-headed cute boy, and there is no place to be seen more clearly than the toast he gives at his daughter’s luxurious wedding.
My hope is that you learn to reach past this constant cloud of sorrow. joy. Gaiety. amusement. These are hidden things. The music was buried beneath all the noise… joy…but joy has no wind on its back. Joy will not announce his arrival. You need to hear it and pay attention to how fleeting and delicate it is. But search for these treasures. A moment of pleasant sensation, laughter and good company memories, the comfort of great food. And for me… for me, for now, a smile I can’t hide as I see these two young people who share our biggest traditions.
Perrin’s speech has some truths. Laughter, good company, great food – all of these are certainly worth celebrating. And true joy must certainly be hidden and often sought after in a fleeting manner. But for all that truth, Perin’s speech ultimately reveals his shallowness. It makes clear that comfort and joy are truly important to him. They are the only things that are worth chasing and pursuing in life. Such pursuits inevitably eliminate discomfort, struggle, and difficulties. All of these are difficult to avoid if you are trying to live a life that most people consider to be good and moral. And if you are trying to overthrow the tyrants of the galaxy and his fascist forces, then that would become an absolute necessity.
Ironically, Perin wasn’t always like this. The first half of the series reveals that he was the “Academy Fire Brand” of his youth, and is like a nasty looser. But somewhere along the way, its fire, its spirit, its Rebellion He took a way out of Perin’s spirit and surrendered himself to hedonism.
Perrin is not portrayed as a complete villain. He is not engrossed in the cold bureaucratic details of the tragically single-minded Cyril Khan, not the “space Nazi” of Dedra Melo, Orson Krennick, Rio Partagaz, or Dr. Golst. Certainly, it’s not too difficult to imagine how Perin abandoned his fire brand status. As he grew older, he probably saw the way the galaxy winds were blowing, deducing that there was nothing personally possible to prevent the imperial oppression before it happened, and decided to make the most of the bad situation. He simply chose to “pass through this constant cloud of sorrow,” eating and drinking as much as he could, and becoming cheerful. Or, he has become so used to the comfortable life of a senator’s spouse, filled with beautiful people, gorgeous parties, proximity to power, who can blame him?
but AndorThe moral vision of the book is very clear. Perrin’s complacent self-complaint is awful in itself. He may not plan mayhem and genocide, undermine the democracy of the Imperial Senate, enact fear and totalitarianism, or build superweapons that destroy the planets, but he also does not care about such “boring and sad” things or make a statement against them. As long as they don’t interfere with his comfortable life, that’s true.
(Interestingly The scene was planned Perrin faces the moon and reveals that she actually knew about her rebellious activities and remains silent anyway. The scene was eventually cut from the script, but would have added some interesting depth to both Perrin’s personality and his relationship with the moon.
It’s easy to say that looking at Perrin and the Moon, we are definitely like brave senators. We do clearly I oppose tyranny immediately Sacrifice everything for good reasons. but AndorThe powerful storytelling and moral clarity of the book begs us to truly consider that truth. First of all, it is clear that the sacrifices of Mons like Ruten, Clear, Cassian and Ver are costly and not easy. (Luthen gave his life, Kleya lost her father, and both Cassian and Vel lost their lover.)
but Andor Anyway, by creating perin on every look, it makes the water even more muddy. He is approachable, charming, generous and crowd-like. He’s the kind of person who knows how to pay taxes, donate to justified causes, vote in the right way, and throw a clearly amazing party. In short, he is the exact person that any society wants more. And if we enjoyed his position and privilege, we Really Is it so fast to throw everything away for a life of hardship, struggle, and almost certain death?
AndorThe closure montage of the supposition suggests that Perin still has his wealth and respect. He is still wearing flashy clothes, drinking expensive liquor and riding in flashy cars. Maybe on the way to a party or benefits gala for Gorman’s fallen empire “heroes.” He even has another attractive woman by his side. Now, Perin has lost nothing compared to Mon, who is fleeing the Empire at a poor, rainy rebel base. Except his soul, that is. And he knows it too, by the sad, tired expression on his face.
