Diego Luna reprises his role as a migrant who is thrust into the service of something bigger than himself and is recruited to join a cause against the Empire in this series. The Empire is to blame for the loss of a young man's home. Growing up on the fringes, raised by other figures that had begun to track the wrongdoings of those in power, we saw a boy who was taken to a new home but knew he didn't belong.
It is an important point of view that needs to be followed. I was initially concerned about how the journey would be handled, but in the first few episodes it is dealt with in a way that does not glamorize those who save him. It is a circumstantial chain of events that lead him to carve out his own path. He knows what the Empire owes him so he sticks it to them. Bix Caleen is one of his friends who operates in scrap junk and not stolen goods in order to chip away at the Empire's hold on their planet of Ferrix. It's easy to root for him. Even his delightful family droid, B2EMO, knows that Cassian is going to be a good one. When he sets out on a mission to find his sister, it's great to see Luna flexing his character's spy skills, while playing up his ability to have an invisible presence. It looks like you can mess with him, but if you don't, it's better than if you do.
It has been a while since Star Wars has felt like a blockbuster; even shows like The Mandalorian really cater to that aspect of the universe, but here Gilroy explores these stories in a way that looks at everything closely as a way to tell the real story beneath the surface of the Empire. The lives of those who are left out of the Empire are not as bright as those who are in control. The structure that these people live in shows the prison of the Empire. A security inspector tries to impress his superiors, which leads him to chase another person. He has a knack for finding the weaknesses in the machine and is a mysterious buyer. He is trying to locate his family, something that becomes more complicated with Karn on his path.
The people are finished with fascists and ready to break it apart. There is more to Star Wars than the power of the Force and the alliance with Mon Mothma. The alternate paths that open up for those who are unwilling to conform are shown by Andor. The most relevant and revolutionary Star Wars story to date can be found in the tale of ordinary people beginning to take their power back, and centering that spirit of rebellion around the man himself.
The first three episodes of Andor will be on September 21st.
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