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A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away.... - Star Wars General Discussion
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We don't know. And there is a format question. They said each week would skip a year or so, but they also said the last scene is the same day as Rogue One starts, which is 0 BBY. Maybe it is a coda. Or maybe they'll skip 2 years. Or maybe 2 episodes and another skip.
Rebels isn't EU.
Neither am I
Very excited for the upcoming finale. Andor has been some of the best Star Wars that I've ever seen, rivaling some of the best arcs of The Clone Wars.
I reviewed Dedra's scenes from last week, because I didn't have a good read on her last week.
It is somewhat open to interpretation, but I think my read now is that she is NOT feeling guilty NOR appalled by the Empire. She works in safe places and sees a dangerous situation piling up and she is nervous and scared and afterward she is reeling from the trauma of it.
It is somewhat open to interpretation, but I think my read now is that she is NOT feeling guilty NOR appalled by the Empire. She works in safe places and sees a dangerous situation piling up and she is nervous and scared and afterward she is reeling from the trauma of it.
Here's my read on Syril and Dedra:
Dedra was raised in an institution, where order and structure (and probably more than a little institutionalized conditioning) were likely paramount. For her, she felt safest when she was in control on her environment and her role in ISB seemed structured on maintaining order.
Syril was raised by a controlling, domineering mother in the more unstable. His personality ended up skewing to trying to create his own sense of order and control by combatting disorder common away from the "core worlds". His roles have largely been about creating order from chaos.
At Ferex, Dedra was placed in a situation she could not control, and it was Syril's rescue that re-established her sense of control (and he probably gravitated to her due to Freudian control issues stemming from his mother).
A big part of the Ghorman arc was how BOTH lost control and trust in the systems they held dear. Syril was working to maintain order (or so he thought), so the revelation that HE was actually the agent of chaos just wrecked his entire world view. Dedra, fearing another situation where she wasn't in control like in Ferex, didn't WANT to be directly involved with Ghorman, and her confidence was shaken. Syril, after finding out what the Empire was doing, felt betrayed by both the system AND Dedra, leading to the emotional outburst.
After Syril's death, Dedra came to the realization of how much the EMPIRE was the destabilizing element and just how little control she had. And with that lost of control, she lost probably the only other person she could love. I feel the culmination of the Ghorman campaign basically shattered her faith in systems she had spent her entire life to preserve and probably the only person she had ever, truly, loved besides her parents.
We will see where her character goes from there...tonight
Dedra was raised in an institution, where order and structure (and probably more than a little institutionalized conditioning) were likely paramount. For her, she felt safest when she was in control on her environment and her role in ISB seemed structured on maintaining order.
Syril was raised by a controlling, domineering mother in the more unstable. His personality ended up skewing to trying to create his own sense of order and control by combatting disorder common away from the "core worlds". His roles have largely been about creating order from chaos.
At Ferex, Dedra was placed in a situation she could not control, and it was Syril's rescue that re-established her sense of control (and he probably gravitated to her due to Freudian control issues stemming from his mother).
A big part of the Ghorman arc was how BOTH lost control and trust in the systems they held dear. Syril was working to maintain order (or so he thought), so the revelation that HE was actually the agent of chaos just wrecked his entire world view. Dedra, fearing another situation where she wasn't in control like in Ferex, didn't WANT to be directly involved with Ghorman, and her confidence was shaken. Syril, after finding out what the Empire was doing, felt betrayed by both the system AND Dedra, leading to the emotional outburst.
After Syril's death, Dedra came to the realization of how much the EMPIRE was the destabilizing element and just how little control she had. And with that lost of control, she lost probably the only other person she could love. I feel the culmination of the Ghorman campaign basically shattered her faith in systems she had spent her entire life to preserve and probably the only person she had ever, truly, loved besides her parents.
We will see where her character goes from there...tonight
Yeah, that's a pretty good read to me.
I think Dedra actually may be having emotional flaskbacks to Ferrix. I'm not sure Dedra thinks the Empire is doing something wrong except just some little flubs. But she didn't want to be where it was dangerous.
I am sort of disappointed that my week 2 read was wrong. I thought Dedra was caught in the middle because drawing out Axis through Syril was what she was really doing instead of what Krennic wanted her to do and when Partagaz warned her about not letting Syril know the real mission, the irony was that she was actually hiding the real mission from Partagaz.
I think Dedra actually may be having emotional flaskbacks to Ferrix. I'm not sure Dedra thinks the Empire is doing something wrong except just some little flubs. But she didn't want to be where it was dangerous.
I am sort of disappointed that my week 2 read was wrong. I thought Dedra was caught in the middle because drawing out Axis through Syril was what she was really doing instead of what Krennic wanted her to do and when Partagaz warned her about not letting Syril know the real mission, the irony was that she was actually hiding the real mission from Partagaz.
That was a damn strong ending. Won’t say much until everyone gets their chance but…yeah, STRONG ending all around.
The solved the timing issue by ignoring it. I don't know how much time could possibly elapse between the start of episode 10 and the battle of Yavin. I don't think it would be more than a month. But this episode was set 1 BBY.
Edit - I think I fell into the pedantic 0 BC trap. The year 1 BBY STARTS a year before Yavin. It doesn't end a year before Yavin. We've been a year closer this whole time.
Edit - I think I fell into the pedantic 0 BC trap. The year 1 BBY STARTS a year before Yavin. It doesn't end a year before Yavin. We've been a year closer this whole time.
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