Comment on 'Andor' Season 2 Debuts to Nielsen Viewership High With 721 Million Minutes
blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world 1 day agoI typically hate the force mumbo jumbo aspect of star wars but I thought the force healer bit was way more nuanced take about the force than other examples in recent films. My interpretation is that he saw his own death, and still chose it anyway. So he still had a lot of agency rather than just being a pawn of fate.
untorquer@lemmy.world 1 day ago
His blaster wound not healing was a metaphor of him being independent from the movement and not being able to move on from his trauma. He’s fighting accepting his losses when he’s fighting getting force healing. The act of getting it is him accepting he can’t do everything independently, and that he is part of the movement, no longer and individual, and moving on from his losses. That’s what allows his trauma to start healing.
This concept could be handled in countless other ways. My main gripe is that the show and rogue one focused on how the rebellion wasn’t built on zealotry or a single hero but the sacrifice and grind and passion of a great many people working together.
But it’s Star Wars, they gotta jam some lucas spam in there somewhere. I’m glad it was limited to this.