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faye-marsay · 1 year

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FAYE MARSAY as VEL SARTHA in ANDOR (2022- )

Episode 11 “Daughter of Ferrix” dir. Benjamin Caron

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fiovske · 1 year

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i know the theories are strong that luthen is a jedi and while i don't think these theories are unfounded and i agree with the context clues— the walking stick, his ship having light-sabers, his e10 monologue & luthen's awareness of actions vs purpose, the cost of his soul and the sacrifice then his jedi beliefs would thereof imply and i very much enjoy this flavour of morally ambiguous jedis who have fallen from their beliefs and are now condemned to weaponize the tools of their enemy, to do the impossible math of sacrificing a number of lives to shine a light for the many, i think its a very interesting choice to make— personally, i hope this is a red herring and he isn't a jedi at all.

the narrative carries much more weight if luthen is rich merchant by trade who makes his money off selling sacred artifacts from various cultures to the highest bidder with not much regard for the cultures they have been stolen from, a man who was cushy and comfy in Coruscant and whose radicalization came at a great personal cost. Someone who didn't have anything to lose under the Empire until he got his hands dirty and made an active choice to put himself in the position where he stood to lose Everything.

The road is paved if they want to give Luthen a Jedi reveal but i hope they won't. I'd rather they didn't. Playing the angle of a man whose trade itself is disrespectful to the culture of places that lost much to the Empire, it provides a perfect cover already; and Luthen is a man who understands what his business means as his role in the Rebellion. Luthen being a Jedi would make him honor-bound to do 'the right thing', but not being a Jedi makes it an explicit choice, it makes every choice he's made, his own. And I think Andor prizes that responsibility a character takes for their own actions.

Besides, the tone that rogue one sets is of this being a story solely about ordinary people, one that Andor is improving on— a perspective where jedis are a thing of myth, their power a thing of stories and legends— and it means nothing to the people on the ground, the people who story Andor's narrative is more focused on telling. even in moments of crisis and tension characters don't turn to each other with reassurances of "the Force". where SW media tends to put the Force on a pedestal, Andor banks on grit and luck.

i think i enjoy the fact that the narrative of Andor is very much removed from the Force as a higher power, and faith being seen through specific cultural lens of specific oppressed communities (like the Aldhani with the Eye), drawing focus on the desecration the Empire brings upon them. Evil being attributed not to red space wizard-monks but the very foundation of it in bureaucracy. I think i enjoy luthen being a rich man who uses his business for cover as well as to fund the means for the Rebellion, someone who isn't disillusioned by the fact that the path he walks is dubitable but walks it just the same. And while being a former Jedi surely adds an aura of grandiose to him, I don't think it's actually necessary. I think the story benefits from the absence of jedi altogether, and i think Andor might strive to keep it that way.

#andor #andor spoilers #luthen rael #andor 1.10 #andor 1.11 #e11 has given so many clues for luthen beiing a jedi and i wont deny it!#the clues are there and people are not picking up at nothing!#but also consider luthen collects artifacts. if he has a lightsaber lying around.#higher the chances that he's salvaged it more than it being his own from his old jedi days #me.txt #andor meta

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andorshitdaily · 10 months

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