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jyn 🤝 having an intense inherited gulit that gives you pretty haunting eyes that make folk fall in love 🤝 cassian

cassian andor is proof all you need in life is big brown eyes and cathlioc gulit

cassian having the audacity to act like he knows to even vaguely pilot that ship after his fuck up of a take off is hiralious

this but it's Cassian holding K2's head after Scarif

is it cool if I invite my decapitated head

thinking about bodhi rook

did he accept the death of his family back in Jedha or did he deny it till his own death? do they remember him in the rebellion? did they tell finn about the imperial defector carrying the message that the rebels could destroy the death star? did they tell finn how he was kind? how he was soft? how he did the most difficult thing with as much grace as he could?

in the universe where he lives, does his hands become softer from hours polishing his ship? or are they rough from the many tools he uses to fix the crafts that come in to distract himself? do his hands ever stop shaking when not occupied? does someone (maybe cassian, maybe luke, maybe kes) tell him he can relax, that he is amongst friends now and no one judges him for the past but rather what he does with his present? does he cling to Chirrut and Baze, his last reminders of home? does he hold jyns gaze and see her as his sister? or does he just see the eyes of galen telling him he can make a difference?

Jyn and Cassian deserved the time and space to take the harsh parts of themselves forged by other people and smooth them down with their own hands. They deserved a lazy morning with a warm, soft sunrise and a cup of caf.

Softness and gentleness do not need to be earned but if it did, they would've earned it a million times over.

cassian andor in a tweet -

K2SO to cassian after discovering a protocol that states friends check up on one another -

Jyn Erso could kill me and I'd say thank you

Cassian Andor could push me out a plane and I'd ask if he was okay

RebelCaptain could break my heart by being together and I'd still say their the cutest couple in the galaxy.

cassian never sees the death star plans.

he never knows that he was forced to build the very weapon that they used to kill him, kill millions of others.

he never knows that so many men died — were tortured, and traumatised, all so that the empire could kill millions more.

he never knows any of this, because they killed him with that same weapon too.

I find it interesting how the keep coming back to the fact that Cassian was introduced to audiences in Rogue One with the murder of the informant. And in that moment, we see what kind of person he is and the arc he's going to go on. Because he DOES try other options, he doesn't kill the guy immediately, and even once he clearly decides that the only way they don't both die is to kill the informant, he doesn't necessarily do it in a cruel way. And the first thing we see in the moment afterwards is Cassian's face looking VERY upset. He's immensely distressed that he just had to murder someone who was on his own side, but he did it anyway and then just has to move on. We learn later that this is far from his first kill, that he's done a LOT of things like this for the Rebellion and it's a large part of what drives him.

It is a defining moment for Cassian's character, obviously. And so it's quite interesting to see them keep coming back to it.

In the pilot episode of Andor, we see Cassian shoot the guard, but it does take him quite a while to really weigh those options and decide he can't trust the guard enough to let him live and there's really very little sense of remorse or regret in the aftermath of that.

And of course now, we see him kill Skeen. Skeen who he related to a little and was beginning to trust. Skeen who then turns on them all and proves himself false. Skeen who places a choice before Cassian, to betray Vel and Nemik and Cinta, or to probably die because Skeen is unlikely to let Cassian live now that he knows the truth. Cassian doesn't want to betray the others and he doesn't want to die, so he's left with a single option before him. You can SEE him weighing all of those options as Skeen keeps talking, you can see him attempting to find another way out of it and see if he can talk Skeen out of what he's suggesting and it doesn't work. And so Cassian doesn't hesitate. He does the one thing that will save himself and allow Vel to keep the money for her rebellion. He does what is probably arguably the most morally correct option, but he also is aware that Vel is never going to believe him. She doesn't trust him enough to take his word about Skeen. And so he runs. Again.

There's more nuance this time, and we do see him really not WANTING to kill Skeen, but doing it anyway not just for survival reasons but to protect Vel and Nemik and Cinta and their rebellion, as well. He's not going to just let Skeen esacpe with the money they all fought so hard for, that Taramyn and Gorn and now Nemik died for. He kills Skeen for the cause, but he's not been a part of that cause long enough to be able to keep fighting for it afterward.

Which is likely where Luthen will come in. Who will get the necklace back and hear about how Cassian didn't take the money and be able to read between the lines enough to chase Cassian down again to keep trying to recruit him.

I love watching Cassian start to become the person who WILL kill, but kills for a CAUSE, he kills to protect other people, he kills because the greater good requires it. I wonder if we'll keep seeing more versions of this scene, more call backs to how he was introduced, as mile markers to show how close he is to becoming that person.

@andorappreciation Day 4 - Kill Me, Or Take Me In

(I don't think this post has made it here yet but if it has, I'll happily take it down)

I think in this regard especially, Cassian achieves what Luthen really wants to be. At least on a moral standpoint because Cassian does all this and still so very deeply cares about everyone, while Luthen has had to stop caring and instead make horrible horrible choices.

I love that yet again we see Cassian take a back seat so someone else can rally the troops, someone else takes center stage and the credit.

In this case, it's Maarva. Last time they spoke, he said he didn't understand why she was staying, why she wanted to fight a revolution against an impossible force.

But this time, he gets it. He lets her word be the rallying call for her home, he makes sure EVERYBODY gets to hear it, that the entire town gets called out to listen to her final speech as he goes in to rescue Bix in the shadows.

He runs from hiding place to hiding place as Brasso stands at the front of a crowd, walks them towards a wall of Imperial soldiers, and leads them in the fight for freedom.

Cassian isn't a Big Damn Hero. He's not someone whose name is known or remembered. He's not a leader who makes the big speech to a crowd.

He's a spy. He observes, he notices things, he figures out the plan that has to happen in order to succeed at the goal. He's the one who puts it all together and then steps away from the spotlight so he can do it all over again.

5.. *drum roll* Cassian Andor.

to celebrate new years, here’s a list of characters who i’d let crack my back like a glowstick

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I just watched Rouge One for the first time and somehow I’d forgotten that Star Wars is allergic to happiness

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

This!

Diego Luna is the second actor in Star Wars history to be nominated for a Golden Globe and the first one was non other then the Great Alec Guinness for A New Hope… I mean… this right here says it ALL!!!

If second season is even half as good as the first season was, I will be pleased.

that haircut... rogue one cassian vibes methinks

Love this character

cassian who kept coming back for jyn, risking his own safety

cassian who came back for maarva's funeral and to rescue bix, and made sure he saved everyone he could

cassian who came back for maarva, and wanted to take her someplace where they could be safe

keef, who looked back to his fellow inmate who could not swim, who didn't jump to the sea without him, but instead got pushed

kassa, who never got to go back to his little sister

This show is BY FAR the best thing in Star Wars since Rebels and Rogue One. Slow burn stories are so worth it.

“What game is this?” “No game. Kill me… or take me in.” —Andor 1x12: Rix Road

This show is freaking amazing!

Some of my fav quotes from ANDOR 1.10 “One Way Out”

“They just killed a hundred men to keep them quiet. What would you call that?” // “I’d call that power.” // “Power? Power doesn’t panic.”

“I’d rather die trying to take them down than die giving them what they want.”

“I’d feel far more comfortable paying you for your trouble.” // “A drop of discomfort may be the price of doing business.”

“I’m dead. I’m dead. I’m pretending to be dead.” // “Don’t die until you put up a fight.”

Kino saying “If we can fight half as hard as we’ve been working, we will be home in no time.” followed by “I can’t swim” stop i-

“ONE WAY OUT! ONE WAY OUT! ONE WAY OUT!”

“Whatever happens now, we made it.”

Luthen’s speech about sacrifice. Literally. The. Entire. Speech.

Can not agree more with this. Andor has been outstanding.

I feel qualified to say this because I too have been in this fight since I was 6 years old.

Andor continues to raise the bar every week. This production design is stunning. The acting is fantastic. No episode has felt like a filler episode. This week the main character did nothing but be in prison and yet it was intriguing. Mon Mothma’s story is gripping. This show deserves awards beyond the usual Star Wars Best Effects, Best Sound, etc. This show is a dramatic contender

Cannot wait for this!

DIEGO LUNA as CASSIAN ANDOR | ANDOR Official Trailer

Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2017)

Rating: 9.8 of 10

We all know how it ends. Princess Leia got ahold of the plans to the Death Star, a moon-sized weapon capable of destroying an entire planet, which she then give to R2-D2 at the beginning of Star Wars: A New Hope. This is a story of that first victory of the Rebels.

While the Star Wars trilogies focus on the Force-wielding people, Rogue One is the story of the struggle of the ordinary people. The closest thing to a “Chosen One” character is Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), daughter to Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), a high-ranking officer of the Empire. But while his father had sympathy for the Rebel’s cause, Jyn has grown apathetic since she was left abandoned at 16 years old. She has connections, but it was her choice to help the Rebels that determines her character.

Other characters include Captain Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), a true believer of the Rebel’s cause with willingness to do anything for it; K2SO (Alan Tudyk), an unlikely friend in the form of reprogrammed Imperial droid; Chirrut Imwe (Donnie Yen) and Baze Malbus (Jiang Wen), a couple of warrior monks and sworn protector of the Kyber Crystals; and Bodhi Rook (Riz Ahmed), a defecting Imperial cargo pilot.

This is Star Wars, like you can live and breathe in it. Rogue One is definitely grittier than the trilogies, more grounded–less quip from the likes of Han Solo, no flashy lightsaber fights, or even the cuteness of a BB-8. It’s street-level Star Wars, but Rogue One does have lighter moments too (’I’M BLIND!’ is definitely the best line the movie IMO), and it is most definitely not without hope.

Hope, after all, is the stuff that Star Wars is made of. These people do not need to have the Force, or be the best of anything, they are just willing to do what it takes to make a difference and change the galaxy for the better. Nothing is going to be easy, and maybe not everyone is going to make it until the end, and yet, somehow it’s all going to be worth it. Devoid of Jedis or a Chosen One, Rogue One only has characters distinguished by their believes and their choices, and that’s okay. That’s kinda the point.

Rogue One did excellently to introduce us to all these new characters, and we fall in love with each of them effortlessly, each for different reasons. Most importantly, Rogue One succeeded in accomplishing what prequels and spin-offs should always do: make the universe feel bigger, more fleshed out. In it, we get to see the different corners of the galaxy and the people who inhabit it–the people who built and lived by it. I found Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), an almost Vader-like rebel extremist leader, to be a very interesting part of Star Wars history (We'll get to see more of him in Star Wars: Rebels series!).

Rogue One had to do so many things for it to succeed. It had to live up to the legacy of the original and prequel trilogies, not to mention The Force Awakens; fit the timeline and canon; and tell a compelling story with entirely new characters. It succeeded in all accounts. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story maybe is not a perfect movie (because nothing is), but to me it is a perfect Star Wars story.

The Empire:

Me and the whole of Ferrix:

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