Another thing about #Andor is that Luthen calls Saw an anarchist implying to a US audience that he doesn’t believe in anything and is just in it for the chaos. But the reverse is more likely true. Saw is the believer who won’t compromise while Luthen is an accelerationist 1/5

https://twitter.com/kkhelil/status/1588738946845974528

Luthen believes the empire has to be provoked into brutalizing enough ppl to inspire a rebellion to overthrow it. While Saw sees the empires brutality everyday. Only Luthiens privilege let’s him think the empires cruelty isn’t obvious enough already. 2/5

So the basic problem with “showing” a military capability is you then give the enemy the basic info it needs to start to overcome, defeat, or subvert that capability. Much as MIRV, swarm, hypersonic, and decoy tech has made our anti ballistic missile tech obsolete. 1/6 We spent decades and billions on developing ABS and now it’s mostly useless except against the dumbest rockets, mortars, and ancient SCUDs. It was a huge WBush failure from withdrawing from the abs treaty that only enriched defense contractors 2/6

Saw Gerrera is the most compelling Star Wars character by far bc he hits upon something other SW media never addresses. What are the “Rebels” fighting for? Why overthrow the Empire if you just replace it with something just as unequal and oppressive but with a kinder face? 1/5

https://twitter.com/TheSWU/status/1586067330458607616

Saw isn’t a mercenary or an opportunist. He believes in a cause and that’s why accelerationists such as Luthen and ‘vote blue no matter who’ types label him an extremist. Saw wants to build something new 2/5