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After another Andor rewatch, I was very curious about Cassian being spooked by the Force healer’s words. When meeting the healer, did Cassian truly not believe in the Force, and fear it out of a severe lack of understanding? Or was he more afraid of potential truth in what was being said (since she accurately sensed his deepest insecurities, secrets, and feelings), and the thought that he may need to make huge sacrifices in his future? The thought that he isn’t in control of his life, and has a pre-determined purpose/outcome? The thought that he has a tragic destiny?

In both the show and Rogue One, he implies some understanding of Force healers (who Maarva apparently had encounters with and despised), and an understanding of who the Guardians of the Whills are. When meeting him, he questions if Chirrut is a Jedi, and at one point later on, sarcastically talk about the Force having different priorities to him.

And do his views change by the end of the series? I can’t remember any specific moment that would imply or lead to him changing his mindset, but they do show him giving the Force healer an acknowledging nod, which is very different from his previous very open ‘leave me alone’ attitude, and obvious fear. By this point he is at the end of his journey (in the show at least). Obviously it’s probably not openly acknowledged all the time, but the Rebellion definitely seems very pro Jedi. Most of their leadership are Clone Wars veterans who have worked alongside them, and a lot of members of the Alliance are old enough to have known of them. And if we acknowledge the wider continuity, two Jedi (Kanan and Ezra) would have lived on Yavin for a year alongside Cassian. They were all top level operatives to High Command, and naturally should have crossed paths at some point? Though the Rebellion is large, and when not working off-world, Cassian probably spent most of his time in his hut out in the Jungle.

Was very curious what your interpretation of his views were?

Do we have a clear idea as to whether or not Lear might have been a part of the Republic? My timeline might be a little fuzzy, but from what I can tell, the flashbacks we see with his Imperial career are 18 BBY, where he seems to be a sergeant. Obviously we don’t get a definitive answer from the episode, but which idea do you prefer and why?

Say the war with the Remnant had started kicking off prior to Thrawn’s return, or Boba inconveniences Pellaeon and Morgan somehow and Marrok arrives to deal with him, who would come out on top?

Outside of the few brief scenes we’ve been shown

A very underrated feat for them both imo

In the rare instances he’s brought up, people usually like to clown on Moff Gideon, and by the moutache twirling cartoon villain vibe the writing in the show can sometimes have, I can see why. But I wanted to try and show why I believe the guy is very much underrated.

He wields the Darksaber with no difficulty, despite what’s established about it in TBOBF. Gideon is a very smart guy, and despite its presentation, he very much is intended to be space Gus for all intents and purposes. He knows everything about everyone, he does his homework, and has ears everywhere. We don’t even know if his loss to Din in S2 was genuine or faked to cause tension with the Darksaber, but even if it was genuine, he’s at a huge disadvantage being a normal guy fighting against full Beskar.

Again, it might’ve been a fake loss anyway, but either way, the second you put them on equal footing and give Gideon his own armour, he catches every one of Din’s punches, knocks him to the ground with no difficulty, literally picks him up and ragdolls him around. Din can’t get a single hit on him. Bear in mind Din is a much younger man, and has been raised from childhood in a hardened warrior culture, compared to old man Gideon. But Gideon still beats him with no effort. This all happens before the Praetorians enter the room. He also beats Bo-Katan, who was similarly raised in the Mandalorian culture, but with far, far more extreme training, being a member of royalty, and has had a lot of experience during her days fighting against the government of Mandalore, and Maul’s forces. Yet again, Gideon wins. It’s a harder fight, he does put effort in, and you hear him grunt, but quite a lot of the time you can also hear him having a blast with it, and enjoying himself. The fight even ends with him crushing a hilt made out of pure beskar.

No I do not think Gideon will be standing toe to toe with Luke Skywalker any time soon, but in terms of pure combat, I would definitely put him quite notably above Din Djarin and Bo-Katan, and with his armour on, I can very easily imagine him being a threat to an average Jedi Knight. Not impossible to defeat, but definitely an obstacle to them.