u/Darkness_Nox

Hello everyone,

I need to vent this out here because I'm feeling quite disappointed in what happened...

So, to give sone context, I didn't watch any SW movies until 2014 and when Rogue One came out, I confidently proclaimed it as my favourite SW movie. Then I didn't really watch it (or the other movies) again because I was so heartbroken.

Fast forward to 2025 and my husband hyping me up to watch Andor. Well, I did and although initially being a bit "meh, okay, let's see it", I quickly grew very invested in the story. Mind you, I was pregnant when I watched it and we didn't yet know the baby gender AND we also didn't have a boy name picked out.

Cue the credits rolling at the end of Rogue One and I'm uncontrollably sobbing in my husband's arms "honey, if it's a boy, let's name him Cassian". Turns out, that was exactly what he was thinking. The next week we found out we're having a boy.

So, obviously, Andor is really special for us and it means a lot and I really wanted my parents to see where their grandson's name comes from. After all, we used to watch all kinds of cool stuff together throughout the years. Since we rarely see them and it's usually just listening to my mom discuss the same boring everyday problems, I wanted to bring back the "let's watch stuff together". I regret it.

My dad has seen a bit of the original trilogy when he was a teen and didn't like it. He is under the impression that the whole series has no meaning and is just a "dumb blockbuster" and "devoid of any resemblance of real life because the people who wrote it are delusional". Despite all, they watched the 1st episode and, obviously, didn't like it. Then my mom, "ever so politely" said that "the entire production is trash" and "just like an indian soap opera". I told her that's extremely offensive to say because the show means a lot to me and her excuse was "I was saying that to your dad". Okay???????

Basically, I'm really disappointed in them because they used to be people who were more open to seeing new things and actually give shows a chance and would appreciate stories about the topics that are presented in Andor. For crying out loud, we are all literally living the same way they are and now more than ever we need hope. I need hope. For my kid. Because I want a better future for him and not this whatever the damn is going on under this "galactic empire".

I'm just overwhelmingly disappointed and upset and don't know how to really deal with their response. Anyone been through something similar?

I'm watching the Bad Batch for the first time, with my husband, and I had such a random thought, so I had to pause and share it with him. He laughed a lot, so here it is:

How each member of the team would react to handling the topic of periods with Omega, who's just about growing into a teenager:

Tech: Gives her factful information supported by research. Does this in a matter that's drier than Tatooine.

Crosshair: Rolls eyes. Sighs. Gets up and leaves.

Wrecker: Tries to desperately change the topic. Sweats profusely. Pretends he didn't hear the question. Calls Hunter for help.

Echo: Tries to listen to understand, then apologises because he just so "happened" to receive an urgent call. Tells her to talk to Hunter.

Hunter: Is absolutely flabbergasted and literally doesn't know where to start, but decides to take responsibility and takes the long way round by awkwardly explaining about "the birds and the bees".

Hope I got that right 😀

Edit: wording