Warning: This article contains spoilers about the first three episodes ofAndor.
Forget about Han and Greedo.
The series began with our title character once again murdering a man, although these circumstances were quite different.
Diego Luna on ‘Andor’.Lucasfilm Ltd.
What was behind Cassian’s murderous moment?
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Yet when we first meet him here, he’s not part of the Rebellion.
Lee Boardman, Stephen Wight, Margaret Clunie, Caroline Green, and Diego Luna on ‘Andor’.Des Willie/Lucasfilm Ltd.
He has no love for the Empire, but he’s not actively fighting them.
Why is he so hesitant to, as Luthen says, “fight these bastards for real”?
There are no two sides yet.
Stellan Skarsgard and Diego Luna in ‘Andor’.Des Willie/Lucasfilm Ltd.
We’ll see what he means with being part of the fight since he was six-years-old.
And through the course of these 12 episodes, we’ll understand what that background is.
We’ll understand why Cassian sounds different than anyone else inRogue One.
Diego Luna on ‘Andor’.Des Willie/Lucasfilm Ltd.
No one has that accent.
No one seems to come from where he comes from.
We’ll get to understand that, and understand what that past really is.
And I believe is a story of someone that has been forced to migrate and is a refugee.
It’s someone that clearly has gone in this life through the experience of the Empire taking away everything.
But that’s not just him, its so many people in this galaxy.
And we have to go and witness how that feels to understand why a rebellion is needed.
What’s behind that decision and what does that say about Cassian?
He is a survivor, no matter what it takes.
And I think it tells you about what justice means in the galaxy then.
There’s no way you’re free to expect justice to be fair.
It’s like the absence of state.
It happens in the places where there’s an absence of the institution that would provide justice.
There’s no sense of that in this world.
There’s no sense of that in this galaxy.
And that triggers our story.
Luthen says to kill him, but you just leave him tied up instead.
So why spare him in that situation after killing the guy back in episode 1?
I think he learns from his mistakes.
He’s never going to forget.
He will be hunted for the rest of his life.
He doesn’t realize how much is he defining the rest of his life by that decision.
He’s not thinking about that.
Someone that is not completely aware of the big scale and of the repercussions of his acts.
But after this event, he’s transformed.
He has a moment where he tells his mom, “I messed up.”
The next time he’s in front of someone with a gun in the hand, he thinks twice.
And that’s the beauty of this show there.
There’s always chance for redemption.
Characters are not good and bad.
They live in the gray areas.
They’re trying to be the best version of themselves, but they fail sometimes.
We’re not meant to be perfect.
We’re meant to understand and to grow with the mistakes we make.
But mistakes are important in life, and the only certainty we have.
But what happens when you mess up is what makes you different.
No, I don’t think he’s all in.
There’s still a long ride to go.
And many things have to happen still to him, and many people has to cross paths with him.
I think he’s confused.
But one thing is clear, he can’t stand abuse.
He can’t stand what happens with those corporals.
He won’t stand that anymore in his life.
Which is a good sign, because that’s where the seed is planted.
What’s Cassian’s relationship with Bix?
Are they just friends, or something more?
Oh man, we are going to have to wait.
They know each other pretty well.
They’ve been around for a long time.
And the relation has transformed in many ways.
She’s something else.
Did you ever meet the kid playing young Cassian?
For me, it was important that he was someone that would come from where I come from.
To me, that’s really important.
It’s very subtle, but you might tell that we share something.
This role was important, that it would come from Mexico.
And this kid is magical.
He’s very special.
And does a lot with his eyes, which is important for this role more than any other role.
And he has that spark that is really cool, in his eyes.
But yeah, I did spend time with him.
You’ve left Ferrix now.
So what can you tell people to expect coming up?
I would say a lot of water and a lot of green.
And it’s this format that allows us to do that.
You are about to meet a lot of new characters.
You are about to explore a planet you didn’t know existed.
And that’s going to keep happening.
The story of Cassian has to move forward.
It’s not stationary, it’s about that journey, that transforming journey.
So be open for new stuff to come.
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