Since the release of Star Wars in 1977, the Star Wars universe has continued to expand on both the small and large screens, without breaking an implicit rule established by George Lucas from the very beginning. Almost 50 years later, Andor, the series saved by Kathleen Kennedy, breaks this great tradition of the saga.
Star Wars, a franchise "for children"
George Lucas has never hidden it: Star Wars is a film for children. In the original trilogy, the Ewoks irritated adult viewers, but also other characters like C-3PO and Jar Jar Binks in the prequel trilogy. However, the creator of the saga has stated on multiple occasions in interviews, including with THR, that this was his intention from the beginning.
Everyone said the same thing about 3PO, that he was irritating and that he had to be got rid of. When I made the third film, it was the Ewoks: "They're little teddy bears. It's a children's movie, we don't want to see a children's movie." I replied, "It's a children's movie. It's always been a children's movie."
It's for this reason that the Star Wars films don't depict in detail the horror of the Empire's actions against the various worlds of the galaxy. Even terrible moments like Order 66, commanded by Palpatine, are shown quickly, without going into the details of the carnage. An implicit "rule" of the saga in force for almost 50 years that the series Andor does not follow...
Andor, a very tough series
In its second season, Andor stops at nothing to show the horrors perpetrated by the Empire.During a blockade on Ghorman, Moff Tarkin orders a massacre of his troops, which pushes Mon Mothma, then a senator, to officially break with Palpatine, whom she denounces in a committed speech. The reason for this massacre? The Empire needed a mineral present on this world to complete the construction of the Death Star... If Star Wars has always shown Darth Sidious committing atrocities in the name of the Empire, this is the first time that one of them is shown so close, in such detail. It's a far cry from the distant explosion of Alderaan in A New Hope.
And you, what do you think of this "new maturity" in the Star Wars universe?
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