Beneath all the laser blasters and X-wing spaceships, Tony Gilroy’s miniseries spinoff is a twisting tale of radicalization.

Andor shows how the traditional marriage customs of Chandrila shape Mon Mothma’s life and her work in the rebellion in the ...

and like it has stakes – it’s not just set decoration or representation for the sake of checking boxes. The first three episodes of Andor season 2 reveal that they both still care for each other.

What’s waiting for Andor, instead, is a literal representation of the fraught status of the Rebellion at this point. Elsewhere, Chandrilan senator Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) is presiding ...