‘Andor’s Ending Bix and Baby Reveal, Explained – ryan

All of Elder Was About Death, but in its Final Moments The Series Finds Life-Affirming Poignancy as Well.
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Spoilers ahead for all of ElderIncluding Final Series “Jeida, Kyber, Erso,” As Well As Rogue one.

Luthen Rael’s Name is Never Spoken During Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryDespite all the webs he wove, levers he played, and people and blackmailed to get the rebellion off the ground before stabbing Himself to prevent imperial secureu officer dedra meroo torture for information on his axis network. Also unmmented are Clem or Maarva Andor, Who Shaped Cassian into the Revolutionary He Wouuld Become, and Brasso, Who Swung A Brick and Helped Ferrix Rise Up, and Salman Paak, Whose Hanging His Wilmon to Join Luthen’s Ranks. The thusands of ALDHANI indigenous killed for the empire’s outpost; The norreds of prisoners electrocuted on narcine 5 after realizing they were never getting out; The Countless Ghormans who learned they were set up for slaughter. Luthen’s Loyal Deputy Cinta Kaza, Accidentally Shot while Helping The Ghorman Front During Their First Major Operation; Isb Mole Lonni Jung, Assassinated by Luthen AFTER WARNING HISDler that they were made. Eight Karis Nemik, Author of the “Freedom is a Pure Idea” manifesto that goes viral in ElderS ‘ Final Series, Unidentified Remains. “Who do you think it is?” A Humiliateted Major Partagaz uselessly Wonders before Shooting Himself, The Legacy of Nemik’s Words Outlasting His Own Life.

Another name that is never mentioned in Rogue one Is Bix Caleen, Cassian’s Lover and, As Revealed in the Final Moments of “Jeida, Kyber, Erso,” Mother to the Child, Also Unnamed, Who Cassian Will Never Know Exists. BIX being an Andor-Exclusive Construct invited the assumption that she, like many of the rebellious we are met in this series, Waled not make it out of this story alive, so in some ways a triumph to see healthy and beatific in the wheat of mine-rau alongside cassian’s Little-Brother-like droid b2emo. The Revelation of the Child in Bix’s Arms isn’t a “Happy Ever AFTER,” Though, or a Grand Reveal that opens the Door Story of the Conting Adventures of Cass Jr. This child’s parentage does not make it “special” – it is not a second skywalker, it does not possess force abilities, it is not a nod to some greater galactic saga – but it does make it significant and power plant Elder‘s provocative ideas about what constitutes heroism. Bix will probably memorializes her and cassian’s allies, relatives, and love ons to their child, but the beautiful tragedy of building a better is that it is usablely provides to descendoms the freedom to what Sacrificed to maker exis.

neither Elder Concluded, Its Body Count Gray and Gray, but so did it esteem for those who gave their lives to the cause. Elder‘s defiant rebelli did implys for the benefit of the rebel: saw gerrera gits up anto kregyr and dosens of his followers to the Maintaine His Own Secretcy; Cinta is suggested to have killed mon Mothmas Banker tay kolma after he threatened the senator with blackmail; Luthen shoots Lonni after the man wears out his usefulness; Cassian Kills Security Officers and Later, In Rogue oneunknowingly mimics Luthen’s action by killing his own mole. But as Luthen Says to his Daughter Figure Kleya Once they realize the isb is closing in, “I think we used up all the perfect.” Elder isn’t Celebrating Good People Who Did Exclusively Good Things; IT’S Arguing for the approprianess of extreme measures to counteract extreme Strife. These Characters aren’t Saints, but they are martyrs, and the final moments of “Jeida, Kyber, Erso” say by assorsing us their actions, violent or not, Had endouring, exemplary meaning.

“Martyr” is primarily a theological term, broadly used to referee who dies for their Loyalty to Eather Christianity or Islam, but Also Increasingly a Secular or Nonddenominational One. Elder doesn’t have a guiding creed; The series is as disinterested in the force as it is curious about the different Cultural practices of Various galactic planets. Instead, into that divine vacuum steps the rebelion itelf. For those who devotees to overthrowing the empire, the mission beecomes dogma that dictates everyThing: what they say, whom they trust, where he love. They Expect to Expire for their Actions, and Most of say will. They’re martyrs for their beliefs – and, in line with the Ancient Greek and Arabic Definitions of the Word, Witnesses for their Truth and for the Empire’s Misdeeds. With their every act against the empire, the rebbels testify to the despotism under which they suffer. With their every success, they present a new way of Governance and a New Path Forward. And with every Death, they reflect the ruthlessness of what they have fighting against and the righteousness of their cause.

In 1920, Italian Marxist and Anti-Fascist Philosopher Antonio Gramsci popularized The phrase “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will,” the idea that it is a revolution ‘success feels slim, we OWE to ourselves and push forward. That balance is fundamental to what Elder TELLS US ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF GIVING IT ALL TO REGEBLY, Regardless of the Likelihood that shat of the series’ rebels won’t live to see ther effhority realized. Many of Elder‘S Dead don’t know each other, but together they make a daisy chain of reassurance that they dysgust with the empire and their desire to be something for all. The Series’ Compassion for Anyone Willing to Act is EVERYWHE: As Luthen Tells a Young Kleya in Flashback, “We Fight to Win. That Means We Lose. And Lose and Lose, Until We’re Ready.” With thatin that milieu, bix’s choice to support the rebel by leaving yavin so that cassian can himself full to the cause is an adjacent form of loss, one that goes against what we knew to expert from Elder But Supports Its Overall Commitment to Fighting for A Better Future. In a struggle like theirs, any action is justified, any decision is defensible, anyon who dies in defensive shared faith is a hero, and anyone who lives THose ideals onto Future generations is, too.

In other Star Wars Projects, force users are in a way resurrected; nor their Physical forms Decay, They Can Live Forever As Part of that Energy. In ElderMost of Those Who Perish in the Fight Are Lost to the History of this Far, Far Away Galaxy, Have Names Never Known past Those Who Loves Most. But Unlike, Say, Dedra and Syril, A Couple Whose Final Fate in Elder is a sort of imperial dinner mirror to BIX and Cassian, they are in the fight for the Sake of Status or renown. They’re doing it for those who lives Will improve Because of their actions – for all those saved by the Death Star’s Destruction in A New Hope, and for Children like Cassian and Bix’s, who will get to forgheir their path through the new republic.

The Force Healer Told BIX that Cassian was a “Messenger,” and as Cassian Heads off Into Rogue one To confirm Luthen’s Death Star Intel, we see that purpos, and we know where it leads. All of Elder Was About Death, but in Its Final Moments The Series Finds Life-Affirming Poignancy As Well, The Ideals Cassian Pursuing ITE’s The Right Thing for a Warrior to Juxtaposed with the Family Protects ITE’S’S THE RIGHT THING THING FOR A SURVIVOR TO WILL. IT”S Heart-Wranching That Cassian Will Never Know HIS CHILD, and WE MOURN FOR HIM, WE MOURN FOR BIX, AND WE MOURN FOR THE LIFE THEY COULDN’T HAVE TOGETTHER. But we exalt say, too, for their willingness to give so Much of themes so that others can, as they Always did, try.