Andor Analysed, Part 1
Andor Analysed is a collection of essays exploring the politics and impact of the first season of Andor. The series surprised many, both existing fans of Star Wars and new viewers, with the potential for retelling stories of rebellion and struggle.
Following Red Futures' The Expanse Expanded collection, these essays focus on Star Wars from a new perspective, drawing on critical ideas from the left and Marxism.
Essays cover themes including work, labour, automation, imperialism, and class struggle.
Andor Analysed, Part 1: The Roots of Rebellion in Star Wars
- Introducing Andor Analysed, Part 1: The Roots of Rebellion in Star Wars, Jamie Woodcock
- Cheaper than droids and easier to replace: Work, Labour, Automation and Organisation in Star Wars Andor, Christoffer Bagger
- The Malignant Borders of Empire: The Aldhani and the Act of Cultural Erasure, Sejuti Bala
- Protest Without Music, Rykie Belles
- Why Does Andor Feel Different?, Eóin Dooley
- Caught in the Sad Orbit of a Dead Calamity, Fabio Fernandes
- It Has to be You, Brian Howard
- Resistance on Coruscant: Lessons on Setting Fire in Your Own House, Ted Marsden
- Workers’ Playtime: Andor, Nostalgia and Admonitory Retrofuturism, Fiona Moore
- Brasso’s War, Alasdair Stuart
- This is What Revolution Looks Like, Mike Towill
- A Tale of Miners and Prisoners: Class Composition and the Roots of Rebellion in Andor, RK Upadhya
- Smacking Neoliberalism Over the Head with a Brick: Andor’s Revolution, Py Writ