ANDOR’S MEANING: A Marxist Revolutionary Enters the Chat…

Описание: #AndorSeason2 #StarWars #filmstudies
Andor was great art. And like all great art, there was WAY MORE going on than just entertainment.

Resources:
General - https://www.marxist.ca/education
Alienation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%27...
Class consciousness - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_c...
Class analysis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxian...
Historical materialism - there is a great section on this at https://www.marxist.ca/education
Marxist dialectics - there is another great section on this under “Dialectical Materialism” at https://www.marxist.ca/education

Further Reading:
Alan Woods’ Class Struggle in the Roman Republic (for purchase) - https://marxist.com/class-struggle-in...
Marx’s works on France Trilogy (for purchase) - https://store.marxist.ca/products/mar...
Marx’s works on France Trilogy (for free online):
The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
The Civil War in France https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

Fehr on Twitter/X - https://x.com/DroidLiberator
Fehr on Threads - https://www.threads.com/@droidliberator
Fehr on Instagram -   / droidliberator  

Rob on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@robkristjansson
Rob on Instagram -   / robkristjansson  
Rob on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/robkristjans...
Rob on Twitter -   / robkristjansson  

Jim on Threads - https://www.threads.net/@jimbozorn
Jim on Instagram -   / jimbozorn  
Jim on Twitter -   / jchliboyko  

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ANDOR’S MEANING: A Marxist Revolutionary Enters the Chat… was originally livestreamed on Saturday, May 17th, 2025. #jimandroboveranalyzemovies

Chapters
00:00 Countdown
02:12 Show Starts
05:09 Fehr’s Politics and Star Wars Fandom Origin Story
06:56 Rob’s Politics and Star Wars Fandom Origin Story
11:26 Why is Marxism great for analyzing Andor?
14:05 Does Andor critique Star Wars? Capitalism?
15:47 Rebellion or Revolution?
20:52 Did Cassian read Karis’ manifesto?
26:26 Are Dedra and Syril evil or victims, too?
31:34 What about Mon and Bail? (And Princess Leia?)
35:49 Are any of the droids free?
39:25 Poor Tay Kolma…
45:26 Where do Luthen and Kleya fit in the revolution?
48:04 So many factions!
54:12 Who is running this revolution, anyway?!
57:15 How could Disney even make this show?!
1:05:54 Redux - Does Andor critique Star Wars? Capitalism?
1:08:37 What is Andor REALLY about???
1:15:22 What would Trotsky say to the Rebel Council? What would he say to us?
1:22:43 IF Cassian read the manifesto, he didn’t read it well…