The Real Purpose of the Imperial Prison System

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    After Emperor Palpatine spoke with Imperial Security Bureau Director Colonel Wulf Yularen, the P.O.R.D. or the public order re-sentencing directive was announced. What seems like an effort to crack down on increased Rebel activity, is actually far more sinister.
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  • @GenerationTech
    @GenerationTech  ปีที่แล้ว +30

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    • @maleekbrooks4557
      @maleekbrooks4557 ปีที่แล้ว

      i’ve watched all your andor videos but not a single episode i think i’ll finally watch it

    • @ramon1906
      @ramon1906 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russia is tbh also a Dictatorship and several other Countrys de facto also

    • @lewdendorff4120
      @lewdendorff4120 ปีที่แล้ว

      Porggers

    • @joseangelhernandez5274
      @joseangelhernandez5274 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seems like someone is pretending to be you. Someone is replying to comments saying they have won a prize or something along those lines.

    • @Fr3AkFr3Ak
      @Fr3AkFr3Ak ปีที่แล้ว

      To be true, north korea is a democracy, if i didnt read wrong they have elections with out independent observers

  • @bsmithhammer
    @bsmithhammer ปีที่แล้ว +420

    I don't say this casually - Andor is next-level Star Wars. The story-crafting, the character development, the attention to detail. I don't believe we've ever seen anything quite like it. And while I don't think that everything going forward in the franchise needs to be made in the same mold, this is really, really good.

    • @planetofthepete
      @planetofthepete ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Agreed - it is 'grown-up' sci-fi...

    • @lonesurvivor8828
      @lonesurvivor8828 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@planetofthepete It's just good sci-fi. Focusing on details, paying attention to what is written. I don't know what 'grown up' had to do with it, but youth love good cinema too.

    • @matthewk4912
      @matthewk4912 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@lonesurvivor8828 It's because a lot of people want more mass-appeal content like the MCU style because Andor doesn't have lightsabers, Force powers, or cute creatures like Baby Yoda. So people who aren't into more "grown-up" sci-fi won't be interested in Andor. It doesn't excite them.

    • @michaelfawaz6483
      @michaelfawaz6483 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It feels more grounded in reality. We’re seeing a guy getting caught up fast in a situation he didn’t intend to become part of having a run in with police while at a bar, trying to move a hot item follow up with a bank robbery and then trying to lay low. No Jedi no sith just normal people in multiple alphabet agencies hunting down a dude on the run. To the poster that said it’s mature sci fi that’s spot on. This version of Star Wars feels more like the sci fi show the Expanse I hope more Star Wars shows take this direction of world building

    • @High_Key
      @High_Key ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Andor has some of the best world building I’ve seen in Star Wars. Honestly on par with the Prequels. Just love the way this show is expanding the universe. So much character depth and it’s all thanks to the writing. Really hope this show can get more viewers so they LucasFilm can get a hint that this is what the ppl actually want.

  • @rexlumontad5644
    @rexlumontad5644 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    "The Empire improves every system it touches. Judge by any metric. Safety, prosperity, trade, opportunity, peace. Compare Imperial rule to what is happening now. Look outside. Is the world more peaceful since the revolution? I see nothing but death and chaos." - The Client from The Mandalorian Season 1

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  ปีที่แล้ว +165

      And then gets killed by Moff "pollo hermanos" Gideon

    • @mattstorm360
      @mattstorm360 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@GenerationTech Gideon really moved up in the world after having half his face blown off after visiting an old friend.

    • @marcrasm
      @marcrasm ปีที่แล้ว +32

      but remember that it is the Imperial Bureau of Standards that set the metrics

    • @scoutdynamics3272
      @scoutdynamics3272 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing practical about having the Empire take over your world and suck it dry with storm troopers killing anyone who protests

    • @gavinsmith9871
      @gavinsmith9871 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "Well that was a fucking lie."

  • @GotHoai
    @GotHoai ปีที่แล้ว +88

    That shoretrooper definitely only stopped Cass and screwed him just to make a quota

  • @ВасильевСвятослав-д9м
    @ВасильевСвятослав-д9м ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Was judicial system explored? I LOVED that court scene.

  • @Drave_Jr.
    @Drave_Jr. ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:10 World Devastatorts in a nutshell. At least Dark Empire Palpatine knew how to attack with little to no real resources.

  • @CrimsonTemplar2
    @CrimsonTemplar2 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Great video.
    The whole ‘human (& non-human) capital’ is lifted directly from Nazi Germany (like most of the Empire). Germany quickly outstripped its internal production capacity as wave after wave of able-bodied German men were sent off to the front lines, so they turned to slave labor from the conquered territories. Timeghost’s WW2 channel has some great episodes covering this in their War Against Humanity series.
    Also, because all sci-fi is derivative of itself the Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40,000 is another fascist entity that spends human capital at an egregious rate.

    • @wildfire9280
      @wildfire9280 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The difference being that rather than relying on the private sector and supplying manufacturers like Krupp with slave labor Palpatine prefers nationalizing and supplying himself with slave labor directly.

    • @Captain_Insano_nomercy
      @Captain_Insano_nomercy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wasn't the empire rather based off imperialist USA?

    • @yokaiou5848
      @yokaiou5848 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Imperium of Man is feudal

    • @Bzhydack
      @Bzhydack ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, is much more similar to Soviet Gulag system. And what starts in Andor, is basicly equivalent of Red Terror.

    • @MorganRyk
      @MorganRyk ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Captain_Insano_nomercy yep and US has largest prison population of any country, who's work makes up 6% of US GDP

  • @palpadur1112
    @palpadur1112 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    i used/use prisons in Thrawn's Revenge to increase production by 10%, getting a galaxy ready for the Yuuzhan Vong in 25 years is hard work. those pesky Rebels and their New Republic complicate things even more than the various Imperial Warlords.

    • @Mercoras
      @Mercoras ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That is pretty solid. Our emperor Sheev has a few questions for you next, but he seemed to be in a good mood. So you should be fine. He said something about downgrading prisoner food, and rerouting the money for a much, much, MUCH bigger DS3. Called the thing Starkiller Base. (Talk about edgy names). I think the emperor wants to transfer you out there.

    • @franciscorui
      @franciscorui ปีที่แล้ว +7

      To bad modern star wars is never going to use the Yuuzhan Vong.

    • @darthverminates9708
      @darthverminates9708 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Soviet gulags were not really death camps. They were labor camps much like what happens here.

    • @kenle2
      @kenle2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@darthverminates9708
      Sure.
      Hundreds of thousands of prisoners die of exposure, malnutrition, beatings and bullets to the head ...
      "Here".
      I really hope you are indulging in sarcasm.
      Otherwise, I'd suggest reading actual historical records.

    • @darthverminates9708
      @darthverminates9708 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kenle2 i have... They back up what I said. Robert Conquest created the death camp narrative as a theory as to what happened to millions of missing people in demographic estimates. Now that we have the official records it looks like many we assumed died in the camps may have been citizens who died in other ways outside the camps... A few people have noted that when someone was sent to gulag their families were often retaliated against. Fired, kicked out of housing, their wwii era ration cards taken. This is pretty much a death sentence. Also; I have some family accounts. I had uncles who went to the gulag who I knew / met and great grandfather. 8 relatives in total. All lived through it...
      Ps
      Hundreds of thousands did die in the camps. Not the multimillions we used to think. The camps existed for slave labor not to systematically eliminate people.

  • @73jbirch
    @73jbirch ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Andor is assembling droids, which is how he knows how to reprogram K-2SO....Mic drop

    • @73jbirch
      @73jbirch ปีที่แล้ว +1

      or not?lol

  • @tsoliot5913
    @tsoliot5913 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The prison walkways are 100% a callback to Kamino clone facilities.

    • @thenewkalpa
      @thenewkalpa ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Makes sense. Clones were child soldiers, whether or not the grew quickly or not. They had no childhood and were bred to die. The Republic using this army was inhumane, criminal, and fascistic. That's why even the nicest Jedi that treated the clones well still have very little respect from me because they were okay with a Clone Army to begin with. The only good Jedi were the ones who didn't go to war.

  • @ryanedgerton1982
    @ryanedgerton1982 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Not to get too political... but this is a case of art imitating life. You might be surprised to know how many of your favorite brands of clothes, food, or tech use prison labor as part of their supply chain.

    • @ladyjustice1474
      @ladyjustice1474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not surprised heard about this decades ago.

    • @im_piano
      @im_piano ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How many? What are these brands? How to learn more about it?

    • @mikloridden8276
      @mikloridden8276 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@im_piano Chinese/Bengal sweatshops that are basically prison. You can’t leave unless you meet your quota. In the US I forget which brand but they have inmates make pens and tshirts, belt buckles.

    • @Tericc1
      @Tericc1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikloridden8276 Dont forget about phones like the iphone. The have nets along the building to prevent suicide jumpers

  • @BOABModels
    @BOABModels ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Great analysis! I'm really glad I found your channel since I started watching Andor.

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  ปีที่แล้ว +13

      thanks and those models you're working with look awesome btw, love the Lemans GT

    • @BOABModels
      @BOABModels ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@GenerationTech thanks mate! I've made some Star Wars models too but they don't get as many views as cars.

    • @andrewbernard1911
      @andrewbernard1911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol love this comment thread 💯

    • @BOABModels
      @BOABModels ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@andrewbernard1911 😁👍

  • @jramir2
    @jramir2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To me the most messed up part was putting the prison in the middle of an ocean..like how cruel is that. To plan for slaves with no possible escape. Which is a dope idea, but idk how Andor escaped lol.

  • @starbournehero771
    @starbournehero771 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:54 YOOO What the heck is this scene from? I need the rest of this pronto!

    • @almack3935
      @almack3935 ปีที่แล้ว

      The old republic cinematics! These ones were for the eternal empire I believe. 10/10, watch them all

  • @robbarnes3507
    @robbarnes3507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yo Allen, great job! Although alluded to, the old axiom should be emphasized: To the victor goes the spoils. Once Palp, took over a major city, country and then finally the entire planet or moon, All of its hard currency, whether held publicly or privately now belong to the Empire along with all existing Ships, machinery and of course slave labor.

  • @momaw_C1-10P
    @momaw_C1-10P ปีที่แล้ว +7

    While all other youtubers have given up covering Andor due to the lack of easily weaponised hate based on ruined childhoods, perceived disrespect of legacy characters and whatever else they can make a quick buck off, Generation Tech is going fully down the rabbit hole with all the glorious world building we are getting and damn fine character development and story telling

    • @diinouhothead9362
      @diinouhothead9362 ปีที่แล้ว

      This.
      Anti-woke channels do like 1 video, realizes their audiences are capable of individual thinking and doesn't share their hate (despite having Disney's name on it), and move on to bashing something else.

  • @quigonkenny
    @quigonkenny ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don't forget that Palpatine is a Sith. Part of the reason for the intentional oppression and corruption, even at the expense of efficiency and detriment of the Empire itself, is the actual oppression and corruption. Such cruelty and brutality strengthens the Dark Side, which in turn strengthens Palpatine. Unlike many villains, Palpatine is well aware that he's evil, and revels in it.
    He's not an inept leader. He knows exactly what he's doing.

  • @kamerondonaldson5976
    @kamerondonaldson5976 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    oovoo 4 and despayre are the legends prison worlds i am vaguely familiar with. the former is where live captives of bounty hunters were sent in the republic era and the latter is where the death star was first test fired to see if it was functional.

  • @jasonisonbass
    @jasonisonbass ปีที่แล้ว +2

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  • @joearmstrong2404
    @joearmstrong2404 ปีที่แล้ว

    The prisoner transport looked a bit like a Federation shuttle craft to me.

  • @gregddd1
    @gregddd1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Allan, like your analysis!!

  • @jaysmall86
    @jaysmall86 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent transition to the ad

  • @ComCommie
    @ComCommie ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what the hell is that sniff at 0:44?

    • @GenerationTechShorts
      @GenerationTechShorts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn’t add that it was in the original scene

    • @ComCommie
      @ComCommie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GenerationTechShorts oh wow an actual reply at my dumb comment, don't get me wrong by the way I love your content!

  • @rabbitsfoot8
    @rabbitsfoot8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yeah and that standards video was fascinating too...lol so yeah we watched

  • @jcbvortex22
    @jcbvortex22 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fear and intimidation is the absolute worst method to motivate people and inspire them, in fact it often inspires the opposite reaction of rebellion!

  • @st3althyone
    @st3althyone ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sgt. Moss didn’t change his name. XD

  • @restingbird263
    @restingbird263 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just started Death Troopers 😁

  • @scottcarver7393
    @scottcarver7393 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should do a video about all the different imperial sectors

  • @likeluptid
    @likeluptid ปีที่แล้ว

    The biggest, most humorous thing about the entire show, so far, is how QUICKLY the people in the show, knowing very little about what the Rebellion is, of course, will consider anything a Rebel attack, and can consider anyone to be a Rebel. Cassian was assaulted by crooked cops and he ended up becoming guilty of manslaughter. Sgt Mosk gave a subtle hint of the possibility that Cassian could have acted in behalf of the 'fomenting pockets' of rebellion against the Empire. Afterward, Karn considers Cassian a Rebel and says it straightforwardly. I'm not sure who, but I think that either Luthen or Mothma is part of a Rebel cell, and it desperately needs money. He has been hoping for at least 6 months to get that money from Mothma, but, as a fallback plan, he recruited a ragtag group of people for only 1 thing, a robbery. The important thing is that he gets the money, but taking it from the Empire is a bonus. But he spoke to each of them as if the robbery was more than that, its primary purpose is to attack the Empire, and each person believed him. Skeen and Cassian were in it only for the money. Nemik whole-heartedly thought he was part of a rebellion. The 2 women could really be part of a rebel cell somewhere that the robbery is supposed to support, but I don't know. Either way, only HOURS, not days, when the crime scene and necessary interviews, and a thorough investigation has already passed, but literally HOURS after the heist, it's already in the news that there was "a large Rebel attack." Nothing less than an assumption, that just happens to not be true. Deedra Meero sees that a Starpath Unit has gone missing, and IMMEDIATELY her mind is made up that the theft was part of a coordinated effort by the Rebellion. Cassian was only trying to get a couple of dollars to get away from Ferrix, pay back debts, clap some cheeks, and buy some nice "styling and profiling" clothes, and take care of his foster mother. He's no Rebel, and he has nothing at all to do with rebel activity. Everyone is so quick to blame it on the Rebellion, but nobody really knows much about it. And in Deedra's Witch hunt to make a simple robbery into something infinitely more than what it actually was, she found solid evidence of what Bail Organa has been doing for at least 14 years secretly, of course. He's been using his wealth, political influence and power to lead humanitarian relief efforts to planets suffering because of the Empire, something we saw him do several times during the Clone Wars. He's been working with various independent rebel cells, and coordinating activities with them so that they work as a unified group. And that network of Rebel Cells associated with Organa's Rebellion has grown a LOT. And, as we've seen him do before, he refit small ships and freighters with the military equipment that the Rebel cells have appropriated from the Empire, to make those small ships combat capable ships. Just when you thought you were a pirate about to rob a freighter, it surprises you with Imperial weapons that will leave your ship shattered into pieces. As far as I know, Deedra mightbe the first person outside the Rebellion to find evidence that it really does exist as a unified network of Rebel cells. She will never know that Organa is it's current leader. And, again, nobody knows that there a large scale Rebellion, and that there are also many independent rebel cells with activities unrelated to the Rebellion. To most people in the show, all of it, even things that aren't Rebellion, are Rebellion. I nearly fainted when Deedra told what she learned from the report she produced

  • @ElijahNMitchell
    @ElijahNMitchell ปีที่แล้ว

    Looked like a K2 droid arm on those tables

  • @grproteus
    @grproteus ปีที่แล้ว

    0:39 - when you say "a dude splashing paint on the canvas without intention" you could be showing us Rian Johnson, Kathleen and Maybe JJ, or a series of all the Disney starwars those dorks made, without intention.
    the prisoner is cheaper, more versatile and consumes less energy than a droid.
    Coupled with KPIs, prisons are the best factory lines.
    Somewhere here is Andor's comment on modern capitalism. With only a few excpetions, Andor's prison resembles the modern capitalism.

  • @jrgunn5
    @jrgunn5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting that in the Empire, there is no middle class. Either wealthy and powerful, or oppressed and poor.

  • @joshuadelbelbelluz8325
    @joshuadelbelbelluz8325 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please continue the separatist alliance vs earth series please

  • @LudosErgoSum
    @LudosErgoSum ปีที่แล้ว +1

    00:32 Gave himself a Dislike 🤣

  • @uzomanwabiani3656
    @uzomanwabiani3656 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rumour has it that you’re wanted for looting the Jedi Temple post order 66 and a bunch or light sabres are missing 🤔

  • @CorwinTheOneAndOnly
    @CorwinTheOneAndOnly ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of people give TIE fighters a lot of trash for essentially being barebones starfighters, but... There are SO MANY of them. They really are just the most mass produced starfighter ever invented.

  • @krzosu
    @krzosu ปีที่แล้ว

    i think there is a partially faulty premise here - palpatines war machine was to do two things - firstly yes provide security for his empire and if that was the only case then yes it would be overblown. That said Palpatine KNEW that there was the Extragalacic threat lurking in the outer reaches - and that was the war he was preparing for as well. In essence he was preparing against the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.
    On top of that at the begining he controlled a lot sure - but not everything - there were holdouts that needed to be crushed thus requiring a massive army and fleets in the first place.
    Another aspect was slavery - palpatine wasnt shy about using slaves or prisoners - it was after all a very sith-y thing do to yes ?

  • @camrongray3406
    @camrongray3406 ปีที่แล้ว

    Andor has became one of my favorites.

  • @virgilblaze9090
    @virgilblaze9090 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm guessing the prison arc will end with Andor escaping with a reprogrammed Imperial security droid by the name of K-2SO who will aid in his escape.

  • @meierb75
    @meierb75 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if it is a robotics center and that’s is where he reprograms K-2SO? I’ve worked in clean room. Makes sense. How else is he going to bust out? Yes, Luthen is still looking for him indirectly.

  • @hydrakn
    @hydrakn ปีที่แล้ว

    3:26 what is that pic of Ilum from???

  • @celest1
    @celest1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where the footages of illum carrier are from ?

  • @ToolFloydChimera
    @ToolFloydChimera ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet the prison is on kinari. He stages a revolt and meets his sister on the outside who his mom said was dead

  • @SherlockHolmez
    @SherlockHolmez ปีที่แล้ว

    Prison is giving me THX 1138 vibes

  • @rush7805
    @rush7805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At the very least the Emperor uses and understands the gold standard : )

  • @jodders619
    @jodders619 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm pleased we don't have countries in real life that use prisoners on artificially inflated sentences as slave labour. That would be really horrible and dystopian.

  • @terrysimmons8657
    @terrysimmons8657 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Old saying, "Military's do not create wealth".

    • @DS9TREK
      @DS9TREK ปีที่แล้ว

      Rome's military was great at stealing wealth until it ran out of enemies to conquer. At that point the Empire fell due to the unsustainable cost.

  • @nfldend501
    @nfldend501 ปีที่แล้ว

    "There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

  • @francoisleveille409
    @francoisleveille409 ปีที่แล้ว

    PORD is 'drop' spelled backwards. If you commit any crime then we 'drop' you ...

  • @GiantTinyBalls
    @GiantTinyBalls ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Why did you have to go after Jackson Pollock like that?

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hey Pollock's alright, that's just some stock footage lol

  • @VirginiaRican
    @VirginiaRican ปีที่แล้ว

    oh Allen....I see what you did there. Rest assured, this will not reflect favorably on your WEF ESG score;)

  • @Wheelofbibfortuna
    @Wheelofbibfortuna ปีที่แล้ว

    They are making k2 droids and he assembles and programs k2so to assist in his escape

  • @DR-ts4eh
    @DR-ts4eh ปีที่แล้ว

    From certain pictures, it's hard to tell if it's the "Bureau of standards " or the Prison xD

  • @geewillickers7193
    @geewillickers7193 ปีที่แล้ว

    how come the ex stormtrooper in andor isn't a clone of jango fett?

  • @thebeefyboi6340
    @thebeefyboi6340 ปีที่แล้ว

    Everyone can agree on the fact that Palpiteen shouldn’t have built the death star

  • @robkoper841
    @robkoper841 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why does Palpatine do this stuff?
    Because he is the living embodiment of the Sith (the religion, and if you accept that part of the canon - the race as well). He is Hate and Lust for Vengeance, personified. Whatever the bright promise of the Republic was (or is), he wants it to burn - if for no other reason than the fact that the Jedi were involved. Running around killing people with force powers doesn't achieve his ends. Watching them do it to themselves does; he wants the galaxy to tear itself apart from the inside. This is what it is to be a Sith (or *the Sith* , depending on which backstory you accept). Allow me to develop this idea with two examples.
    In A New Hope, there is a scene with Obi Wan trying to get past a stormtrooper checkpoint. Stormtroopers: famously incorruptible, fearless. pitiless, disciplined soldiers - and one of them just...goes along with Obi Wan's suggestions. It was "easy to fool the weak-minded" because Obi Wan focused on that part of the psyche that want s agreement and harmony. It literally cost the stormtrooper nothing to let two moisture farmers pass with their droids - not because Obi Wan dominated him, but because it was easy, convenient, and humans - even indoctrinated ones - find it rewarding to sometimes just make things easier for everyone.
    In contrast to this Harmony technique is a Very Sith technique of Despair. In the The Return of the Jedi, Palapatine needs to pervert the last remaining Jedi to his cause and he has a special plan to do it. Right when he has the young man worked up and confused, he reveals that all of his struggles were in vain, all of the Rebel plans were foreseen, and there was *never* any chance they could win: this was all a stage play to show the futility of resistance and to bait the last remaining Rebels into an all-out battle, and to bait the last Jedi into a duel he cannot win. It is a masterpiece of villainy, the reverse of the usual James Bond Villain speech where the villain reveals their master plan just before 'leaving the protagonist to die'. He just told you your master plan, why it isn't going to work, and he's not leaving until he sees the last l ight of hope die from your eyes. And it would have worked, if Luke hadn't remembered the lesson from the cave.
    Harmony versus Chaos. Hope versus Despair. There's nothing practical about Palapatine's plan. That's because there's usually nothing practical about revenge, and even less practical about Evil Space Wizard Revenge.

  • @unacamper6700
    @unacamper6700 ปีที่แล้ว

    We need those prisons in the ussa !!!

  • @mwmceo6145
    @mwmceo6145 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much is a one credit to usd

  • @NortheR2301
    @NortheR2301 ปีที่แล้ว

    eat porgs save porcs

  • @pyeitme508
    @pyeitme508 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh

  • @Chrjo12
    @Chrjo12 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    It's a testament to the quality of both Andor and your channel that I can be completely engrossed in 10+ minute videos about bureaucracies and prison systems of a fictional universe. Can't wait for more content.

    • @darthverminates9708
      @darthverminates9708 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The host seems to know / put a lot thought into the general subject of totalitarian societies. Its like Andor tapped a area he was a expert on. I want to grab transcripts from some of these vids as good political science info...

    • @mr.boomguy
      @mr.boomguy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@darthverminates9708 I think he has said he is a journalist, and that's how he has seen the world.

  • @mattstorm360
    @mattstorm360 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    So the plan is basically to have a massive prison population to use as free labor.
    I think the room has a lot of empty space for the purpose of bigger equipment. Instead of bringing them to bigger rooms with the big equipment they use just one room and move the equipment the workers need in and out whenever.

    • @oldered5663
      @oldered5663 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or storm trooper recruits who are nothing more than brainwashed prisoners.
      Wanna take 5 years off your 6 year sentence, join up with imps for 2 years... meanwhile when you serve you are brainwashed then WANT to sign up for MORE years!

    • @asaptrizzy967
      @asaptrizzy967 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Sounds familiar

    • @Zapata1994
      @Zapata1994 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@asaptrizzy967 hmm where have i heard of that 🇺🇸 who knows 🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @dred9174
      @dred9174 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Zapata1994 It sounds like the American prison system that makes 11 Billion annually!

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Fun detail for episode 7 of Andor - the last sound effect is a jail cell door slamming shut.
    The last two scenes are Cassian getting sentenced, and Syril stuck in the Bureau of Standards job. That final sound effect really nails home the parallel that Syril's crummy lifetime dead end government job is also a "prison".

    • @Knight121198
      @Knight121198 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I get the feeling Syril is on the path to become a rebel, and i'm so here for it!

    • @CederichHower
      @CederichHower ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Knight121198 I suspect Syril will end up being the guy on the death star pressing the button to blow up Andor in Rouge one.

    • @MartijnVos
      @MartijnVos ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Knight121198 I'm having that suspicion too. We'll see.

    • @MarshalTennerWinter
      @MarshalTennerWinter ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You just blew my fucking mind.

    • @cccspwn
      @cccspwn ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He was literally in a cell (cubicle)

  • @RactupusRex
    @RactupusRex ปีที่แล้ว +99

    When folks complain about Star Wars being “too political” I start and wonder if we are watching the same things. In our own real world penal labor is explicitly allowed by the 13th Amendment. Great video!

    • @notoriousblt1038
      @notoriousblt1038 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Anyone who complains about that really does forget about how George based the rebels off the Viet Cong and the Empire off the US lol

    • @kenle2
      @kenle2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@notoriousblt1038
      Thus proving California film students of the 60's and 70's experienced a distinct shortage of historical context and moral clarity.
      Pretty sure Nixon wasn't an all-powerful tyrannical sorcerer (they don't usually get forced out of office by a loss of political support. They just execute anyone who ticks them off - with or without using lighting fingers).
      And Ho Chi Mihn sure as hell was no Princess Leia.

    • @notoriousblt1038
      @notoriousblt1038 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kenle2 it was more about the dynamic between the Empire and Rebels

    • @hoover728
      @hoover728 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought it was more specifically the Ewoks who were modelled after the VC? At any rate, Leia was inspired by a Mexican revolutionary.

    • @austinreed7343
      @austinreed7343 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Empire not only exploits this, it also has even worse loopholes, like considering Wookies to be completely non-sapient so their slavery would not even be considered slavery.

  • @joshuabates7424
    @joshuabates7424 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I love Andor, especially seeing how the Empire worked. The Empire's uniforms are bad ass!

    • @breezy3054
      @breezy3054 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup imperial unis are clean

    • @cccspwn
      @cccspwn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup because they were based off the Nazi Uniforms 😅

    • @N120Xeno
      @N120Xeno ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cccspwn why must the fascist always get the good drip lol

    • @cccspwn
      @cccspwn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@N120Xeno idk Hugo Boss tho...

    • @SatansGreatestSoldier
      @SatansGreatestSoldier ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cccspwn That evil drip

  • @giff2211
    @giff2211 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I've been watching a lot of your videos on Andor, and the show is amazing, but I love the passion for the videos on the show your making

  • @K4STELLAN
    @K4STELLAN ปีที่แล้ว +11

    From those trailer shots Iam pretty sure they are making those K-security droids, or parts for them. Would give him a chance to pick up his cool buddy. I mean, they did just shoved those droids in the show on screen to make everyone go 'ooh yeah he had one of those in the movie!', Iam sure they won't leave us hanging with that ;) xD

  • @powerdroidgirl
    @powerdroidgirl ปีที่แล้ว +10

    From the prison aesthetic, I'm definitely getting THX 1138 vibes. Is a nice nod to it if so.

    • @Aaron-fb6mb
      @Aaron-fb6mb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Dude wow I didn’t notice that

  • @bigangenbygang
    @bigangenbygang ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I've really been enjoying how Andor has taken Star Wars back to the core of what the Original Trilogy was. Lucas has stated many times that the Empire was meant to be a damning commentary on the US during the Vietnam Era. Even said Palpatine was based on Nixon. So seeing Andor continually go for the throat with commentary about the US, like with this, is great. While the US has done it for different reasons [Antebellum economy turning into our modern prison labor economy due to Southern sympathizers shafting Reconstruction], we do the same thing. Mass inarceration for profit, for slave labor, is how our economy thrives. If abolished, our economy would collapse. Andor really gets Star Wars, and what the themes and imagery of the OT really meant.

  • @bensaret
    @bensaret ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Looks like Andor will be working on Imperial security droids, which may be where he connects with K-2S0 and may be instrumental in his escape. On a side note, what the heck was Palpatine's end goal with all this? Just plain nihilism to destroy the galaxy and control everything to death?

    • @pavcueto
      @pavcueto ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Power, unlimited power"

    • @kenle2
      @kenle2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When de facto control of the entire galaxy (or just the politically and economically important parts of it) isn't an end in itself ...
      You are probably looking too hard for an answer that's already pretty obvious.

    • @thenewkalpa
      @thenewkalpa ปีที่แล้ว

      Palpatine is one of many politicians that lobby and seek unlimited power. The rich funded Palpatine too. Palpatine just won the game for a while, and of course like real life capitalist politicians, seek endless wealth despite the earth being destroyed from it. Billionaires have everything, things that aren't even needed, like yachts and planes and cars and mansions, they seek more and more and do so by punishing the poor and ravaging the earth.
      We saw how Andor came from a small tribe that was being subjugated during the Clone War, and the Clones occupying places for the already corrupt facistic Republic. Palpatine and all who support him just want control for the sake of it.

  • @shaydowsith348
    @shaydowsith348 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm curious about your pronunciation of Ilum. Having played SWTOR for almost 10 years I've always heard it pronounced "ILL-um" - with the accent on the first syllable. You said it as Ill -LUM (like the Illuminating company) with the accent on the second syllable. Any reason for this?

  • @lukesearle1302
    @lukesearle1302 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When you paused the assembly line, it looked like they where building droids like K2S0. could Andor reprograme a newly assembled droid, one without safety protocols in place to help break him out the prison???

  • @tbirdguy1
    @tbirdguy1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    While I agree with you, there is one part of Palps plan that you might be missing. Suffering. Sith thrive of the suffering and pain. They derive strength and power from negative emotions and hate. Palpatine is intentionally increasing the misery of the galaxy. Perhaps it has to do with some Sith ritual or design he is trying to fufill... but it clearly an intentional choice to make as many people suffer as much as possible... it always seemed to be part of the imperial model, that no one except the guy at the top understands.
    One theory? By increasing suffering you make the emergence of a new jedi order less likely. The darker the galaxy, the more brightly the light of the Jedi will shine, making it easier to track them down. He has been obsessed with ending the order permanently so perhaps what seems like malfeasance by the emperor is part of that obsession?

  • @sketchtherapy1218
    @sketchtherapy1218 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Andor is "Breaking Bad" in space they should have called it "Breaking Rebel".

  • @melone8833
    @melone8833 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The thing I love the most about Andor, is that it's not afraid to let important characters die, there's rarely plot armor, similar to rogue one but a bit less movie like

  • @mercuriology45
    @mercuriology45 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    if they show Yularen i hope they show him as an imperial with good qualities. Even tho he serves the empire he is not a bad intentioned person, hope we see more of his character

    • @user-cl4iu5ky7s
      @user-cl4iu5ky7s ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They did show him

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@georgie9723 He's a CRAWLER! He will loyally serve whoever is in charge!

    • @Dezzyyy
      @Dezzyyy ปีที่แล้ว +6

      you're right. he's a terribly intentioned person after the clone wars. read some of the comics. he has NOTHING but pure HATRED towards the jedi and the republic. even in the later years of the clone wars he was said and shown to be working closely with Palpatine in order to secure personal gain when the republic fell. And like the other guy said, they already did show him.
      but seriously read the comics, he's kind of a hugeeeee piece of shit... that's why they've been showing him like that, granted it was one scene but still. theres a reason he was stationed on the damn Death Star.

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dezzyyy I THOUGHT self interest would have played a big part!

  • @matthewboyall5965
    @matthewboyall5965 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Andor is now warming to me (hot). It kinda like the sneaky Cold War/ French resistance feel to it.

  • @Xerocoo
    @Xerocoo ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Hugo Damask would be appalled by Palps spending habits

    • @Aaron-fb6mb
      @Aaron-fb6mb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Love all the andor worldbuilding and videos

  • @richardlahan7068
    @richardlahan7068 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's to make examples of people in order to break others of even THINKING about resisting.

  • @stratometal
    @stratometal ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Holy cow I did watch the entire video on the Bureau, I think it was that it was so out of the normal that it became super interesting! Cool early 90's vibe with that lighting color/filter stuff. 🤣

  • @Bigmoserr
    @Bigmoserr ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why at 0:44 someone is breathing through their nose hard af. LMAO

  • @kotbegemot819
    @kotbegemot819 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Speaking of Starship Troopers, one can elaborate that it was the Federation's militaristic regime that lead to war and not vice versa. Bugs just happened to be an ideal enemy. Remember that the Federation had already been at an undeclared war with the Bugs prior to the asteroid attack. Judging by the news reports from within the movie It seems this war was on Bugs' soil.

  • @markwells3289
    @markwells3289 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I thought this was a Star Wars deep dive, not an American one.

  • @yuyuyu25
    @yuyuyu25 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how you pressed Dislike on your own video.

  • @planetofthepete
    @planetofthepete ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Replace PORD with GULAG and you have a nice analogue for real world political systems. That's the real value of Star Wars since its creation: A good way to explore the complexities of political systems taken to the nth degree. The real genius of Lucas' construct is that it explores both side of the ideological divide: Capitalism and Socialism are equally scrutinised - thus exposing the real sources of tyranny... Monopoly, authoritarianism, political-detachment by the masses, ineffective regulation and government over reach, control of media and historical narrative. ... ANDOR is the best SW series since the clone wars.

  • @KeithDavey2014
    @KeithDavey2014 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So what your saying in China is the Galactic Empire?

    • @GenerationTech
      @GenerationTech  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s not a perfect fit but the resemblance is there

  • @DarthPlaya
    @DarthPlaya ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Somehow Palpatine returned!

  • @yourseatatthetable
    @yourseatatthetable ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A prediction. I suspect that Luthen Rael keep's handling will be put to use at some point, probably violently. I think this because of the amount of scenes that it keeps appearing in.

  • @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770
    @elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For a second there I thought this was gonna be a critique of the actual prison system. lol

  • @TheRumblewagon
    @TheRumblewagon ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, creation of automated systems to generate more machines hits too close to home in our own reality.

  • @Nina_Sidaris
    @Nina_Sidaris ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Everytime i hear you say mobile infantry i instinctively think of starship troopers

  • @jrmorales86
    @jrmorales86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you're describing the US history

  • @thesharpercoder
    @thesharpercoder ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “Hi. My name is Tech Generation, and I am Allen.”
    “I like to wear a reversed baseball cap because I believe in Democracy.”

  • @Thatshaneboy
    @Thatshaneboy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s depressing when you see this increasingly playing out across our actual world.
    A capitalist republic decaying into a fascist dictatorship

  • @dianabarnett6886
    @dianabarnett6886 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Palpatine's scheme and establishment of the Empire was brilliant, but once he had absolute power, he was a a very poor leader of it.

  • @poil8351
    @poil8351 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    basically looks like something lut of blake's 7 very intresting.

  • @StatikEel
    @StatikEel 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is nobody gonna be talking about the thumbnail

  • @litesaber54yi3
    @litesaber54yi3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:27 ummmm remember the yuuzhan vong? There is a very good case to be made that Palpatine knew the YV was a massive threat and that only a military dictatorship would be able to defend the galaxy from them

  • @SMac86
    @SMac86 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s not more productive to need paid troopers to keep your workers in line indefinitely.