Because of its more mature topics and somber, grounded (at least in comparison) tone, Andor has always been seen as somewhat of an anomaly in the Star Wars universe. However, this week's three-episode season 2 premiere stretched the boundaries to a point where many felt uneasy and perhaps even superfluous.
 
Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona), a "undocumented" engineer who has spent the last year working on the agricultural planet Mina-Rau, is visited by an Imperial officer, Lt. Krole (Alex Waldmann), in episode 3.  Bix fights against Krole's effort to push himself on him by striking him in the head, killing him in the process. Bix yells at another cop who walks into the room, "He tried to rape me!" to emphasize what the audience was seeing.

“I remember reading that, and within the truth of that moment of the abuse of power, being really scared to go into that scene,” Arjona tells Variety. “But there was also something — I’m going to curse — really [frick]ing powerful about the fact that I get to showcase this in a galaxy far, far away. The fact that Tony gave it to Bix was a big honor — and it was right. She’s in the most vulnerable state she can possibly be in, and someone tries to take advantage of her. We’ve heard that story many times.”

Tony Gilroy, the showrunner and creator, gave an explanation of his reasoning for including the terrifying sequence in a different interview with The hollywood Reporter. 

“I get one shot to tell everything I know — or can discover, or that I’ve learned — about revolution, about battles, with as many incidents and as many colors as I can get in there, without having [the story] tip over. I mean, let’s be honest, man: The history of civilization, there’s a huge arterial component of it that’s rape. All of us who are here — we are all the product of rape. I mean armies and power throughout history [have committed rape]. So to not touch on it, in some way … It just was organic and it felt right, coming about as a power trip for this guy. I was really trying to make a path for Bix that would ultimately lead to clarity — but a difficult path to get back to clarity.”
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25/04/2025 10:57 AM