Huffing jet fuel will do that to a character.
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Jet fuel can't melt quadanium steel, the destruction of DS-1 was an inside job!
I was so confused that episode - did Saw just recruit Will to safe crack a fuel line so he could huff more toxic fumes? Were all his crew down with this?
The interview wherein I try to not-so-subtly convince Academy Award-nominated writer Beau Willimon to make a Saw Gerrera 'Andor' spin-off series.
Dew it.
Saw is a fun character. I'd love to see more about how the rebellion came together, especially how it almost didn't.
Watching Andor I was a bit annoyed at how poorly put together and ineffective the Rebellion was. In the first part of season 2 Andor is on a planet and the two rebel factions are fighting each other. I thought, "Wow, they're really gonna pull it together in just a few short years".
Then we reach the end of the season... And everyone is just fighting each other, but in a nicer building.
Then I rewatched Rogue One... and everyone is fighting one another.
The Rebellion is better, sure, but they don't trust one another and are constantly in-fighting. As the audience we see what Luthen is doing and how (seemingly) effective he is, but to the rest of the council he's a wild card.
Then you have Saw. Luthen thinks Saw is a wild card (which he is). He's also incredibly paranoid.
Suffice to say the Rebellion coming together feels like pure luck. Which, given the Star Wars setting, is actually perfect.
Watching Andor I was a bit annoyed at how poorly put together and ineffective the Rebellion was.
That's the whole point, they were mostly busy fighting each other, compare that to left political movements in the real world. It's how the empire lasted so long. The rebellion seems to mostly get their shit together with the destruction of the first death star, but that was a pretty close call and they almost lost their main base twice.
Oh absolutely! I was annoyed at Andor until I rewatched Rogue One and realized how little their shit was together. Which lead me to rewatch the original trilogy where it really highlights how lucky the rebellion was.
I'd love to see more about how the rebellion came together, especially how it almost didn't.
I feel like it's weird your comment didn't mention Rebels. Don't ignore it just because it's a cartoon.
That's fair. We do get lots of Saw backstory in Clone Wars, Rebels & Bad Batch. I was just focusing more on the live action Forest Whitaker version.
I also have a hard time seeing them as all the same character. Possibly because the storyline is told over such a long period and since I watched Rogue One before Clone Wars / Rebels, told out of order.
The more you think about it, I want less of a "Saw" miniseries, and more of a "Rebel Leaders" miniseries. Andor covers Andor, Luthen & Mon. Between Andor and Rogue One we get where Saw is now (and his end). Rebels gives us Hera (and crew), although we don't see them during the Episode IV era, and it looks like their story is post Jedi in Ahsoka. I have to guess we could get something from Omega (Bad Batch), although I don't know if she would be high up in command.
I dunno really. Lots of areas to tell story.