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I assume some sort of code breaking droid. In addition to the Com Net she requested, likely used to decode the message Bix sent, resulting in them coming down hard on Paak.LB12Diamond said:
What's that?
What if they are assembling the parts, then they just get disassembled by another floor, and its cycle of futility.twilly said:
My guess is we'll never know for sure where these parts from the prison are going. Goes to show how insignificant the prisoner/workers are. Could be parts for a restroom/refresher facility on Wobani for all we know. There could be hints that these parts are for the Death Star, but Cassian and the gang will never know that because the Alliance never knew about the existence of the Death Star until Galen/Jyn Erso spilled the beans in R1.
PatAg said:What if they are assembling the parts, then they just get disassembled by another floor, and its cycle of futility.twilly said:
My guess is we'll never know for sure where these parts from the prison are going. Goes to show how insignificant the prisoner/workers are. Could be parts for a restroom/refresher facility on Wobani for all we know. There could be hints that these parts are for the Death Star, but Cassian and the gang will never know that because the Alliance never knew about the existence of the Death Star until Galen/Jyn Erso spilled the beans in R1.
bobinator said:
I actually wonder if our ISB lady is going to stumble into discovering the Death Star. It's supposed to be a big secret even within the empire right? She's starting to look into the flow of materials and such.
I hope not. She seems very invested in the Imperial way.Brian Earl Spilner said:bobinator said:
I actually wonder if our ISB lady is going to stumble into discovering the Death Star. It's supposed to be a big secret even within the empire right? She's starting to look into the flow of materials and such.
I'm still convinced she's going to flip at some point.
I'm thinking she screws up something, or learns some info she shouldn't know about and the Empire throws her ass into a prison making Sprockets like Cassian is doing now.Brian Earl Spilner said:bobinator said:
I actually wonder if our ISB lady is going to stumble into discovering the Death Star. It's supposed to be a big secret even within the empire right? She's starting to look into the flow of materials and such.
I'm still convinced she's going to flip at some point.
Prosperdick said:I just had a morbid thought but one way to escape would be for half the prisoners to basically give up their lives and hit the floor and allow the other half to walk on their dead bodies although I'm not sure if that would protect them or not or if the prison uniform of the dead would keep the current from transmitting.bobinator said:No offense, but like... yeah. We know he can't die so "break out, someone breaks him out, serves his full sentence, is pulled out by the imps" are literally the only options right?PatAg said:
big Escape From Alcatraz vibes for me, which is an all-time great movie
For me the future for Cassian is 3 options
-external rescue via Luthen in some way
-internal escape
-serves all 5 years without dying or having time extended (not sure how that works with timeline)
-is found by the imperials in some way. However if this happens, it would have to then result in him being sprung from said imperials I would imagine
Except we know he doesn't stay his full sentence, it doesn't work with the timeline.
If I had to guess, there's going to be some kind of uprising (we saw the guys signing to each other) that Andor isn't connected to but he's going to take advantage of it to escape.
All I know is that prison system is one of the worst I've ever seen dreamed up...no wonder Cassian loathes the Empire (assuming he only resented them before).
Mathguy64 said:
If they arent just random widgets, I like them as the end cross braces on the wings of a TIE fighter. They need a lot of them because they lose a lot of them.
Brian Earl Spilner said:Prosperdick said:I just had a morbid thought but one way to escape would be for half the prisoners to basically give up their lives and hit the floor and allow the other half to walk on their dead bodies although I'm not sure if that would protect them or not or if the prison uniform of the dead would keep the current from transmitting.bobinator said:No offense, but like... yeah. We know he can't die so "break out, someone breaks him out, serves his full sentence, is pulled out by the imps" are literally the only options right?PatAg said:
big Escape From Alcatraz vibes for me, which is an all-time great movie
For me the future for Cassian is 3 options
-external rescue via Luthen in some way
-internal escape
-serves all 5 years without dying or having time extended (not sure how that works with timeline)
-is found by the imperials in some way. However if this happens, it would have to then result in him being sprung from said imperials I would imagine
Except we know he doesn't stay his full sentence, it doesn't work with the timeline.
If I had to guess, there's going to be some kind of uprising (we saw the guys signing to each other) that Andor isn't connected to but he's going to take advantage of it to escape.
All I know is that prison system is one of the worst I've ever seen dreamed up...no wonder Cassian loathes the Empire (assuming he only resented them before).
We know that Andor is very observant from how he scopes out everyone on the heist in one night. So I think he's been planning the escape from day one.
The only authority that directly interacts with them every day is their own cellblock leader, who is another prisoner. Everything else is automated, and the only imperials are seen when a new guy comes in.
So I think there will be a mass breakout happening, and a plan is likely to start coming together next episode. And then breakout to complete the three episode arc.
I agree, it still doesn't seem like he's fully bought into the rebellion idea. I still think there's going to be something happen to Bix, his mom, or his long lost sister that will be the final catalyst to get him to join the rebellion.bobinator said:
I lean toward thinking it's going to be one last time where it's not his idea or plan, he thinks it's suicide or maybe isn't aware of it at all because they don't trust him, but at a critical moment where it could go either way he helps them pull it off and leaves with them and officially joins the rebellion.
dave94 said:I hope not. She seems very invested in the Imperial way.Brian Earl Spilner said:bobinator said:
I actually wonder if our ISB lady is going to stumble into discovering the Death Star. It's supposed to be a big secret even within the empire right? She's starting to look into the flow of materials and such.
I'm still convinced she's going to flip at some point.
bobinator said:
What if she uncovers the stuff being moved around for the Death Star but thinks it's the rebels. That could be an interesting internal-imperial plot.
What seems slightly amiss to me is that the work they are doing seems to be something that could easily be done much easier and faster using robots....seems out of place for a universe with so many droids.bobinator said:
I don't think assembling and disassembling would make sense. The empire needs material. I like the idea that part of the crackdown is to get more slave labor to build stuff. One of the interesting things has always been how did the empire have so much new and fancy equipment, they're showing us how.
Yeah, but that's if you're comparing actual sentient workers to droids. These are just prisoners. All the Empire has to do is give them 1 ****ty uniform, some food sludge, and a place to eat and ***** They aren't paying them a salary, they don't have health insurance, and if they die or are sick or can't work, they just toss them on the trash heap and pull in the next guy who ran afoul of the Empire. They've had to buy or build the droids and spend credits to keep them maintained and so forth. The prisoners are in inexhaustible supply and are very low maintenance.New World Ag said:What seems slightly amiss to me is that the work they are doing seems to be something that could easily be done much easier and faster using robots....seems out of place for a universe with so many droids.bobinator said:
I don't think assembling and disassembling would make sense. The empire needs material. I like the idea that part of the crackdown is to get more slave labor to build stuff. One of the interesting things has always been how did the empire have so much new and fancy equipment, they're showing us how.
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During the Imperial officers' meeting in Andor Episode 4, one of the security issues that must be addressed is added security resources needed in the Abrion sector of the Outer Rim Territories. Major Partagaz (Anton Lesser) demands to know the reasoning for the increased security focus, and an officer explains that they are "proactive measures" for "an increase in construction shipments going to Scarif..."