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I Am High on Saw Gerrera’s Supply
The Rebellion’s rhydo-huffing outlier has grown into Andor’s most fascinating invention.
The rebel leader played by Forest Whitaker in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(the inspiration for Andor and the narrative point the series is working toward) is introduced as more machine than man: clanking metal legs, an oxygen mask, and a wild look in his eye that suggests paranoia and menace. He’s coherent and caustic in equal measure, mistrustful of Luthen’s invitation to work together, and insulting toward the other factions throughout the galaxy, including “Maya Pei,” whom he calls “a neo-Republican,” and “the Ghorman Front.” When season two starts a year later in BBY 4, Saw’s warnings against these groups turn out to be prescient, affirming his read that neither forming an alliance nor waging an uprising is as easy as one might think. And where Cassian realized that Luthen’s willingness to take bold risks and strike at unexpected targets was key to advancing the Rebellion’s cause, so too does Wilmon grow to understand Saw’s ruthlessness and recklessness as a by-product of living so long under oppression, and as a way to combat the Empire’s fetishization of obedience.
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