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There aren\u2019t many characters in any universe like Saw Gerrera. That\u2019s been true since the moment he wheezed his way onto the scene in Rogue One<\/a><\/em>, and since he went toe to toe with Luthen Rael<\/a> in Andor <\/em>season 1, but it wasn\u2019t until this latest batch of Andor <\/em>episodes that we really got to see pure, unfiltered Saw. And thank god for that.<\/p>\n

[Ed. note:<\/strong> This post contains spoilers for Andor<\/em> season 2’s second arc, which is episodes 4-6.]<\/p>\n

As with every Andor<\/a> <\/em>arc, there\u2019s a whole lot going on in episodes 4, 5, and 6 of season 2. But by far the wildest plotline is Wilmon\u2019s, where he\u2019s tasked with teaching Saw Gerrera\u2019s ruthless band of rebels how to use a complicated fuel extractor. Wilmon teaches one of Saw\u2019s men to use it, all with the threat that Saw might simply kill Wilmon himself when his tutoring is done. Instead, Wilmon ends up briefly subsumed into Saw\u2019s crew and gets a front-row seat to the strangest and scariest member of the Rebel Alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Up to this point in the show, and in Star Wars as a whole, Saw has been talked about with both terror and disdain by the rest of the rebellion<\/a>. We know he\u2019s a loose cannon who can\u2019t be trusted to follow orders, and we know he\u2019ll stop at nothing to advance his own vision of revolution, no matter how violent, with even Luthen suggesting that he\u2019s dangerous. But as much as we\u2019ve always heard all these things about Saw \u2014 from the video games<\/a> to Rogue One<\/em> to the Rebels<\/em> animated series \u2014\u00a0we\u2019ve never really seen it for ourselves until now.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wilmon\u2019s brief time with Saw in these episodes is absolutely terrifying, and wonderfully calculated. Saw knows his reputation for brutality precedes him, so he sets Wilmon up teaching his crew how to use the fuel extractor, and lets everyone involved see that Wilmon is dead as soon as the lessons are over. It\u2019s an extremely tense, almost grueling, storyline to watch through in the show, as we see Wilmon contemplate at every turn just how long he might be able to keep the teaching going to save himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But having the whole thing turn on a dime with the twist that Saw recognized his own man as a traitor is exceptional, a few minutes of narrative investment that reveals an incredible amount about Saw\u2019s cunning and cruelty. <\/p>\n

Of course, though, the real highlight of this for Saw is his absolutely unhinged scene with Wilmon at the fuel extractor in episode 5. Saw explains to Wilmon his own origin story, worked nearly to death, totally naked in a field of toxic fumes practically designed to kill the men forced to labor there. But Saw didn\u2019t die. He fought. He breathed the fumes until it felt as natural as air and let it spark rage and rebellion in his heart. It\u2019s a terrific origin story, perfectly fitting for one of the most memorable characters in all of Star Wars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In this incredible moment, Saw becomes not just one of Star Wars\u2019 best characters, but also perhaps the character that best represents what can make the franchise so special. Saw is genuinely scary, a ruthless rebel warlord, a guerilla fighter who\u2019s not just comfortable with brutality but prizes it. He\u2019s just as likely to kill his friends or his enemies depending on which will help him reach his goal faster. He\u2019s also constantly high on the fumes of space jet fuel. Andor <\/em>recognizes brilliantly what makes the Star Wars universe exceptional: its wonderful contradictions. Saw is equal parts terrifying and cartoonish; he\u2019s a perfect amalgamation of real-life radical revolutionaries who just happens to lead a band of rebels that includes a giant polar bear-shaped alien with a machine gun<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is what Star Wars does at its very best<\/a>, eliminating the line between goofy and incredible until the two ideas have completely vanished<\/a>, leaving room for something entirely unique. It\u2019s Luke firing the Death Star-destroying shot with his eyes closed and trusting in the Force; it\u2019s every other character knowing that a little green puppet is the strongest Jedi alive; it\u2019s little Anakin Skywalker morphing into Darth Vader; it\u2019s Plo Koon, and lightsabers, and General Grievous, and Darth Maul, and Han Solo grumbling \u201cI know\u201d in response to \u201cI love you.\u201d Andor <\/em>is the first and only Star Wars project to fully grasp this since George Lucas himself left the franchise. On paper, it\u2019s all ridiculous; they\u2019re laughable concepts that should never work. In practice, though, Star Wars is the chills you get from hearing Saw Gerrera huff gas and yell that revolutionaries \u201care the thing that explodes when there\u2019s too much friction in the air.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t many characters in any universe like Saw Gerrera. That\u2019s been true since the moment he wheezed his way onto the scene in Rogue One, and since he went toe to toe with Luthen Rael in Andor season 1, but it wasn\u2019t until this latest batch of Andor episodes that we really got to see pure, unfiltered Saw. And thank god for that. [Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for Andor season 2’s second arc, which is episodes 4-6.] As with every Andor arc, there\u2019s a whole lot going on in episodes 4, 5, and 6 of season 2. But by far the wildest plotline is Wilmon\u2019s, where he\u2019s tasked with teaching Saw Gerrera\u2019s ruthless band of rebels how to use a complicated fuel…<\/p>\n

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