Can an accident really change a person's life? In the American drama "Amdo", we can see that Amdo, who gradually grew up in tribulation, finally embarked on the road of rebelling against the empire and joining the resistance organization. And the development of the plot also invisibly responds to the audience's assumption, not so much that the accidental event of killing two guards is a major change in Amdo's life, but rather an opportunity for Amdo to release his nature.
No one wants to spend their life in the confines and captivity of the Empire, not even ordinary people like Andor who just want to live their little life in peace at the beginning of the story.
The first news Amdo learned about his family after finally escaping was the death of his mother, which was undoubtedly another huge blow to him. On the other hand, because of the death of his adoptive mother, various forces also began to gather Felix. Lusen's henchman, Cinta, already worked at a local bar, taking advantage of the bar's favorable location to monitor. And the agents of the Imperial Security Service also set up a net here, targeting the leader of the resistance group "Axis" Lusen, who had close ties to Amdo.
Also coming to the planet Felix is the deputy inspector who was fired in the first half of the series for failing to handle the Amdo incident, a little man who grew up at the bottom and was extremely hungry for power, hoping to change his life fate by catching Amdo.
It can be said that the success of the "Amdo" series is largely due to the show's in-depth depiction of many small characters, which set aside the classic shaping of binary oppositions such as darkness and light, Sith and Jedi, empire and resistance organizations, and focuses the perspective on those seemingly insignificant beings who still strive to change their fate and survive.
Whether it is Lussen, who will pay any price to fight the empire, or Keno who completely abandons his illusions about the imperial system and then goes on the road of rebellion, or Senator Mon Mosma, who endures humiliation and persists in the struggle at the center of the empire.
Almost all characters are not simply portrayed on faces, and every choice and action they make cannot be judged solely by the standard of good and evil, but based on self-interest considerations and even the power under human nature.
For example, Lu Sen, the behind-the-scenes boss of the resistance organization in this play, faced with Lonnie, who was hidden in the top of the Imperial Security Bureau but wanted to end espionage, Lusen did not hesitate to threaten Lonnie's wife and daughter. It has been six years since Lonnie invaded the empire, and in these six years, he has never forgotten his oath to Lussen, and he continues to provide intelligence to Lusen and the rebel army behind him. In order to make Lonnie's pawn play a greater role, Lusen also sent him some intelligence about the rebels. Even Lusen chose to abandon Kriegel and let him throw himself into the trap of the empire, in large part to keep Lonnie's pawn from being suspected by the empire.
Lonnie says he became a father, and Lusen bluntly says, "You love your daughter, and Krigher's people have to die in exchange for her father's life." "In this struggle against the empire, no one can be left alone, no one can quit halfway, and in the brutal battle, there must be some sacrifice and sacrifice, and even many innocent lives will be lost." Lonnie completely understands his fate, and there are only two outcomes waiting for him at the moment, one is to be traced by the Empire to abuse to death, and the other is to be executed by the killer sent by Lusen after disappearing, and there is no option to opt out.
It can be said that this dialogue between Lusen and Lonnie makes the entire series far surpass any previous Star Wars work in the overall narrative height, and it depicts a magnificent and cruel reality of struggle for the audience from the action of Lusen with serious and heavy brushstrokes, in which there are both face-to-face battles and sacrifices on various hidden fronts.
Lu Sen's speech-like roar also made countless viewers awe this fighter who rebelled against the empire in the dark, "Peace, kindness, family affection, love, I completely abandoned my inner peace, I let my heart darken, share my dreams with ghosts, I wake up every day and have to face the choices I made fifteen years ago."
There is only one conclusion, and I am cursed for this. I am angry, arrogant, unwilling to give in, I am eager to fight, all this puts me on a path of no return, I aspire to be a savior, to rebel against injustice at any cost.
When I look down, there is no place under my feet, what have I sacrificed? I had to use the means of the enemy, just to defeat them. I shredded my dignity for the sake of other people's future, and I ruined my life for a sunrise that I would never see. The one who started this struggle could never find a mirror, an understanding, a trace of gratitude. What I sacrificed, everything I had! ”
This oath of sacrifice is Lusen's personal confession, and at the same time, it also speaks the hearts of countless rebels, which is very realistic and deep. It is reminiscent of World War II, British spies who decrypted Nazi Germany's code still chose to sacrifice part of their troops in exchange for greater victory in order to ensure that they were not suspected by Germany. Lusen turns into darkness for confrontation, more reminiscent of the dark knight, Batman, who carries out his actions in the most terrifying image of criminals.
However, although it is unlikely that Lusen will be Batman, after the series aired, some fans pointed out that Lusen may be one of the Jedi survivors who passed the massacre that year.
And the most direct evidence is the precious blue Kerber crystal he gave to Andor, and audiences familiar with the Star Wars series know that the Kerber crystal is one of the important raw materials for making Jedi lightsabers.
Secondly, in his antique shop in Coruscant, the capital of the empire (which is actually his cover identity), there are many artifacts related to Jedi from the Republic era and even earlier.
Finally, it is Lusson's assistant Claya with the heroine temperament of "Blade Runner", who obeys Lusen's words, and it is difficult not to think that the two may have been a master-apprentice relationship. However, the secret of Lussen's identity was finally not revealed to the audience at the end of the first season, and may be revealed in the plot of the next season.
Where there is oppression, there is resistance. Compared with the seemingly unequal strength of the rebel forces, the empire's indiscriminate tyranny may be the main reason for its eventual destruction.
The series shows the audience this through multiple details, and the Imperial officers who work with the Resistance Squad lose hope in the Empire because they lose their beloved Aboriginal girl. The indigenous peoples of other planets, who are constantly restricted until they lose the right to a normal life, even if their appearance or customs are different from those of humans, but they still retain hot souls.
In order to arbitrarily convict prisoners and arbitrarily extend sentences just to build huge Death Star weapons, prisoners who have lost their freedom and hope choose to commit suicide one after another because they cannot stand high-intensity physical labor, this plot is similar to "The Shawshank Redemption" of that year.