Andor's Lesbians Deserved Better, But Not From Its Showrunners
Spoilers for Star Wars Andor ahead.Star Warshas long avoided depicting queer relationships on screen in any meaningful way, often limiting them to short, plot-irrelevant snippets of screen time to be easily removed for specific markets. But as it has in so many other ways – delving into genre, exploring explicitly political themes, and actually beinggood–Andorbroke the mold. Vel and Cinta have been romantically entangled since the show’s first season, but kept apart by their necessarily separate roles in facilitating the rebellion....