#aldhani

Andor stays a committed love letter to the unknown soldier. The rebellion’s lines have been pushed forward by hundreds who will never be recognized, even if their deeds are famous. Cassian has heard people claim to be at Aldhani, they don’t even know he was there. The money that bankrolled the rebellion, and no one knows who did it. Luthen will never get a medal of honor, or see the light of gratitude. Nemik’s manifesto comes back in both finales, reaching people across the galaxy. Whole battalions have enlisted because of him, and he’ll never be remembered. Without the unnamed soldier, we’d be nowhere

Cassian toasting to Cinta because he knew Vel could not say it. So he said it for her.

Vel toasting to Ghorman and Ferrix because they hold memories of destructions for Cassian that he would rather not relive again. So she said it for him.

Then Vel toasted Cassian’s mother. Because Vel was there at Ferrix during the funeral. And because Cassian couldn’t not say it. So she said it for him.

andor, really is about quiet sacrifice. luthen and kleya’s achievements are swept under the rug by yavin—he dies to be forgotten, she becomes just another rebel (though i assume she becomes higher ranking later). nobody except kleya is left who knows lonni’s ultimate sacrifice. taramyn and gorn are forgotten after aldhani. nemik’s manifesto probably doesn’t have his name. nobody recognizes the sacrifice of kino—melshi and cassian are the last ones to remember him, and they die on scarif. the ghor are remembered but only as “the ghor”—meanwhile, the dhanis and the ferrixians are forgotten. wilson and bix are the last survivors of ferrix. cassian never gets recognition for saving mon. and cassian and vel are the last ones who were there at the first major rebel attack but they don’t even get recognition at all, with others lying about being there.

and cassian, jyn, chirrut, baze, bodi, melshi, and countless others die on scarif, only to be brushed over as a footnote by the opening crawl of a new hope.

their sacrifices weren’t in vain. without a single one of them the siege wouldn’t have been broken, as per the immortal words of karis nemik, but they weren’t the final thing to break the siege. and that’s just how things are. every single rebel who took the chance to leave yavin on rogue one is cassian andor—they have a story, a sacrifice, a reason for being where we are. but not even we can see their sacrifice.

andor is a story about quiet sacrifice. and it’s so perfect for it.

I won't have peace. I'll be worried about you all the time.