Empire officials announce a new rule: any sector harboring partisan activity will be taxed five times the amount stolen from Aldhani. Use of any place as cover for rebel activity will result in severe consequences for those who protect them. ..
The Emperor is convening an emergency session with the Senate to propose a package of bills and amendments that will help free their hands in matters of surveillance and seizures. They’ll also be invoking the Public Order Resentencing Directive, PORD for short. Any criminal act will be cracked down and outstanding fines need to be paid in full too. ..
Luthen tells Mon Mothma that he was the one who attacked Aldhani and that he needs her help to get back on the right track. He also tells her that there’s no rules going forward and that he’ll do whatever it takes to get what he wants.
The obviously cannot do this alone and Mothma is meticulous over who she tries to recruit to the cause, keeping things quiet and making sure Perrin is none the wiser either.
Andor returns to Maarva and B2EMO following the Aldhani raid. Maarva warns that Ferrix is under Imperial authority now and as such, he really shouldn’t be there. They’re there to stay and everything has come undone. Andor though excitedly brings up the sheer amount of credits he has and decides they should get out the system and find somewhere to go together. Maarva is rattled and conflicted, deciding they should wait until the morning.
Andor is no longer welcome in the system. Bix points out that he’s caused chaos to descend on their planet and she reminds him that he killed 2 corpo guards to start this whole mess. It’s a bitter pill to swallow but after handing over the 12k credits he owes, he heads back home.
Andor returns to Maarva’s after evading stormtroopers. She has decided not to go with him after all and is staying on Ferrix. She has decided to be part of the Rebellion and the recent rounds of bills, not to mention the Aldhani raid, have pushed her to boldness. ..
Andor is unsure whether it’s a good idea to launch a rebellion, given the potential consequences. However, every uprising needs a catalyst and this raid may be the start of what we know will be a widespread rebellion. ..
Dedra speaks up at the next Imperial council meeting, spilling what she’s kept bottled up for a while. She points out that this Aldhani raid was part of a focused rebel effort to acquire highly-restricted Imperial components. By accessing Sector Crime Reports, she can actually prove a link between the theft of their equipment and the distribution across rebel groups. ..
She also throws Blevin under the bus too, and gets some praise from Partagaz for taking the initiative. When he walks with her Outside, he mutters quietly “Watch your back.”
Keef/Andor is a rebel, and he’s been arrested and thrown in lock-up for six years. He’s been living it up under the name of Keef, but the Empire has stretched far and wide, and he’s stopped by a couple of Shoretroopers who believe he’s part of the rebel group. Keef/Andor is arrested, and thrown in lock-up for six years. His sentence is now much stricter than it was originally, and things don’t look good.
The Episode Review
The raid has caused a rift between the rebels and the government, with some feeling that they were taken advantage of and others that they were not given a fair shake. The fallout from the raid is now being felt by all involved, with some people feeling that it was a mistake and others that it was necessary.
The Aldhani Raid has started the Rebel Alliance as we now know it’s going to become, although this chapter is pretty slow overall. That’s perhaps to be expected, especially after last week’s action-packed chapter but I stand by the fact this series should have dropped more than one episode at a time.
This is another decent chapter, and one that starts the set the scene politically for what should be an intriguing second half to this season.
