Andor emphasizes the abyss that exists between the colonizing might of the Empire and its subjects.
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Andor.The plot is quickly thickening on Andor. After the conclusion of the gorgeous first arc in the third episode, the new Star Wars show is carefully laying the foundations for Cassian to eventually turn into the accomplished Rebel spy we know from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
The Mimban Campaign At the beginning of the episode, Luthen Rael and Cassian debate his joining the Rebellion against the Empire — which is still not the Rebel Alliance, but it's quickly growing into that. During the conversation, Cassian reveals he served as a cook in the Mimban Campaign, a bloody and messy conflict that saw the Empire conquering that world. We'd previously seen this in Solo: A Star Wars Story, when young Han Solo was in the infantry of the Imperial Army.
Throughout history, there have been many cases in which foreign colonizers' presence divided people for their own benefit. The British employed this strategy in many of its colonies in the height of its empire, especially Nigeria and India. Even after colonial rule ends, these tactics leave lasting scars on the population. The dividing of the population of Rwanda into different ethnicities by the Belgian colonial authority, for example, resulted in the Rwandan Genocide decades later.
Another important consequence of the Imperial colonizing strategy in Aldhani is the decaying of local traditions. Vel tells Cassian that "there are still a few shepherds in the hills, nature-lovers, mystics, dead-enders," people who still cling to the old traditions, but the Empire's presence has all but swept away the traces of local culture and customs, immediately replacing them with the idea of working for a living.
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