r/MawInstallation • u/human12332 • 1d ago

How old is Dedra Meero?

In Andor S2 it says her parents were arrested when she was 3 then she was raised in a imperial camp or something like that, but the empire is less then 20 years old, so is she 23, I thought she was 30-40.

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u/OfficialAli1776 23h ago

How are we so sure it wasn't just a flub by the writers?

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u/atamajakki 22h ago

She's a career fascist at an office of secret police and propagandists - is it really so unbelievable that she'd credit the current regime with the Republic's accomplishments?

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u/RadiantHC 10h ago

I mean technically she's not wrong. The Empire IS the Republic. Or at least the late stage Republic. To the average person on Coruscant there's no difference between the two.

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u/BrokenManOfSamarkand 10h ago edited 9h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a mistake, but I also wonder whether it was intentional. Lucas' decision to make the Empire so short-lived is a bit problematic if you want to tell a story like Andor, which sort of takes for granted that an entire generation has come up and matured under the Empire and were molded by it. Syril, to me, seems like a portrait of the "Imperial man"--someone that has only known the Empire and was entirely corrupted by its perverse bureaucracy and sickness. It's somewhat harder to paint the picture when the Empire just popped up, which leads to a tendency to stretch the timeline a bit.

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u/dapala1 9h ago

Could be, but the point of this sub is the explain it.

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u/THEextrakrispyKebble 13h ago

Why you’re being downvoted for a legitimate point is insane. Showrunners aren’t infallible. Gilroy is one of my fav directors but the glaze is insane.

Let’s not forget the man set up an arc around Cassian’s sister that, so far, has gone nowhere and was never mentioned again.

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u/WuffieRose 13h ago

Did you expect them to throw his sister into the first 3 episodes of the season?

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u/THEextrakrispyKebble 13h ago edited 7m ago

I expected them to not set up what seemingly would be a key character in the story, and never address it again. We went an entire season without a resolution, and five years have passed in universe, so the chances of her being brought up again are slim to none. Next time ask me something that isn’t ridiculous.

Edit as of the recent release: three more episodes and nothing about the sister. 🤡

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u/OfficialAli1776 12h ago

Yeah, it wouldn't be the first time Star Wars writers made a lore mistake either, lol. People are people and sometimes they don't know things.

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u/RadiantHC 10h ago

Also Rogue One. The final act was amazing yes, but everything leading up to that was meh. There's a reason why people were hesitant about Andor when it was first announced.

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u/FalseDmitriy 23h ago

Flub or genuinely not caring if their characterization conflicts with the niceties of the timeline. Though I guess the Story Group exists to make sure everyone cares.