Kristina Vera-Phillips, (2025), I Would Rather Die: Postcolonial Analysis of Rebellion Speeches in Star Wars: Andor. The Journal of Popular Culture, 58: 267-273.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.70003
ABSTRACT
In Star Wars: Andor, the choice for prisoners of Narkina 5 was clear: freedom or death. Two critical speeches from the Narkina 5 prison episodes demonstrate how to disrupt the power of the Empire and the human cost of rebellion. There are parallels between these speeches and the history of rebellion on Earth. This paper will use these speeches to explore the dynamics of ruling class power and countermovements through an approach grounded in postcolonial and critical race theories. This project explores the implications of rebellion speech for characters in science fiction and marginalized people in real life.
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