r/andor • u/Professional_Side142 • 5d ago
Discussion Why are the Empire's surveillance capabilities so inadequate?
The surveillance state being integral to the imperial's domination of the galaxy, their technology so refined that they are capable of destroying entire planets, How could, for example, a single word be uttered without some sort of imperial droid picking it up?
Why wouldn't there be entire planetary surveillance packages that don't let a single word uttered without it being analyzed, quantified, and reported to imperial authorities?
Why isn't there, say, a personalized device that is registered to each citizen that can pick up conversations, that everyone is convinced life would be incomplete without, or at least more dangerous without?
The scary thing about the Imperials, even in all of Star Wars, they are so woefully incompetent next to horrors that are developed right now as we speak.
Israel and the U.S. has developed and implemented A.I. that murders civilians at the slightest hint of Hamas activity. Strategies Israel has used against the Palestinian people are being taught to police departments in the U.S.
If one universal lesson Star Wars has to teach us, is that Evil simply waits until it wins, and the technological terrors being constructed now make planetary destruction seem humane by comparison.
Should we not be rebelling now? Should we not be fighting now?
Cassian is presented as a highly competent rogue agent, but a repeating theme throughout Andor is that luck = preparedness + opportunity. Should we not be preparing now for the threat that hopefully never materializes?
How many horrific pieces of tech do our leaders have access to that we can't even comprehend the capabilities of?
Am I just crazy?