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Andorseason 2 feature a major reveal about Saw Gerrera , exuviate novel light on hisRogue Onestory and throw him even more tragically riveting . One of the last characters to be fully created by George Lucas , Forest Whitaker’sSaw Gerrera has a longStar Warshistory dating back to the Clone Warsand sweep multiple differentStar Warsprojects . However , his new coming into court inAndorseason 2 is perhaps one of his best yet .
InAndorseason 2 , episode 5 , Saw Gerrera employs the aid of Wilmon Paak , a mechanically skillful expert who normally works for Luthen Rael . loan by Rael to learn Saw ’s Partisans how to distill and steal stores of rhydonium , Gerrera end up forcibly co - choose immature Wilson to his Partisans . However , Wilmon is finally convinced to join the cause wholeheartedly thanks to the toxic rhydonium itself . Here ’s what rhydonium does inStar Wars , and how it unco adds a whole new proportion to Saw Gerrera’sRogue Onestory .
Just What Is Rhydonium?
A Highly Volatile Starship Fuel
In theStar Warsgalaxy , rhydonium is a highly volatile and volatile spaceship fuel that ’s fantastically hard and hazardous to take out . In the establishedStar Warscanon , rhydonium first appeared in the animatedClone Warsseries . However , it ’s since been featured inRebels , The Bad Batch , andThe Mandalorian , to name a notable few . Beyond being extremely explosive , the fume from rhydonium can also be incredibly prejudicial , both to one ’s lung , outspoken cords , and brain .
Andor season 2 episodes 4 - 6 make a major Star Wars Legends consequence canyon once more , along with several other exciting testis , references , and connexion
attempt fuel to maintain their small squadron of fighters and transferral , Saw needed someone like Wilmon to instruct his soldiers how to steal and safely extract the fuel . However , he in the end settled on keep Wilmon himself after Pluti , the piece Wil was instruct , die to fully ascertain the acquisition required and was seemingly reveal as an Imperial spy ( though this may have just been Gerrera ’s justification for killing him out of paranoia).However , the dead on target twist hail at the ending ofAndorseason 2 , episode 5 when Saw willingly breathes in the rhydo as Wilmon is extracting it .
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Why Saw Gerrera Is Using Rhydonium
Connecting To His Dark Star Wars Past
disclose his past tense before he came to fight the oppression of his homeworld on Onderon , Saw share with Wil that he was once enslave alongside many others in a work summer camp . One day , a rhydonium leak poison the air , killing nearly everyone present … but not Saw . or else , Gerrera welcomed the pain and embraced the smoke . Saw now views the rhydo like his own personal drug of choice as much as a fuel source , referring to it as his " sister " , a morose replacement forSaw ’s actual sister who died fighting for Onderon during the Clone Wars , named Steela .
As a result , the rhydonium has clear strike Saw ’s mind along with his physical health , take him to be far more aggressive , remorseless , and paranoid compare to all the other Rebel cells exercise to defy the Imperial regime . admit to his want of saneness , Saw tell apart Wilmon that " Revolution is not for the sane",inspiring Will to take his gasmask off and take a breath in the fumes alongside the unhinged leader of the Partisans . To that end , Saw ’s dependance communicates volumes about where he is three years later inRogue One .
We Finally Know Why Saw’s Lungs Are Damaged In Rogue One
Saw’s Past “Rhydo” Addiction
InRogue One , pick up is depicted as incredibly distrusting and completely paranoid ; convinced that he ’s surrounded by lies , dissimulation , and those trying to kill him , and thus , The Cause . However , he ’s also show with an atomic number 8 masquerade party connected to a courting of armor with mechanically skillful lungs , something we can now infer is want due to his ongoing addiction , breathing in literal toxic exhaust fumes that have also distort his mind beyond fixing . It ’s a tragically engrossing reveal for Saw Gerrera , making him even darker as a character who fought the Empire in means most otherStar Warscharacters never would .
New episodes ofAndorseason 2 exit weekly on Tuesdays at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST on Disney+ .
Release Date
Episode Drop
April 22 , 2025
Andorseason 2 , episodes 1 - 3
April 29 , 2025
Andorseason 2 , episodes 4 - 6
May 6 , 2025
Andorseason 2 , episodes 7 - 9
May 13 , 2025
Andorseason 2 , episodes 10 - 12
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