Chosen ones have been Star Wars' bread and butter, but Andor and 'Rogue One' are showing a side of the Rebellion we've never seen before.
Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Andor.Star Wars loves the Jedi. And it makes sense why space wizards from ancient orders of good and evil who fight with laser swords are a super cool concept. Over the past half-century we’ve gotten countless tales of the Sith and the Jedi, the Skywalkers and the Palpatines, and with it the story of the Empire and the Rebellion.
Chosen ones alone do not win a war. Rogue One uses its whole runtime to impart that message, showing us how each individual contributes to the mission and how their contributions continue to matter even when they’re gone. The Death Star plans are the very thing that makes Luke’s charge against the Empire possible, and the film shows he weight of that.
We see these conscious choices to endanger oneself in other rebels in Andor as well. Mon Mothma uses her position as Senator to provide aid despite her own position in the Empire’s good graces. She chooses to risk her life in order to help a cause she believes in, not because she is called to but because it is right. Maarva chooses to stay and fight rather than flee with Cassian.