@Sturgeons_Law Most people(including indians) take their own knowledge about a part of India and extrapolate it for the entire country when in reality is way more complicated.
>Palpatine is clearly a genuine connoisseur of the arts
I disagree: Palpatine has to PRETEND to be a connoisseur of the arts, because he's initially a senator from Naboo, and then a Chancellor. The very moment he can, he dispenses with the opulent robes and beautiful furnishings, and favours a simple black hood.
Darth Sidious is a man of very simple tastes, Sheev Palpatine of Naboo is EXPECTED to be a man of artistic refinement and ornamentation. He's acting in accordance with the traditions of his culture, something Andor also explores via Mon Mothma.
Look at his throne Room aboard the Second Death Star. Look at how comparatively subdued the Imperial guard are compared to the Senate Guard!
Sidious genuinely seems to favour a very simple aesthetic, he is unpretentious.
The man had decades of access to the most advanced surgeries in the Galaxy and didn't even attempt to have his scars from Master Windu's attack corrected. He literally has no concern or reaction to being hideously deformed except to use it for political advantage. The moment he is out of the public view and secure as emperor, he wears nondescript unornamented clothing and surrounds himself with brutalism.
That's the Empire, a state so dedicated to an ideal of efficiency that it disdains ornamentation.
KRENNIC likes ornamentation, and in fact he stretches the Imperial Aesthetic almost to breaking point in order to decorate himself.
And yes, the Empire is not purely a critique of fascism, but of Authoritarianism more generally, it is absolutely reasonable to use soviet Aesthetics to represent it.
It’s not about toning down the mythic aspects of Star Wars it’s about appreciating the non mythic aspects alongside them. You can try to fit me into your cookie cutter fantasy, but Star Wars always had both components. Andor simply focuses on one more than the other.
@dilanesper Such a dumb take. Stadiums are big sporting facilities/ venues that can be used for everything. Infact that is how most modern stadiums are imagined with shopping centers, entertainment areas and the ability to host any event.