This week’s riveting Andor episode arc came at quite the cost during the Ghorman armory heist. While rebel leaders and lovers Vel and Cinta were sent to aid the inexperienced Ghorman resistance, clashes were had and accidents well…happened.
Actress Varada Sethu (Doctor Who), who played Cinta discussed her tragic fate with Variety. “My belief was that Cinta was always going to die in the rebellion.” she said of the moment an an eager young rebel accidentally shot her, which was a shocking surprise to see her go out on. “I couldn’t really see someone like her outliving a rebellion. It’s just so horrific, but I just felt it was so brave and unapologetic and that’s what makes Andor and Rogue One different from the other Star Wars shows and films. It’s the stories about the grassroots people. It’s not actually about the heroes. We’re not looking at a Skywalker that can do mind tricks. These are the people who have to spill blood to lay the groundwork for someone greater to emerge.”
Sethu continued to explain why Cinta’s death made sense,”She’s been used as a weapon by the rebellion. She’s the assassin, the one who’s constantly in a fight-to-the-death mode. Vel is used as a spy, and obviously she’s put in life-threatening situations, but Cinta is the one who wields the blade or the gun. She’s the one who people see in the last moments of their life. Who knows how many people she’s killed. When you’re in that position time and time again, I think the probability of you being on the receiving end of that is a lot higher.”
The character who was a main feature on Andor Season one split off from the group after the Aldhani mission, which set the stage for the troubles with the foundation Mon began that her friend Tay so slimily and his course to meeting Cinta. The moment at the end of the first arc, when we see Cinta again picking up Tay, is chilling and exciting. The big moment is one the actress and her scene partner know must have gone badly for one of them while Mon danced the night away. “Ben Miles, who plays Tay Kolma, and I were both talking about this because obviously it’s not the script. So we were like, ‘What do you think happens?’ And Ben was like, ‘Oh, it’s never a good thing if we come across you, though, is it?’ I love that it’s this unspoken thing. It’s like seeing death when she turns up. I’m just short of having a scythe.”
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