The Trial of Cassian Andor | A Video Essay

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Bibliography:
Franz Kafka, The Trial, translated by Idris Parry, 1994
Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, Zero Books, 2009
Paul Kurt Ackermann, A History of Critical Writing on Franz Kafka, The German Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Mar., 1950), pp. 105-113 https://www.jstor.org/stable/401846?r...

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Timestamps:
0:00 The arrest of Josef K.
1:47 The arrest of Cassian Andor
5:25 Totalitarianism, bureaucracy, and illusory authority
14:07 Loss, victory, and Kino Loy
21:54 Conlusion
23:55 Outro

(slight correction: "already-always" in my Mark Fisher quote at 11:16 should instead read "always-already".)

Andor, also known as Star Wars: Andor, is an American science-fiction action-adventure limited series created by Tony Gilroy for the streaming service Disney+. It is the fourth live-action series in the Star Wars franchise, as well as a prequel to both the spin-off film Rogue One (2016) and the original Star Wars film (1977). The series follows thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor during the five years that lead to the events of the two aforementioned films. Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor and also serves as an executive producer. The ensemble cast also includes Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Fiona Shaw, Stellan Skarsgård, Denise Gough, Genevieve O'Reilly, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, and Elizabeth Dulau, among others. The Trial (German: Der Process, previously Der Proceß, Der Prozeß and Der Prozess) is a novel written by Franz Kafka in 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously on 26 April 1925. One of his best known works, it tells the story of Josef K., a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor to the reader.