The reason behind Andor's British casting
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2024
- Why do most of the cast of Andor, have some sort of British accent? Whether that be Scottish, Welsh or a posh London accent? Well, it isn't just exclusive to Andor. Star Wars has used the power of accents in the Star Wars Universe ever since the Original Trilogy. And here's why.
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British actors have always been a staple in Star Wars. But we've never seen this much usage since the Original Trilogy. I forgot to mention that Thrawn has a "British sounding accent", but has a bit of a Danish tinge to his speech, this could because he's from Csilla in Chiss space, and also strengthen the concept of characters having unique accents because of their birth planet. Like Cassian Andor, as I mentioned in the video. But let me know your thoughts in the comments!
- Charlie
One more reason why Lars Mikkelsen's voice is the prime Thrawn voice for me.
Um... The Danish is because the voice actor Lars Mikkelsen is from Denmark lol.
@@1Chasg I know haha, I'm talking more on a Star Wars lore front.
- Charlie
What is the tiny gold wire sticking out of Maarva's ear in the final moments of EP3?
There's also a lot of droids with British accents! I think we will always relate them with a place on earth because English is a language from earth of course and all those accents are from here also, but I think giving everyone such a variety and not just having everyone speak with just American or just British accents makes for the credibility of this huge galaxy where everyone is from a different place. Also there's the Star Wars classic language of an alien or droid that is completely unknown to us but the characters on screen get it and engage with them and just makes them feel more out of this world. And I just love when there's no subtitles at all!
One reason it's simply weren't having a high-ranking imperial officer with a posh British accent it sounds natural this is supposedly a very important person in the imperial Empire so having a high and Mighty important accent just fits
Also, they have freaking Qyburn from Game of Thrones!
@@IsaiahRichards692 yep
As soon as I saw him in the trailer, I realised it’s perfect casting. His accent is somewhat of a rarity these days (I’m British), but it’s perfect as a condescending high ranking official.
The Imperial Imperialistic Imperalism Empire.
@@IsaiahRichards692 And "The Crown" , and " Endeavor", and "Wolf Hall", and "Ripper Street", and "The hour", and " Pirates of the Caribbean", and "Foyle" , and "Charlotte Gray" and "Vanity Fair" and "Strauss dynasty" and countless other movies and tv shows. None of these actors simply appeared out of thin air.
Did... People just now figure this out?
This has been the case since OT. The Imperial accent is a posh British accent, while the rest are whatever.
In Star Wars: The Old Republic, if you play the Imperial Agent class, your boss even tells you to "drop the accent" when going undercover, and from that point onward, the voice actor of your character switches from a British accent to an American one.
The rest aren't 'whatever' per se. The accents change the further out you go. And I explain a bit more in detail in my pinned comment with Thrawn as an example.
British actors in Star Wars aren't new. But there are more to the accents than just British vs American. Rebel vs Empire.
- Charlie
Yes! I remember that part in the agent story. Fascinating, indeed.
The Twi’leks, in particular Cham Syndolla, have French accents. This is a play on the French resistance member from every other American WWII movie.
In the Old Republic, Jorgan in the Trooper class story describes Elara Dorn's English accent as a Kaas accent.
@@EcksClips Sure, but what I mean is that the Empire has always been British, while the rest of the world has all the other accents. I just used the American accent in my SWTOR example.
Andor is honestly HBO quality. In its visual effects, its filming, its dialogue, its themes, its willingness to get mature. I doubt we'll see any of the full frontal nudity we've come to expect from HBO shows, but its still way more mature than Star Wars usually is.
The dialogue especially is top notch. Star Wars has always struggled with cliched and silly dialogue. But not Andor. The characters talk in an intelligent way, there's good use of wit. Metaphor. But also body language, facial cues. Everything they say sounds natural.
The guy behind Andor claims not to be a Star Wars fan but I don't believe that. He is doing mad justice to Star Wars here. He's taken the Universe, and actually added to it in a meaningful way. Rather than just throwing in fan service, he's made an original story, with original characters, with original locations, and original ideas. What fan service is there is minor, but still extremely rewarding. Like the Starkiller armor or the reference to the Rakatan Infinite Empire. Stuff to keep the Legends fans interested while making the sort of story we all wanted.
i think stellan skarsgard just makes it feel like a HBO show like chernobyl
The guy who created Andor didn't have anything to do with the fan service things thrown in, those were done by the production designers. But I agree with everything else you've said.
It's a dam shame that such an unimportant character like Andor, got the best directors, budget, and writers, while one of the most iconic characters in film history (Obi-Wan) got the shittiest.
Can you imagine how amazing Kenobi would have been if the team behind Andor made that?
The actor who plays Lieutenant Supervisor Blevin, Ben Bailey-Smith/Doc Brown is also a brilliant rapper/comedian. He was really fun on Taskmaster!
I know him from 4 o clock club
Glad someone else noticed this! I love him in the various Ricky Gervais projects. Fantastic actor.
Yes! He also sometimes guest hosts Kermode and Mayo's film review podcast when they are on holiday.
When did he play Doc?? i haven’t looked into any Back To The Future stuff outside of the movie trilogy so that probably explains it, or it might just be a nickname lol.
@@Yakkymania Doc Brown is just the stage name he goes by its nothing to do with him playing the Doc Brown character :)
The British accent is the sound of the Empire. I would not want it any other way. British accents are badass and villainous (that's a compliment). As an American, I lived in the UK for a couple years and loved being surrounded by the British accent. My American accent was very noticeable to them, so that meant they found a Rebel, lol!
As a brit myself who doesn't have an accent (my vocie is too high pitch for one) I just like hearing all the different types of UK accents in shows like this and chernobyl. It's better then the single London accent everyone thinks about.
Sorry to say, but unless you are unable to speak you definitely have an accent. You mightn’t be able to hear it , but you do. The only alternative is no sound at all
I have a mixed accent of posh British (mums from Surrey) and cockney British (dads from South London) which makes it easy to switch between the two. I love sounding like a member of a sci-fi militaristic regime!
It’s annoying
British and german accents are the sounds of the empire
As someone who is British it's been great seeing the odd familiar face here and there
Yes. When the last two prequels were made in Australia, many local actors had roles. It was hilarious seeing some of them in serious roles.
Yeah like how Cyril’s mom was Mrs Figg in Harry Potter
@@HufflepuffBaseball42313 huh! Neat
@@HufflepuffBaseball42313 She also played the witches in the new Macbeth movie.
Yes! Watching Andor I noticed how the corporates had Scottish accents and that being symbolic of the corporates ruling over people but still being under the control of the empire.
really the perfect touch
Or because of the fact that the Scots literally co-founded the British empire and are just as much responsible as the English and Welsh….
I’m personally glad that Ben Mendelsohn got to keep his Australian accent as Krennic and Temuera Morrison and Daniel Logan to keep their New Zealand accents in the Star Wars universe.
In rogue one Ben Mendelsohn uses his natural aussie accent when he's away from his imperial colleagues; when he's capturing Galen at the beginning and on Skarif at the end. When he's talking to Vader, Tarkin etc. he adopts a more English accent. Really interesting detail.
I’m just happy to see more British people in Star Wars, maybe more that can be heroes and not just villains, despite being very good at it
British "people" can't be heroes
Ughhhhhh
@@hfjjfvfkgfty7400 what?
It's not like SW has ever lacked for British actors, speaking as an Englishman myself. XD
Frankly I wouldn't mind a greater array of accents. We've got the French Twi'Leks, the Danish Thrawn, Mexican Andor.
Personally would love to see more varied European accents. German, Italian, Russian. Make it feel lore friendly; link it a certain species or human ethnic group within the Galaxy. But more variation is always cool!
@@hfjjfvfkgfty7400 what's the problem with British actors
I like Star Wars
same
- Charlie
Me too!
Same
@@EcksClips who would’ve thought
The in universe explanation, dating back to Legends novels, has been that the coroscanti accent was always seen as more refined and deliberate, much like how the emerging British "King's English" of the late 18th centuries came to define British power across the globe. Overall, I like this approach. It feels consistent compared to many recent decisions in Star Wars productions.
Thank god that isn't canon. It simply doesn't work. Obi Wan was from a middle class family in the Outer Rim, and he clearly didn't inherit the accent from Qui Gon, who speaks in a neutral vaguely RP accent, while Obi Wan has a good RP accent. Tarkin doesn't adopt his accent either, in fact his accent is considered to stand out from most Imp personnel, since he is from the Outer Rim as well. On Naboo, again, while the human colonists do originate from the Core, it had been many generations since then, and most of the people with speaking roles were British or British colonial accented people. Dooku is again, from Serenno, not a Core World, and his master was Yoda, who doesn't really have a human accent, so clearly he inherits it from Serenno.
@@tk-6967 What do you mean it doesn't work? It's works perfectly as the in universe reason.
And how does Take on not have an accent? Peter Cushing is from the UK and clearly has a British accent.
From a toddler Obi-Wan was raised on Coruscant, so of course he has the planet's accent.
Even Princess Leia puts on a fake Corucanti accent in the beginning of ANH when speaking to Vader and Tarkin.
@@christophernemeth421 Peter Cushing has a pronounced RP accent, which suggests he is of a higher class than most Imperials. However Tarkin's accent is said to be distinctly Eriaduan (a planet in the Outer Rim). Meanwhile Motti, someone who had been elevated to his position by sheer wealth unlike Tarkin, possessed an American accent, and a regular one at that, unlike Yularen who had a well educated US accent
It's probably just because the original was shot at Pinewood Studios in the UK so apart from the main cast of Americans, the rest of the cast was sourced locally because it was cheaper. In true Lucas fashion though, he used it to his advantage and here we are 45 years later talking like he did it on purpose. That is true genius right there.
This show is Empire heavy, so it folowing on using British Actors to portray Imperials. Plus have to remember Andor was shot during Pandemic in the U.K. so it used the vast talents the U.K has. and landscapes as well..
Yeah Star Wars was shot in the UK and stylistically they decided to have the evil Empire keep their British accents and they dubbed over most of the supporting Rebel characters with Americans.
Yes I’m sure Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing were very cheap!
Yes, it's exactly this.
@@OxenOrb2 They meant all the extras or people with small parts. Like all the rebel pilots are Brits who they dubbed over with American voices.
Also the accent can be very menacing, without the need to raise your voice, its why i love moff tarkin as a villain, he is intimidating, but never needs to shout.
I think the origin of the british accent in A New Hope came from Lucas creating a parallel with the American rebellion against the “Evil” British empire of the 18th century. It is interesting to note that many US movie villains speak with British accents… this might have the same origin…
villains must always have a russian or british accent. no in between.
That isn't true. The rebellion was the Viet Cong, which was in many ways also not good. The evil of the Empire was it's bureaucratic destruction and corruption, based off the USA, the stormtroopers are clearly elite roman soldiers/ Imperial German stormtroopers, the uniforms of the officers are based off the Fahrenheit 451 uniforms of American 'firemen' who burn books.
@@tricksor6589 or german
it's also interesting to add the fact in new hope Carrie Fisher in some scenes would end up going back in forth with American and british, it's like a facade tho it's hard to tell if that was intentional or not
@@nightwish1453 It was intentional. But it wasn't to act posh, it was her form of standing up for herself and making good account of herself.
I can't believe nobody is talking about that classic Imperial Officer that's in charge of the ISB! He was phenomenal.
Yeah, Anton Lesser. He's sooooo good. I haven't seen him in much, but what I have seen him in (Game of Thrones and the Crown), he's fantastic.
So good seeing Doc Brown!
I absolutely love it. It's a clear characterization, and allows for some interesting development.
(Some years ago, BBC America had a week of movies with British antagonists, called 'The Accent of Evil'.)
I like it and think there should be a HELLUVA LOT MORE accents due to the vast array of planets and how fast tongues can diverge when isolated…
When you have a British accent you will always sound ten times more smarter than those without it.
(West Country accent) Alright me lover, where's me Cider?
Yeah until it's from Manchester or Liverpool or someplace.
You mean when you have a London English accent or the Received Pronunciation accent, you cansound smart(er), more menacing, and sarcastically humourous at the same time
Guess you've never lived in London and interacted with chavs and pikeys then.
Another thing I've noticed is quite a few of the actors are from the Chernobyl series. Linus Mosk, Luthen and on one of the isb officers are all actors in the series. When I first watched the trailer I thought this show was going to be a lot like it in how it was shot and acted, and I was right; so now I'm starting to think maybe there was a little bit of inspiration from the chernobyl series for this show.
It's actually insane how many of these actors were in Chernobyl. That's one of the only primarily British shows I've seen so to my ignorant ass this almost feels like a Chernobyl spinoff, hahaha. Extremely similar themes and tone as well.
@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 very well put, that's exactly how I feel, apart from the "only British show I've seen" (I've seen countless 😂)
Not just the accents, but they made a lot of those guys look disgustingly like they were just regular British guys from the 70's which made it feel so authentic.
ouch
uuuf
Like the Scarif guy in the ISB meeting, definitely had a 70s-esque moustache
Ouch! XD
(did you mean "distinctly"?)
@@SebsterMS99 I said what I said.
I think the use of accents adds a depth and lived in feel to the star wars universe.
American here...I prefer British and Aussie accents in almost all my entertainment these days, not just star wars. And thankfully it's pretty much case that in most TV and movies these days there's a really solid mix of accents accross the English speaking world....Irish, English, Scottish, American/Canadian (pretty much the same), Australian and New Zealand it all sounds way better with a good mix.
I enjoy a British accent on a woman, its attractive, but I'm getting tired and annoyed by them in media. Too many movies and TV series with an overabundance of British actors.
More interesting is why the ISB has all blue rank insignia. The Imperial Forces Rank Chart created for Rogue one indicates that all blues are worn by the Security and Stormtrooper Branch. The ISB has "Security" in it's name, so it makes perfect sense, but so far every other material had ISB officers wear the Imperial Army combination of red and blue. And field agents having that strange blue-blue-grey-red insignia that upgrades to blue-blue-blue-yellow-yellow when ranking up. I think they are trying to finally create a more cohesive system in regards to rank visualisation.
I enjoyed Anton Lesser's performance in particular. Close your eyes and you might see Peter Cushing delivering those lines. It's wonderful. :D
Can't have the Empire without the Empire.
I think the Imperial charachters having a more British accent and the rebelious people like on Ferrix was to refrence the Irish rebellions for at least 800 years against the British Empire. It is more fitting to the theme of Andor as it is more about rebellions. There was also a hint to this when the Preox Morlana forces landed on Ferrix to arrest Andor. The civillians way of protest was similar to which the Irish did.
Lmao, the British Empire didn’t exist 800 years ago. In fact, the whole concept of being “British” only dates back to 1707
What I find interesting is that using the Northern English accents in particular gives a good sense of the setting for a show or movie as being industrial and gritty, because these regions where those accents are from are generally worse off and more industrial than the richer, more well-spoken South of England where you get those posh accents of people working in offices.
You can draw some good parallels between the real life rich-poor divide and 'Andor', where you've got an industrial planet with rougher accents vs. the core planets where there's well-spoken high ranking officers living in luxury.
In the OG Star Wars the accents are supposed to echo the British Empire. The Empire subjugating the North makes perfect sense in this context.
...They speak such soothing tones compared to, say, the oversaturated and surprisingly easily mangled U.S. accents. I mean, just hear the likes of Eclipsa, Hilda, and Susie from Star vs. the Forces of Evil, the eponymous Hilda, and Summer Camp Island, for example.
I don't want to put down any US accents. Maybe I'm just super biased. But British, Scottish, Welsh & Irish sounding accents are far soothing to me to listen to. American accents are extremely comment in media, so I kinda tune out the nuance of the accent, and take notice when it isn't American.
- Charlie
Hey, I know those shows!
Well, Hydrison, Hilda is voiced by Bella Ramsey, whom people might know as Lyanna Mormont from Game of Thrones.
I'm an animation nut with a soft spot for voice acting, Liam Phibian. Had to mention that.
I get that American accents are common in media often. But I'd say British are even more common, not only because British theater has existed for longer, but because many schools are based in Britain. As for our accents, try comparing an accent from Florida to a Minnesota accent, or a Utah accent from an Alaskan one.. they're very different. I get what you're saying here, but we don't all sound the same. The 'American' accent is just as stereotyped as the London accent of Britain.
@@Lavenderlore1043 its mode that in modern media, you cant escape american accents, and as you said its not diverse American accents its just one boring one. also this is just me but in general american accents kindof sound grating to my ears.
In Star Wars, Posh British = Empire
In LotR, Posh British = Elf
It was filmed in the UK and there's tax breaks involved.
Really. There's also the reason why you have many british in Band of Brothers speaking with an american accent. Sure there's worldbuilding, but the economy behind the scenes of a series is a huge factor.
Very good point. I live near Pinewood Studios, and most of my friends who worked in the film industry, had worked on the Star Wars films there. Explains why The Acolyte is being filmed in Reading too.
- Charlie
I want to hear an Imperial saying Bottle of Water
Imperials speak with RP English accents so they would pronounce the T. The "bo'oh'o'wo'er" thing is more Cockney/Essex.
@@ConcreteCrescent Oh, I thought it was Yorkshire
I mean, Ferrix looks like what you'd imagine if you asked Charles Dickens to create a Star Wars world, al that brick, factories, warehouses, slums, iron and chains and pulleys and other industrial revolution imagery, so why not make it sound like it too?
Doc brown read his lines like a rap. I was waiting for him to rap about tea
I remember first seeing Ep1 and enjoyed the Swedish accent on Pernilla August's Shmi.
True. Stellan Skarsgaard (Luthen) is Swedish also so you kind of hear a slim bit of his accent at times.
Because European accent= bad guy
the fact this is a video for that is just wild to me lmao
the dude speaking at 0:06 made me think the voice actor of agent kallus from star wars rebels was in the show lol
The show is made 100% classier by have so many British accents and an extra 100% classier by having the great Anton Lesser in it.
The visual representation of power in Star Wars has always been a human in a well-cut military uniform speaking in a posh English accent, the posher the more powerful. Thrawn is the only dude I can think of that is an important imperial figure within the hierarchy, even in legends, that is not a human. The rebels and even the republic to some extent are intentionally pluri-centric in origin, with lots of aliens and a variety of accents demonstrated as being in places of power. Alternatively, it has been a much more recent choice to even have a variety of skin colors, and both men and women, represented in positions of power under the empire. This is probably driven more by our own present social change than anything else.
Honestly, I think it is kinda neat! definitely gives you a feeling that the driving force behind the galaxy under the empire is humans, with the power structure being a human at the top, and humans all the way down, with a rare exception from time to time of a presentable blue alien man or the like.
i think it's so fitting that the karn guy has an american accent since he works for a corporation
Holy fuck is this old news. We've known this since the late 70's for crying out loud.
Yep this guy puts out pointless videos
Actually the real reason Brits play the badies is because Hollywood in 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's believed an American audience would never accept seeing an American (themselves) as the villains.
Which is Ironic since George Lucas based the Empire on Nixon's America lol!...So they would cast Brits as the villains instead.
It also helps that British actors have a better range, and are just all around better actors too. 🤷♂️
Don't forget Charlie that Carrie Fisher whilst America was schooled in England and as she said on Graham Norton, when she gets angry she sound English!
Also, the amount of absolutely brilliant British cast actors that there are ... a British ensemble cast is always going to be good.
Same in LORT series too
ohhhhhh yea i heard about how ep 4 was filmed in scotland's highlands as well
it's quite simple, playing the bad guy requires better acting.....
This information just makes me feel powerful
I couldn’t help but thinking of 4 o clock club
When I saw him
Because they're very good actors
I just love andor because for the first time in years we finally have a show with attention to detail and respect for the expanded universe.
The fact remains that for many of us what made star wars into star wars was the EU and Andor is picking up so much from it.
We have the imperials speaking British like they always did and not the god damn hood accent of this reva inquisitor.
There's also now four actors from Chernobyl in this show. It's like a family reunion or something
it isn't just in Star Wars. People cast people with specific accents to represent what kind of living conditions or type of society they're living in. In Death of Stalin, Stalin used a specific british accent to represent the real Stalin's georgian roots.
I love this show…a lot.
The real reason for it was that the original film was made in London and they could only afford to bring in a few American actors, however it brought and added dimension along the lines of the American Revolutionary War with the Empire having Southern English ascents and the rebels having America ascents.
Looking forward to the day it's considered politically incorrect to cast British actors as baddies in American productions. :P
You know what is interesting, the word Empire or any words deriving from such did not always have a negative connotation as they do know. It was only after the World Wars that the word Empire developed into a negative term.
Although if you ask me, I don’t think it should have that connotation attached. But that gaining of territorial or geopolitical influence is a whole other topic with many nuances
So this is the origin story of how Qyburn has been getting jet packs for Westeros!
Cause that's how star wars was. It is weird how prevalent it's being
The sun never sets on the British Empire lol.... (and Hollywod loves the Baddie British accents)
Ol’ Bri’ish Guy in Episode 3 needs his own show.
Absolutely right. Great video.
Because they are good actors
Well aside from it's a way to show different parts or status's of the empire. It is also due to the fact that the original Star Wars was largely filmed in the UK and part of the rules for filming in the UK and to get a the tax break is to cast a specific % of British Actors.
With the exception of the the main cast most characters were played by British actors and if they were rebels many were later dubbed over to give them a American accents again distinguishing them from the empire.
The EU then adapted this into how the universe is and has been a staple ever since in all it's projects.
The other thing is the UK has a huge theatre scene, for a space opera that works fairly well I suppose haha.
Short version: American movie makers needed a foreigner to be the baddie. But speaking a different language presents difficulties, so someone who just speaks the same language differently allows the audiences to develop an us vs them with minimal effort.
Here here! It's astonishing how much more similar the Empire is to the Yankish Empire than the British one, but the Yankish never seem to see the irony...
its been awsome so many I recognise from british television some from shows i watched as a child
It's not like SW has ever lacked for British actors, speaking as an Englishman myself. XD
Frankly I wouldn't mind a greater array of accents. We've got the French Twi'Leks, the Danish Thrawn, Mexican Andor.
Personally would love to see more varied European accents. German, Italian, Russian. Make it feel lore friendly; link it a certain species or human ethnic group within the Galaxy. But more variation is always cool!
I always thought Thrawn would have had a posh English accent, but then I'm from the old EU era of SW before they hired Mads' brother to voice him
I just thought it was cos the imperials had a british accent cos the empire is modeled after the british empire and its imperialistic ideologies but this is actually a smarter way to look at it
British Empire-Star Wars Empire Link
The new female character talks about how the natives were "forced south" but this also happened in British Africa to, but east. Africans in British East Africa flocks to these coastal cities (Such as Dar El Salam) in exchange for as she states "factories, new towns, imperial houseing". The life in said settlements were better than being in their ancestoral lands, with more opertunity.
It's not just the accent - but a quality British actor adds gravitas to the character/role too, and playing the part as seriously as they would in a drama... Tarkin in the original SW is case in point... he has a sinister presence from the start, and you don't question that he is indeed a high ranking Imperial officer... he's believable in that role
...contrast that with Hux in the Disney trilogy... he's just not convincing at all, and as such you don't invest in the character. Domhnall Gleeson is actually a very good actor too, so this must be how he was directed to play the part.
As has been said many, many times - the Imperial forces were just the Germans from WW2 made sci-fi, and to make them work they need to be played as such - seriously... making them buffoons (like the Scout Troopers in Mando) just ruins them as the credible villains of the piece.
Star Wars has got to be one of the few if only franchises where Kiwi accents are more frequent than Aussie ones.
My theory is that those is British accent are from/descended the Core Worlds. Remember the Moped gang in BOBF? I believe they are originally from the Core Worlds too.
The further you are from the Core, the lesser proper Basic(Star Wars' lingua franca) the populace have with a mixed of local native languages as well.
did you watch the video, that's exactly what he said
@@VonJay Indeed I have. And I had the theory since the Prequel came out.
Nope. Doesn't work. Tarkin has an even stronger RP accent than most Imps, but he is from the Outer Rim and his accent sticks out among the rich aristocrats. Same goes for Dooku. Obi Wan had a good RP accent despite being born in the Outer Rim and being raised by a man with a mild RP accent (Qui Gon).
@@tk-6967 Considering that Tarkin & Dooku were from the aristocrat family, the family probably want to keep the Core World accent so that they can be associate with the elites there.
I've met some rich people that talk with British accent eventhou they are not native.
As OWK, he was raised in the Jedi Temple which is in Coruscant, so surely he will picked up the Core World accent. Same thing IRL, kids tend to pick up accent faster from interaction like others.
@@AlexSDU You mean people who speak well or try to sound posh not people with British accents, there aren't people with british accents outside of Britain who aren't in some way related to Britain.
Star Wars is the Roman Republic meets the British Empire meets the American Revolution. Bam.
Dom has come along way since his David Brent days
Also, they have freaking Qyburn from Game of Thrones!
I love the accents and the show!
As a child, I thought that Romans and all the bad guys had British accents...that's how they were portrayed on TV back in the 70s.
It explains why Leia has an accent when being “regal” in ANH but not the rest of the time, and by Empire, once her cover no longer exists, she drops it completely.
The accents follow the lead set in Asimov’s “Foundation” novels, where characters from Trantor had a stentorian accent.
Soooooooo British and No Aliens!
Like A New Hope then.
It's always been a thing in most period piece movies/tv shows that everyone has a British accent even if it's set in France or some other country
Chernobyl
What George Lucas did in A New Hope with casting British actors to play Imperial roles was a genius stroke. It was a decision that has benefitted Star Wars for a long time. Even the First Order characters in the Sequel Trilogy project authority through their accents (even though Neo-Space Nazi Raggedy Andy gets thrown and choked all over the place).
British actors are more cheaper generally speaking, it’s the reason why more than half of the marvel actors are british
This shouldn't have to be explained if you're true Star Wars fan.
In my opinion British sounds “important”, “formal”, and “in line” so it would make sense for imperial officers or any men ever of high ranking in the empire.
Depends which British accent
@@tk-6967 Agreed
The outside universe answer I always go with is... filming takes place in the UK 😅
The sun never set along the British Empire. Some things stay the same even in a galaxy far far away.
Well, Obi-Wan (Sir Alec Guinness) and Mon Mothma sounded English (maybe an RP accent). And C-3P0 sounded English as well, so it's not just the imperials.
The first three films were filmed in the UK. It is easier to use local actors. The same happened when two of the three prequels were filmed in Australia, although some used an American accent .
Is Andor filmed in the UK, or Europe? That could provide the explanation.
Being evil isn't everyone's cup of tea.
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I would normally chalk this up to a typo, but this is the second time I've heard you say Fennec, lol. Happens to the best of us.
Just making a point that Scottish and Welsh are also British accents!!!!!
lol real reason. George Lucas used a heavy British crew for the original trilogy and is now part of the world building :)
It's purely and simply that Andor was planned and filmed in Britain during and shortly after lockdown, when actors from overseas couldn't easily get to the UK. Tony Gilroy had to defer directing duties for the first episodes to a UK-based director as he couldn't travel to the UK.
So British and Irish actors were used almost exclusively. Good to hear at least one American accent in Syril - but even that actor lives in the UK...
Yeah Star Wars fans trying to come up with in universe explanation just comes off as dumb. It’s like dude, we didn’t need this video. It’s obvious that it’s because it was filmed in the UK so it was cheaper to cast Brits
Looks like someone's been reading from the Star Wars 101 text book again.
I personally wouldn't know how to catagorise my accent, I know my voice is pretty monotone (or so I've been told) but, If i sound anything like a imperial to a american I think thats pretty amazing.
and I've yet to ever meet a rebel if we're the imperials. 🤣
also, Is that doc brown?!
Part of me partially has issue since most British actors seem to get cast as Imperials. To be fair though, Core World planets were certainly more supportive of the Empire than Outer Rim planets until the atrocities like Alderaan became public. Since it’s only natural for humans to be Imperial officers, it’s also always natural to assume most of these guys are from the Core Rim. And I suppose people with accents, especially from the Outer Rim, were usually told to change how they talked if they ever wanted to rise in the ranks.
Still, with this heavy use of British accents for only one side, it certainly would develop into the expectation that anybody with such an accent was always the bad guys. Folks like Mothma are a rare exception, at least in Star Wars lore.
I want more diversity among the accents now that it’s been highlighted, but I just don’t know how to manage that for stories in the Imperial Era given the reasons I stated why in Canon this would occur. Maybe a post far from civilization could have Imperials who relax the rules. An unimportant post, one seen lowly among Imperials. Otherwise though as much as I don’t want every British person in Star Wars to be an Imperial official, it just would feel unnatural if another accent was ever used by an Imperial. At least in the age of the Republic and the Clone Wars, you can expect a more diverse range of accents since it’s not just Core World humans who became officers in the Republic military.
My big question is why is the head is the head of the ISB only a Major?
That’s not quite right. They have British accents because its filmed in the UK! Lead characters they bring in to the UK to film but all the basic characters are UK actors to keep the filming budget down. If it was filmed in the US like Mandalorian they wouldn’t and don’t use half as many British actors.
Because the people who made Andor looked at Xenoblade for a moment and decided
Hey lets also have British sounding people, that will get viewers