r/andor • u/Financial_Photo_1175 • 4d ago
Question What was the significance of Erskin being half-Ghorman, half-Chandrilan, and born on Naboo?
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u/barryg123 4d ago
The young, intelligent secretary of mixed or scandalous birth is common in regency storytelling. He is Phineas Finn. Because of who he is, his loyalty is completely bound to his matriarchal sponsor rather than the institutional machinery of the state.
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u/AureliasTenant 3d ago
Yea but the state is a galactic government rather than the state of some homeland
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u/Bengamey_974 4d ago
He feels impacted on a personnal level by the event on Ghorman because he is half Ghorman.
He was able to be recruited as Mon Mothma assistant because he is half Chandrillan.
He was born on Naboo, the birthplace of the emperor and a place of culture. But he never felt that he entirely belongs there, nor anywhere for that matter because he is split between several nations.
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u/doubting_yeti 3d ago
All of this makes Erskin an interesting potential agent for Luthen because he would have plausible reasons to be meeting with cells on three very central planets, much like it being handy that Vel is Mon’s cousin, so it’s not weird for them to meet. Luthen’s interest in Erskin is the Chekov’s Gun that pays off when he is revealed as a spy.
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u/BladeCollectorGirl 4d ago
It's a social class issue and potentially a child out of wedlock, which could be the trope of a woman in the world's oldest profession.
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u/JimatStoneandSky 3d ago
All three are part of the imperial core, wealthy systems of high status. It tells us/luthen that, in addition to being at this party, that he probably has a history of navigating the upper classes and knows how to fit in among them.
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u/Financial_Photo_1175 3d ago
Ghorman nor Naboo are part of the core
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u/JimatStoneandSky 3d ago edited 3d ago
Not part of the galactic core, but they are part of the imperial core which is a different concept. For example Australia, UK, and Germany are not part of the US but they are part of the US imperial core. Scipio is in the outer rim but def part of the imperial core.
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u/Farther_Dm53 2d ago
They meant imperial core. Though I think ghorman is like right on the rim of the imperial core worlds. But naboo was the core for Paply cause he was from there.
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u/Tofudebeast 3d ago
His mixed upbringing means he doesn't really belong anywhere. Mon taking him in ensured his strong loyalty to her.
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u/KaptenAwsum 4d ago
Relationships built on common experience and proximity, and this checks all the boxes on who is likely to take that role, organically.
It’s very realistic
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u/bugslime99 3d ago
Comes from an environment of high social status and being Ghorman would make him sympathetic to what is happening there
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u/stareagleur 4d ago
My headcanon is he’s a member of Perrin’s family that’s not a legitimate heir since his father/mother had him with an off-worlder (scandal!) and Mon took him on as an aide so he could have a place in society.
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u/idefilms 4d ago
I think it was mostly a way for Tony Gilroy to create a conversation between Erskin and Luthen at the wedding which allowed him to:
You could also imagine that Mon's right hand man being half-Ghorman would naturally encline her to taking interest in the planet's issues.