Luthen explained that his reasoning for organizing the Aldhani heist was not just to earn money, but to force the Empire into tightening its dominance and control over the galaxy. Firstly, when concerning Andor, Loy's character switch exemplifies exactly what Luthen spoke to Mon Mothma about in an earlier episode. The reasoning for this is that the twist ties into the themes that have been intrinsic to the show as a whole up to this point, as well as the themes of the Star Wars franchise overall. While all of these elements introduced in Andor episode 9 make Kino Loy's switch make sense in terms of his character, the twist has a deeper meaning that makes it even better. Kino realizes his worst fears are coming true, that no one is escaping the prison, and decides to aid Cassian and Melshi, another Rogue One character, in escaping Narkina 5 themselves. It is then that Kino asks what happened, to which the doctor states the Empire simply recycled a prisoner from one level whose sentence had ended to another floor, before killing every single man on the level after word got out of this. The doctor then says that Ulaf is lucky, and cites the incident on level 2 of the prison that was hinted at earlier as reasoning, also stating that Kino will want to keep his men in line. After the stress of the high-intensity work of Andor's Imperial labor camp causes the elderly Ulaf to suffer a stroke, the facility's doctor euthanizes him, to the distress of Kino who wanted to help Ulaf live out his remaining 40 shifts so that he could be free, which is also Kino's driving motivation. The final element of the episode which ties all of these events together is the unfortunate passing of one of Kino's men: Ulaf.
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