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Disney is getting backlash for not letting Maarva Andor’s character scream a profanity at the Empire and changing the dialogue instead.
As season 1 of Tony Gilroy’sStar Warsaction series comes to an end, fans seem to be quite dissatisfied and upset, even, with the show’s finale episode with the revelation that the original dialogue of Fiona Shaw’s Maarva had been changed in episode 12. And people are not liking this information in the least.
In a recent interview about Andor, Denise Gough, who depicts the deadly villain of Dedra Meero in the sci-fi/adventure series, recalled how they weren’t given the green go from Disney for Maarva’s speech to include the part where she yells a curse at the Empire, something which not only the fans claim would’ve been epic, but even the cast members themselves had been excited about.
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Disney Changed A Major Line from Maarva’s Speech inAndor’s Finale
Speaking withEmpireabout her character inStar Wars: Andor,Denise Goughrevealed how Disney made quite a big alteration in Maarva Andor’s (Fiona Shaw) grand monologue, wherein they replaced“F*ck the Empire”with“Fight the Empire” instead. Yup, that happened. Even Gough admitted to being pumped up about that particular part of the speech which unfortunately enough didn’t make it on the screen.
“Fiona’s voice was over all of us. Except at the end, she didn’t say, ‘Fight the Empire!’ She said, ‘Fuck the Empire!’ Which we were all really excited about. But we weren’t allowed to keep it, obviously.”
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It truly would have been something else to hear the mighty matriarch of Ferrix scream“F*ck the Empire”because the emotion and impact that very sentence would have embedded in the audience, would have definitely been unmatched. And the Star Wars fandom seems to be pretty upset about the same.
Star Wars: AndorFans Bash Disney for Swapping Maarva’s Dialogue
Following the disclosure of this tidbit fromAndor’s finale episode of the first season, fans have marched onto Twitter to express just how displeased and disappointed they are with Disney’s move, which most of them believe, was uncalled for.
While a chosen few seem to be unbothered by the fact that Maarva’s dialogue from her legendary speech was replaced by a more subtle yet less radical version of it, most of the audience looks like they’re going to cry in their room’s corner. Pretty much all of them are seriously unimpressed with this change as they criticize Disney for not sticking to the script.
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The first “fuck” in Star Wars would’ve been from an old lady and it would’ve been legendary
Big old L to Disney
— #1 Over the Hedge stan (@Captain63857795)August 01, 2025
https://twitter.com/Rooseweld1/status/1597867779553914881
Fans are also urging Disney to release the original cut from the episode where Shaw’s character says“F*ck the Empire,”with a user even claiming that they’d be willing to pay to watch that particular scene.
https://twitter.com/cmoneybounshaus/status/1597868652711116805
I’d pay to see that LOL
— RESENTMENT (@RSNTM3NT)June 01, 2025
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Big Lpic.twitter.com/YsJHrSA76e
— Amit Gawas 🍥 (@amitgawas99)June 19, 2025
While viewers are naturally dismayed with this revelation, many are also focusing on the brighter side as they await the second series ofAndor, hyping it up with all sorts of fan theories.
Season 1 ofAndoris available for streaming on Disney+.
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