The difference between being a sloppy rich person on Canto Bight is one thing, but doing it in the seat of power (Coruscant) is hugely foolish. Without Canto Bight having been introduced in The Last Jedi, Mon Mothma couldn’t have made this very pointed contrast.
In other words, the corrupt upper class of the galaxy gamble, launder money, and make backroom deals on Canto Bight. And yet, Andor just retroactively established that the Canto Bight of the sequel era is more or less the same kind of place as during the original trilogy era.
Perrin, Mon Mothma and Tay Koma in 'Andor.' LucasfilmĬanto Bight, of course, was first introduced in the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which takes place a full three decades after the events of Andor.
