Syril Karn's father

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A male individual was the partner of^[1] the Coruscanti^[2] human woman Eedy Karn, with whom he had a child, Syril Karn. According to Eedy, the man considered himself an adventurer, although she considered that little more than a delusion. Nonetheless, his adventurous hobbies proved to be expensive. When Syril was young, the man left suddenly their family.^[1]

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Behind the scenes

Syril Karn's father was mentioned in the Andor Season 2 episode "Harvest" in dialogue^[1] based on a character backstory created by actors Kyle Soller and Kathryn Hunter—who portrayed Syril and Eedy Karn, respectively—during production on Andor season 1.^[3] Before meeting Hunter, Soller had been mentally putting together a story of his own that entailed the father leaving while Syril was young. He went onto share and collaborate on it with Hunter, who had also thought the man had simply abandoned early into Syril's life.^[4] To both actors, who discussed the topic often in order to get a feel for both characters' lives,^[3] the man leaving—as Soller put it—"really early on, in a real acrimonious, horrible way"^[4] was more brutal than if he had been killed.^[3]

Both actors believed the father had simply pretended to go to work one day and never returned, creating an absence that hanged over both characters^[3] and establishing the launchpad for Eedy's treatment of Syril. That treatment was born out of her anger, disappoint, grief, and frustration. As Soller recalled in an interview for season 1, his character's upbringing without a father was a heavy absence in Syril's life and created "a whole level of Jungian psychology" that would take an entire podcast interview to work out, with Soller particularly saying the absence, combined with "the over-dominating maternal influence" displayed by Eedy, made Syril into the man he was.^[4]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Andor — "Harvest" (First mentioned)

Sources

• "Jedi Master's Quiz" — Star Wars Insider 234

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