Unidentified Imperial Kinder-block

The title of this article is conjectural. Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

The human Dedra Meero, a native of^[2] the planet Coruscant,^[3] was placed in a facility^[4] after her parents were arrested when she was three years old. She felt that she had everything she needed there growing up,^[1] but her time there resulted in her becoming a cold, calculating, emotionally bankrupt servant of the Galactic Empire and the facility itself later became an Imperial Kinder-block.^[4] In 4 BBY,^[5] Meero informed Eedy Karn, the mother of her partner Syril Karn, about her childhood at the facility, causing Eedy to call her upbringing indelicate and claim that at the facility she had lacked a mother's love, although Meero responded that the children at the facility had not known what they were missing out on.^[1]

Behind the scenes

The Imperial Kinder-block was first mentioned in "Harvest," the third episode of the second season of the Disney+ live-action show Star Wars: Andor,^[1] which aired on April 22, 2025.^[7] During early development, the show's creator and executive producer, Tony Gilroy, considered making an episode showing Dedra's unconventional childhood as a ward of the state in the facility. Instead, he chose to present this information with a single line, but this meant that the actress portraying Meero knew the character's twisted origin, viewing her as having grown up with no love, touch, or care.^[6]

Appearances

• Star Wars: Andor — "Harvest" (First mentioned) (First identified as Imperial Kinder-block)

Sources

• Andor Explained: Episodes 1-3 - "One Year Later", "Sagrona Teema", and "Harvest" on StarWars.com (backup link) (First identified as Imperial kinderblock)
• Even these Andor Stars Were Creeped Out by the Series' Strangest Power Couple on StarWars.com (backup link)

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