I've been thinking about the rebels on Yavin 4 alot. Andor says that the guys on Yavin 4 are the Maya Pei Brigade.
Back in Season 1, Saw said "Maya Pei is a neo-Republican". That means that their goal (unlike Andor, Saw, the Separatists, Human Cultists and the other factions) is specifically to restore "The Republic" back to what it was before it was changed into "The Empire". When Andor says he has been fighting "this fight" since he was a little kid, he's including his tribe and Ferrix fighting AGAINST the Republic as part of "this fight".
It's pretty clear to me that a lot of people in this universe still consider "The Republic" and "The Empire" to be the same thing. E.g. Dedra says when she was 3 she grew up in an "Imperial Kinderblock"...but when she was 3 years old that was before Palpatine had declared himself Emperor so technically it was a
Republic Kinderblock
.
What we know from other Star Wars stuff is that the "Rebel Alliance" that Mon Mothma becomes the head of is short for "The Alliance to Restore the Republic". Also, when Andor takes off at the end of the 2nd Episode we see not only that he was on Yavin 4, but that he was also at the exact same spot as the "Rebel's Hidden Fortress" from Star Wars.
What that means to me is that the idiots on Yavin 4 playing space Rock Paper Scissors are the same organization that Mon Mothma will take control of and make the dominant faction over all the other factions fighting against the Empire. THESE guys are the core of the group we're going to see wearing the orange jumpsuits and flying the X-Wing fighters 3 years later.
So I'm guessing this season is going to have to show us how Separatists, terrorists, cultists, etc. somehow all got forced into line behind the neo-Republican team.
