10 Star Wars Villains Who Weren't As EVIL As You Think
5. Syril Karn
From an abusive father creating a bit of a Star Wars monster, to an abusive mother doing precisely the same thing in the first season of Andor.
Throughout that Disney+ show, Syril Karn is shown to be a ridiculously obsessive civil servant, determined to prove himself to those in a position of power within the Empire.
He's a little creepy, sure - stalking ISB Supervisor Dedra Meero - and this unsettling antagonist also becomes entirely obsessed with capturing Cassian Andor as he looks to be of service to his Empire. But the more you analyse the character's relationship with his mother, Eedy, the easier it is to understand this dangerously needy soul.
Syril didn't grow up with a father, according to the star playing the character Kyle Soller (via Total Film), meaning he was raised by his "stage mother from hell." And as seen during the scenes involving Syril and his mom, Eedy is quick to physically abuse her boy, undermine him, and regularly make him feel like he will never be enough.
After all that and what must've been a rough upbringing, it's no wonder the guy spends the majority of his life trying to impress those above him - who just so happen to be the dreadful Empire in this universe.
He's not a purely evil presence in this galaxy far, far away. He's just a rather intense man trying to "fill a hole in himself", as Soller put it.