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The late news fromAndorseason 2 has convinced meStar Warsis at long last bridge the disconnect between canyon and Legends . There ’s always been so much more toStar Warsthan just the movies . I ’m living test copy of that ; I remember first watchingA New Hopein Christmas 1991 , and within a calendar week I ’d start buying books from the oldStar WarsExpanded Universe . deed over , I do n’t really recommend that advance ; they kind of spoiled me forThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi .
The EU thrive massively over the decades that follow . deplorably , Disney found the sheer scale of the EU too much when the House of Mouse buy Lucasfilm back in 2012 , and it did n’t take long for them to declare all these stories " Legends . " That sound out , Star Warshas keep on to convey some of my favorite Legends characters and stories back into canon . Now , it look as though it ’s about to happen again , in the best possible way .
Andor Season 2 Is Showing A Major Legends Event
The Ghorman Massacrewas one of the worst atrocities intrust by the Empire , first mentioned in tie - ins as far back as 1994 . befittingly enough , Wilhuff Tarkin - at the clock time just a captain in the new authorities - was personally responsible for it when his ship get in at the planet Ghorman in the Sern Sector . Peaceful protesters attempt to keep his landing place by remain firm on the launch area , and he simply hadhis vessel solid ground on them , killing them .
In caption , this event happened just a class after the events ofStar Wars : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . It sway Mon Mothma and other aged politicians that the Empire could not be overthrow by passive means , and they began the build up - up to what would become the Rebel Alliance . The Ghorman Massacre made the jump to canon inStar Wars Rebels , now moved to 2 BBY and turn into the event that run Mon Mothma to leave behind the Senate and declare rebellion .
Andorseason 1 name - send packing Ghorman , andI personally felt it was inevitable that the canon version would come about in season 2 . This was affirm when caption confirm a language spoken by bunch demonstrating against the Empire was " Ghorm . " After 31 years , Andoris finally showing the Ghorman Massacre .
Andor Season 2 Has Improved The Ghorman Massacre
This Is So Much More Powerful
look at the footage , it ’s decipherable thatStar Warscanon is going to improve the Ghorman Massacre , making the tale so much more compelling - and straighten out some of the confusedness in canon . As showrunner Tony Gilroy explained :
" There ’s also a spot of confusion about the Ghorman Massacre , and what is the Ghorman Massacre ? There ’s a luck of muddiness within canon . So , it was an chance to rebuild in a really significant way . It ’s a very pregnant part of our show that can do a lot of dissimilar things for us . Quite honestly , it ’s very expensive to build , so we really want to expend it as much as potential soit carries over five different episodes . I ’m really confident that the really cryptical , passionate Star Wars community will appreciate how we ’ve straighten out out that account . "
Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy reveals more detail on bring one of the Empire ’s most horrific atrocities to sprightliness , including rebuilding its story .
Custom image by Yeider Chacon
The imagination prompt me of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 , in which up to one million anti - government protesters gathered in one of Beijing ’s most famous landmark . At first , the government proved reluctant to act ; as the protest go along , though , punishing - liners won through . They were crushed with brutal military power , and estimates of deaths motley from 200 ( according to the Taiwanese administration ) to a heartbreaking 10,000 ( mentioned in diplomatical cables ) .
The Tiananmen Square protests are famed for one powerful effigy ; a lone man standing in front of a cooler , shopping dish in either helping hand . He was pulled out of the style by other dissident , and his fate is unknown . Still , that prototype lead around the world , and it would n’t be a surprise to seeAndorseason 2 honor it .
Andor Is Bridging The Gulf Between Legends & Canon
This Is The Best Way To Honor Legends
The Ghorman Massacre was never actually establish in caption ; it was mentioned retrospectively and in address books . It ’s takenStar Wars32 years to finally show the outcome , and they ’re distinctly going to be hugely powerful . Gilroy is telling a timeless tale of the conflict against fascism , and it feel so very right that he ’s honour those who pay for protest with their animation .
I ca n’t help feeling this is the best way forStar Warsto do justice to Legends , too : not but to copy - paste the stories and concepts , but rather to adapt them , giving them so much greater import . Andorseason 1 was short on Easter eggs , but the 2nd season foretell to be radical .
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