Andor Season 2 creator boldly reveals his inspiration for the Empire 

With the recent release of Andor season two, the show is more apparent that ever in establishing it's social political context and reference. While its a known fact that Andor has never really shied away from drawing parallels with bygone historical eras, there are the evident similarities between Star Wars' Galactic Empire and Nazi Germany as revealed in the second season of Andor. Creator and showrunner Tony Gilroy really seems invested in furthering the socio-political context of the show and spoke about the same in a receny interview with Polygon.

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Tony Gilroy opens up about his inspiration for the Empire on Andor season 2

The second season of Andor is satisfyingly replete with the grounded real-world mechanisms that are enshrined in the world of the narrative. This realistic portrayal of an otherwise space-opera based narrative is what has undoubtedly made the show so popular in such a short amount of time. The second season of the show consists of several references to contemporary politics, with the most prominent being it's parallels to Nazi Germany. Gilroy revealed:

"I mean, look at the very first episode, Krennic’s conference that he has, where he first brings up the topic of Ghorman. That’s very much modeled after the Wannsee Conference that the Nazis had when they, you know, had a PowerPoint luncheon to figure out the final solution."

He further mentioned:

"I’m not psychic; we did not write this with a newspaper. The show was supposed to come out a year ago, (but) for the strikes. So the opportunity of the show was to be given this gigantic canvas and to do a show about revolution. And the opportunity for me was to use all the debris that I’d accumulated in my brain from reading about history that I never thought I’d have a chance to use. So I’m catalogue shopping throughout 6,000 years for all kinds of things I can (use) all the way through the show."

Gilroy touched upon the consequent prescience of the show while stating in conclusion:

"What’s sad about it is that it’s really the moments of peace and prosperity that are unique, and the rinse and repeat of history is the sorry truth. I think you could drop this show almost anywhere in history and and people would say, Oh, that’s where we’re at."

Krennic's plans for Ghorman revealed

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The first episode of Andor season two features Ben Mendelsohn's Krennic convening a meeting to determine the fate of the planet of Ghorman. During the course of the meeting it is revealed that the planet is home to a rare and valuable fibre that the planet exports.

It is further mentioned that apart from this rare fibre, Ghorman is also where an extremely rare element is found which is absolutely necessary for the completion of Emperor Palatine's Energy Program, and mining the same would lead to the destruction of the planet. In order to prepare for this, Krennic draws up a set of propaganda campaigns with malicious intent.

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