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"Premiering today, the second and final season of
Star Wars streaming show
Andor seems destined to be one of the pop culture defining moments of the
second Trump presidency.
Andor, which began airing in 2022, tells the story of the early days of the
Rebel Alliance before the adventures of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. The
series is the most politically articulate of the
Star Wars franchise.
Where older
Star Wars entries focused on lightsaber battles and dogfights in
space,
Andor shows a world of political manifestos, fractious alliances
between rebel groups, and surreptitious fundraising for revolution.
Season one of the show followed the political awakening of the titular Cassian
Andor (Diego Luna), who progresses from troubled thief to total ideological
commitment to fighting the Empire. The show also follows a covert revolutionary
leader (Stellan Skarsgård), an ineffective politician who secretly finances the
rebellion (Genevieve O'Reilly), and two Imperials manoeuvring for power (Denise
Gough and Kyle Soller).
Showrunner Tony Gilroy has so far taken inspiration for
Andor from a variety
of real historical revolutionary events, from Stalin’s bank robbery in Tiflis
of 1907 to the Baader-Meinhof group in West Germany.
Aesthetically, Andor has more in common with the political filmmaking of the
likes of
The Battle of Algiers (1966), the films of Costa-Gavras, or early
Paul Greengrass than the central
Flash Gordon-inspired
Star Wars saga.
As authoritarian governments and conflicts loom large globally, the final
season of
Andor in 2025 is perfectly timed to articulate anxieties much
closer to home than the galaxy far, far away."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
