The recent tragedies on the streets of Minnesota’s Twin Cities have reignited the discourse about the uncanny prescience of Tony Gilroy’s Andor. The well-documented killings of Minneapolis residents, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, by federal agents evoked Andor season two’s Ghorman Massacre arc in which the masked occupying forces of the Galactic Empire slaughtered concerned citizens and peaceful protestors. And much like Good and Pretti, Ghorman’s victims were immediately mischaracterized by Imperial mouthpieces as domestic terrorists and insurrectionists.
On the subject of clairvoyance, Gilroy downplays such a notion for the simple reason that he based his Emmy-winning series on historical records.
“You get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible,” GIlroy tells The Hollywood Reporter. “How were we supposed to know that this clown…
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