Andor‘s Twin Ghorman Massacres Are a Perfect Way to Re-Canonize Legends

Ever since it was first teased that Andor‘s second season was preparing to show the tragedy that set the stage for the formal formation of the Rebel Alliance, there’s similarly been discussion of the fact that there are two Ghorman Massacres. The one we are about to learn much more about in this week’s batch of episodes, and the very different version of events that took place in Star Wars‘ old Expanded Universe. Would we be getting something new, or something inspired by the story that had come before? Andor simply responded: why not both? Although this week’s episodes are primed to ignite the simmering tensions for what will become the Ghorman Massacre—the one that sparks Mon Mothma to publicly rail against Palpatine’s authoritarianism, flee the Senate, and call for the Alliance to Restore the Republic—last week’s act of Andor season two took us to Ghorman early to explore the planet’s resistance to the Empire. We learn pretty quickly during that exploration that while tensions betw ... Read full article.