Star Warshas already proven that they won’t hold anything back inAndor, and with this season set to tackle one of theGalactic Empire’s most horrifying atrocities, the franchise has risen to meet the challenge. The Ghorman Massacre is a well-known vital part ofMon Mothma’s journey to fleeing the Imperial Senate and becoming a key leader of theRebel Alliance. Over the years, however, this event’s exact details have become muddled, especially betweenStar WarsLegendsand canon.
Speaking toCollider, showrunner Tony Gilroy went in depth on what audiences can expect from the Ghorman Massacre inAndorseason 2. To him, this story was “a total blank state,” mostly because there’s “a lot of confusion within canon” regarding the event. Gilroy, however, didn’t take this task lightly. He reveals thatit was not only a “significant part of our show,” but also that it was “very expensive to build”- and it takes place over the course of five episodes.
Tony Gilroy: Ghorman, interestingly, is canonical but completely undescribed. It’s a total blank slate.
There’s also a bit of confusion about the Ghorman Massacre, and what is the Ghorman Massacre? There’s a lot of confusion within canon. So, it was an opportunity to rebuild in a really significant way.It’s a very significant part of our show that can do a lot of different things for us. Quite honestly, it’s very expensive to build, so we really want to use it as much as possible soit carries over five different episodes. I’m really confident that the really deep, passionate Star Wars community will appreciate how we’ve straightened out that story.
Gilroy assuresStar Warsfans that he feels confident in the work they have done to iron out the wrinkles in this key story. “The really deep, passionate Star Wars community will appreciate how we’ve straightened out that story,” Gilroy insists. AlthoughStar Warsaudiences can certainly be wary of how stories are reconstructed,Gilroy’s earned a deep sense of trust through bothRogue One: A Star Wars StoryandAndor, which means his word truly carries weighthere.
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Gilroy’s right in saying that, at least in canon, the precise details of the Ghorman Massacre haven’t been determined, which makes this a fair playing field. The story was, however, told in the formerStar WarsExpanded Universe, now known as Legends, detailing that Grand Moff Tarkin had his shuttle land on a crowd of protesters on Ghorman - butAndorwill almost certainly take this up a notch. Given some glimpses seen in theAndorseason 2 trailer, I fully expect this TV show to lean into the devastating tragedy of this event.
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At this rate, I have no doubt that the Ghorman Massacre will go on to become one ofStar Wars’most tragic and horrifying moments to ever be depicted on the screen. We’ve certainly seen some terrifying things, including the destruction of an entire planet with Alderaan in the very firstStar Warsever made, butthe way Gilroy describes building this specific event up will give it even more weight when things go wrong. This one will be a hard watch.
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This hard watch, of course, is also an important one.Star Warshas long since been using its stories to issue warnings about fascism, oppression, and more, andAndorhas been, and will continue to be, no different.The price of victory is costly, especially in the case of an underdog rebellion overcoming a galactic regime, and the Ghorman Massacre inAndorwill be one of the most tragic reminders of that inStar Warshistory.
