Junk Filter

215: Star Wars: Andor, Season 2 (with Roxana Hadadi and Corey Atad)


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In this Junk Filter sequel to our discussion of season 1 of Tony Gilroy’s Star Wars: Andor streaming series, the writers Roxana Hadadi and Corey Atad return to assess the second and final season, which compresses the four years leading up to the start of Rogue One into four sets of three-episode arcs.

On this episode we discuss the program’s political content and Gilroy’s refusal to play Culture War games during the promotion of the series. We cover the controversial first arc of the series which parallels the plans of the Empire with the Final Solution of the Nazi era, as they flood the galaxy with propaganda to demonize a planet they plan to colonize, and how a fascist regime uses sexual violence and unwitting dupes who think they’re serving a greater good through their collaboration. And we talk about the upsetting eighth episode of season 2 which depicts a massacre on the “French Planet” of Ghorman, clearly modelled on Nazi-occupied France in World War II, which of course has parallels both to Gaza and the Trump Era.

Plus: the fates of the show’s ‘Power Couple’ Dedra and Syril, the barnburning Saw Gerrara monologue, and Tony Gilroy’s illuminating interview with Ross Douthat, who is determined in their discussion to tag Andor (and Michael Clayton) as ‘left wing art’ and fails miserably.

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Follow Roxana Hadadi on Twitter and Bluesky

Follow Corey Atad on Twitter and Bluesky and visit coreyatad.com

I Am High on Saw Gerrera’s Supply - by Roxana Hadadi, for Vulture, April 30, 2025

Andor Dared To Say ‘Genocide’ - by Roxana Hadadi, for Vulture, May 7, 2025

Print The Myth: A Few Words About a Star War - from Corey Atad’s Substack, May 14, 2025

Your Next Star Wars Addiction is Already Here - by Corey Atad, for Slate, May 23, 2025

Trailer for Star Wars: Andor, Season 2 (2025)



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