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Is ‘Andor’ about Jews, Palestinians — or both and/or neither?

JL;DR SUMMARY The article examines the cultural and political inspirations behind the second season of the Star Wars series "Andor," particularly highlighting its parallels with historical and current events concerning Jews and Palestinians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustGazaPalestiniansJewsStar WarsResistanceEmpireAndorTony GilroyGhorman

Places mentioned

Turin, Italy
"Production designer Luke Hull described the planet, with its cafes and promenades, as having an elegant European interwar vibe, while its architecture is inspired by Turin, Mecca and Medina."
Mecca, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
"Production designer Luke Hull described the planet, with its cafes and promenades, as having an elegant European interwar vibe, while its architecture is inspired by Turin, Mecca and Medina."
Medina, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia
"Production designer Luke Hull described the planet, with its cafes and promenades, as having an elegant European interwar vibe, while its architecture is inspired by Turin, Mecca and Medina."
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
"But this season, when the Ghorman protestors were drawn into a trap by the Empire a setup that recalls Tiananmen Square, both Bloody Sundays, the end of the Arab Spring in Cairo and any number of massacres in colonial India the scene didnt much resemble events in Gaza or the West Bank."
Cairo, Egypt
"But this season, when the Ghorman protestors were drawn into a trap by the Empire a setup that recalls Tiananmen Square, both Bloody Sundays, the end of the Arab Spring in Cairo and any number of massacres in colonial India the scene didnt much resemble events in Gaza or the West Bank."
India-administered Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
"Hours before the new episodes premiered in the U.S., India struck terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in retaliation for an attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir two weeks ago."
Pakistan
"Hours before the new episodes premiered in the U.S., India struck terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in retaliation for an attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir two weeks ago."

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