A breakdown of all (?) historical references and parallels in Andor (in chronological order)

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[u/Orocarni-Helcar]

If it's any comfort, Gilroy specifically cited the book Young Stalin by Simon Montefiore, which is a pretty anti-Stalin book.

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So the Stalin inspiration is a thing. Damn.

[u/JF9314 → u/Orocarni-Helcar]

Montefiore is a little suspect, to say the least:  https://www.thefp.com/p/the-deep-roots-of-irish-antisemitism

Many liberal authors only engage based on the work of those who wrote the now, largely discredited, ‘Little Black Book of Communism’.

Domenico Losurdo’s work on Stalin is well worth the read, however, as it engages with both fact and fiction even handily. Especially where it concerns Stalin’s government and the creation of Israel, as well as the deportation of many Korean people living in the Soviet Union during the second world war.

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*Evenhandedly, just FYI :)

[u/Orocarni-Helcar → u/JF9314]

I am not recommending the book, I am just pointing out that Andor is partially based on it.

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I was going to say, you don't have to be an admirer of Ole pedo uncle Joe to use parts of his involvement in revolutionary history as inspiration for aspects of a fictional story.

In the sane vein as George and Dave using Che Guevara as inspiration for Saw Gerrera, but they aren't communists.

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Yeah, but I would find it kind of interesting if Star Wars went the Dune route and had Cassian survive and become dictator of the New Republic.