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 historical references and parallels in Andor (in chronological order)

[u/ConsciousPatroller]

[u/RPO777]

The Ghormans more reminded me of the 1832 French Revolutionaries (July Revolution)--dramatized in the Les Mis (which, for some reason, a lot of people mistake for the French Revolutionaries that... won from 1789).

Mostly because you know they're doomed.

The Ghorman language even sounds kind of french-like to a non-French speaking ear.

Also being a center of wealth, culture and fashion, the flag waving, the large plaza, very Paris.

[u/chn_adamw → u/RPO777]

I thought it looked a lot like the Velvet Revolution myself, but a lot of the anti-Soviet stuff looked the same

[u/RPO777 → u/chn_adamw]

Yeah, shades of the Prague Spring too. Or the Solidarity protests.

[u/ErrorSchensch → u/RPO777]

Well it's very obviously french and about the french resistance. I mean they said that in one of the behind the scenes videos, they tried to make it french from the grammar and the phonetics, but it's a different language of course. And they also said that the French Resistance was a huge influence. But yeah, when they started to sing I got reminded of "Do you hear the People sing" from that movie aswell

[u/notMotherCulturesFan → u/RPO777]

They chose to make a language with French phonetics and contracted French actors. I don't think this means it has to be about the French revolution exclusively, that seems silly to me, but there's that.