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Star Wars’ 'Andor' Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism

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The new season of Andor, Star Wars' second and final season, is the best thing to come out of the franchise in years .

It's the first time since Disney purchased Lucasfilm for $4 billion that this metaphor is pointed back at the US .

Until now, the Disney era of Star Wars has been defined by toothless politics.

Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace is an allegory for how democracies collapse into dictatorship and willingly cede power to a strongman.

In 2015 ’s The Force Awakens , the remnants of the Empire have reformed into the First Order , which takes on distinctly Nazi attributes with its billowing red flags and angry leaders.

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