'Star Wars' fans say 'Andor' feels more relevant than ever

Warning: This article includes spoilers for the show “Andor.”

Warning: This article includes spoilers for the show “Andor.” 

It takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but its plotlines seemed pulled right out of today’s headlines. 

The second season of Disney’s “Andor,” a “Star Wars” series that takes place nearly two decades after the Empire’s rise, has debuted to raves from critics and many fans who have praised its ability to weave together the power critiques of its space opera source material with even more topical subjects like immigration. 

“This is George Lucas’s dream for Star Wars manifest in its purist form,” Griffin Schiller, a film critic and YouTube host, wrote on X, referring to the franchise’s creator. “Anti-authoritarian art delivered through populist channels.” 

The new season, which debuted Tuesday on Disney+, focuses on a time when many in the galaxy live in fear of the fascistic Empire. It centers on thief-turned-rebel spy Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), whom fans first meet in the 2016 feature film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”