Andor & Iona - The Persecution of Pilgrims
‘A pilgrim is not a wanderer.’ Psalm 119:10 I must confess to not being especially taken with Disney’s most recent Star Wars spin-off show ‘Ahsoka’, I much preferred the previous series ‘Andor’ which was a little grittier and had some quite interesting things to say about the real world. For example, in episode 6, we are introduced to an indigenous tribe of people called the Dhani who live on the rugged planet of Aldhani. We see the Dhani trekking up the mountains, making a long and arduous pilgrimage to an ancient stone structure to watch a spectacular yearly celestial event, much like the Northern Lights here in Scotland. The planet Aldhani is occupied by the Empire who seek to make the pilgrimage as difficult as possible for the oppressed Dhani people. We are told how the number of pilgrims is only 60 but before the Empire arrived, the ritual would have attracted 15,000. Indeed, we don’t have search very far to find parallels, where regimes are making life miserable fo