The first mention of a massacre on the planet Ghorman came from a rather unlikely source. It first appeared during “The Dark Times” era, as fans call it, of the Star Wars fandom.

Until now, Ghorman was known to fans as the place where the Empire inspires a new wave of rebel backlash that leads to a massacre - two years before the events of "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New ...

Ghorman is no minor planet. It’s rich, powerful, and prestigious. If something happens to it, other worlds will notice and some will rise up against the Empire in response. So, on Andor, Krennic ...

Like Ghorman, the event itself ended in a brutal crackdown by Chicago police, although far from an outright massacre. That year, the Tlatelolco massacre also happened in Mexico, where hundreds of ...

The Ghorman Massacre still occurred in the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, but its details and chronology differ greatly from the version that occurs in modern Star Wars canon.

“The suppression of Ghorman is not a decision to be taken lightly.” Alex Welch April 27, 2025 @ 9:07 AM Ben Mendelsohn in "Andor" Season 2 (Lucasfilm) ...

The political tension and civil unrest on Ghorman finally hits a breaking point in the latest “Andor” episodes. The Empire is going ahead with its secret mining plot, and soon the entire ...

While mapping out the early stages of “ Andor ” Season 2, showrunner Tony Gilroy knew he wanted to expand on a pivotal moment that changed everything for the Rebel Alliance: the Ghorman ...

So Syril being the person that she sends into Ghorman and uses like that is what makes her feel bad about that whole Ghorman situation. It’s not really the massacre, unfortunately.

But the idea of a Ghorman Massacre as a catalyst for rebellion goes all the way back to 1990. The first mention of a massacre on the planet Ghorman came from a rather unlikely source.