If not previously otherwise occupied, someone with sensibilities similar to Denis Villeneuve, would be great for that era

All i will say is that the genndy tartakovski, now non-canon, clone wars, was the best

Iron curtain ptsd is, indeed, one of the things that came to mind, as my family is from a former communist country

Might wanna give Station Eleven a chance, if you haven't seen it. The subject is different, and don't get too hung up on the plot of the first episode. Its aftermath is the background for just as great character development and tension build-up as andor. It is not a galactic scale, but it felt just as heavy