The second season of Loki is recreating history, literally and metaphorically. In this time travel tale the God of Mischief and Mobius are on a trip hopping timelines in a bid to save the TVA and by extension the sacred timeline.
The real Chicago World’s Fair showcased the power of electricity on a grand scale for the first time in the U.S. The year saw a competition between Thomas Edison's and Nikola Tesla’s direct and alternate currents to power the city. Dubbed the War of Currents, the idea has been explored in the 2017 movie The Current War. However, in Loki ,Victor Timely replaced the inventors for this alternate timeline while Edison was name-dropped.
How 'Loki' Season 2 Recreated the Ferris Wheel Speaking of recreating the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, production designer and director of the third episode Kasra Farahani said in a new featurette, “This set, it’s got a magic to it when the lights are on and mostly when the people are in it.
Further, the team also recreated the Hofbrau, which was “in the midway of the World’s Fair. Free to enter and there were interesting exhibitions from all over the world,” Farahani said. This Hofbrau is where Miss Minutes later takes a giant form to scare away people. As the director adds, “It takes on a whole other dimension of realism and story.”