Mon Mothma

Mon Mothma is a character from Star Wars. Mon Mothma is the leader of the Rebel Alliance.

She first appears in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in 1983. Caroline Blakiston played Mothma. Genevieve O'Reilly will play her in the upcoming series Andor[1] O'Rielly also played Mon Mothma in Revenge of the Sith but the scene she was in was cut from the final version of the movie. She was in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series.[2]

Mon Mothma is in many books in the Star Wars extended universe.

Fictional character biography

Mon Mothma was a senator of the Galactic Republic in Star Wars. She helped found the Rebel Alliance and she became the chancellor of the New Republic.[3][4]

Fans

Mon Mothma has many fans even though she was in only one scene in the first three movies. Graeme McMillan of Hollywood Reporter says this could be because only four women speak in the first three Star Wars movies, and Mon Mothma is one of them.

References

  1. Jesse Schedeen (December 10, 2020). Star Wars: Andor - Rogue One Prequel Series Confirmed for Disney Plus in 2022. IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-cassian-andor-rogue-one-prequel-series-release-date-2022. Retrieved January 7, 2020. 
  2. Graeme McMillan (April 8, 2016). "'Rogue One' and the Surprising Return of Mon Mothma". Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rogue-one-surprising-return-mon-882046. Retrieved January 7, 2020. 
  3. "Lucasfilm". Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  4. Eric Goldman (December 13, 2016). "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Review". Retrieved January 6, 2021.