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  • Mon Mothma

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    Mon Mothma

    From working in secret as one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance to openly leading the New Republic as the first elected Chancellor in two decades, Mon Mothma of Chandrila has built a career out of carefully navigating the dangerous shadows of Coruscant politics in her efforts to restore democracy. Once a leader of the Galactic Senate's Loyalist faction, as a senator Mon Mothma opposed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine's policies during the final days of the Republic. After the rise of the Empire, Mothma continues to serve her constituents on Coruscant while working on her ultimate goal: building an Alliance to Restore the Republic.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Episode III)
  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Episode VI)
  • Andor A Star Wars Story
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  • Star Wars Rebels
  • Star Wars: Ahsoka
Affiliations
  • Galactic Republic
  • Galactic Senate
  • Rebel Alliance
Locations
  • Coruscant
  • Chandrila
  • Mothma Estate
Gender
  • Female
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.5m
species
  • Human

Latest Video + News + Features

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      • Genevieve O’Reilly brings us along as she says goodbye to Mon Mothma.

      • Farewell | Andor Season 2 Declassified *Content contains spoilers*

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      • World Building | Andor Season 2 Declassified *Content contains spoilers*

      • Time | Andor Season 2 Declassified *Content contains spoilers*

      • Introducing the Cast of Andor Season 2

      • Andor Season 1 with Tony Gilroy

      • 2:21

        Special Look | Andor Season 2

        Special Look | Andor Season 2

      • Andor Actor Genevieve O’Reilly on the Legacy of Mon Mothma

      • 0:53

        Inside Look at Mon Mothma | Andor

        Inside Look at Mon Mothma | Andor

      • Dressing the Galaxy: Designer Michael Wilkinson Defines the Look of Andor's Costumes

      • Raise a Glass to Mon Mothma (and the Rebellion) with this Chandrilan Squigs Recipe

      • Quiz: Which Andor Character Are You?

History

Mon Mothma in the Galactic Senate during The Clone Wars

In the last years of the Galactic Republic, Mon Mothma represented Chandrila in the Senate. Though a Loyalist Senator, Mothma worried about Supreme Chancellor Palpatine’s accumulation of power and the militarization of the Republic.

Mon Mothma standing with Senators Organa, Farr, and Amidala

Mothma allied herself with like-minded Senators such as Alderaan’s Bail Organa, Rodia’s Onaconda Farr and Naboo’s Padmé Amidala. But their efforts to curb Palpatine’s powers proved largely in vain.

Mon Mothma and Vel Sartha talking

In the final months of the Clone Wars, Mothma and Bail Organa laid the groundwork for resistance to Palpatine’s rule, fearing that he would refuse to give up the emergency powers granted during the fight against the Separatists. Palpatine ultimately declared himself Emperor, and Mothma remained in the Imperial Senate, but worked in secret with Organa and other operatives including Luthen Rael and her cousin, Vel Sartha, to unite rebel factions into an Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Unfortunately, Mothma had little support for her work from her colleagues and her immediate family. Her teenage daughter, Leida, preferred Chandrilan traditions to Coruscant politics. Her husband by arranged marriage, Perrin Fertha, enjoyed the amenities of being a senator’s spouse but did little else to support Mothma. When she became aware that she was being monitored by the Imperial Security Bureau, the pragmatic senator exploited Perrin’s past gambling troubles to throw the Empire off the trail of her efforts to fund the Rebellion, secretly working with her old friend Tay Kolma.

Mon Mothma outside of her estate.

During Leida’s wedding to the son of Chandrilan banker Davo Sculdun, Mothma learned that her childhood friend Tay Kolma was now a security risk, as his secret support of Mothma’s rebel causes had led to a decrease in his personal wealth. Despite her political positions fracturing many of her personal relationships, Mothma pushed on, attempting to gather votes to block an attempt by Palpatine to tighten his iron grip over the Imperial Senate.

"Welcome to the Rebellion" episode thumbnail.

After the massacre on Ghorman, Mothma decided to go public with her opposition to Palpatine. While practicing her speech, she was approached by Luthen. He warned her that Bail Organa’s team, who were meant to help her escape the Senate building after she gave her speech, had been corrupted. During the next Senate session, Mothma called out the lies of a Ghorman insurrection her fellow senators were promoting, and named the massacre an Imperial genocide orchestrated by Emperor Palpatine. Mon Mothma became a public enemy of the Empire following her outspoken public condemnation. It was her final act as senator. Shortly after Cassian Andor helped her avoid Imperial arrest, the Ghost crew escorted Mothma to a secret location; there, she put out a call for other rebel cells to join her. A flurry of ships came to her signal, and the Rebel Alliance was born.

Mon Mothma strategizing the Battle of Endor with prominent Rebel leaders

The need to strike out against the Empire became urgent when the Alliance, from their base on Yavin 4, learned of an Imperial superweapon. Mothma tasked Jyn Erso, daughter of Death Star weapons architect Galen Erso, to contact extremist rebel Saw Gerrera, as well as her father, in an effort to discover a weakness in the battle station. Ultimately, the leading council of the Rebellion would vote not to attempt a covert operation to secure the plans; Erso, with a small band of rebels, took matters into their own hands and went to Scarif, home of the Imperial data center that housed the Death Star schematics. When Mothma discovered this deception, she did not block it. Instead, she readied the rebel fleet to support Erso and receive the data transmission, resulting in the plans coming into the care of Princess Leia Organa.

Mon Mothma listening to Hera in "Ahsoka"

In rapid succession, the Emperor disbanded the Senate and Mothma's ally, Bail Organa died when the Death Star destroyed Alderaan. Mothma went into hiding, serving as the political leader of the Rebel Alliance. But after waging a five-year Civil War to restore the democratic ideals, the Imperials were defeated and Mothma was elected Chancellor of the New Republic.

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