StarWars Andor will flesh out Rebel leader Mon Mothma: 'For the first time, we get to see the woman behind the role.'
The Rebellion is just beginning on Star Wars: Andor. The prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — taking place five years before Rebel Intelligence officer Cassian Andor helps steal the plans for the Empire's planet-destroying super weapon, the Death Star — will reveal the origins of the Rebel Alliance. It will also flesh out the leader behind it: Republic senator Mon Mothma .
In the first 12 episodes of the two-season limited series,"We get to flesh out not just the senator, not just the would-be leader of a Rebel Alliance, but also…We see a woman who has had to navigate her ideals and her beliefs within systems of oppression. We find her in a bit of a gilded cage." Caroline Blakiston originated the role of the Rebel leader in 1983's Return of the Jedi, with O'Reilly appearing in a larger capacity in Rogue One and the animated Star Wars Rebels. According to Gilroy, who returns to the Star Wars galaxy for the first time since 2016 film Rogue One, O'Reilly's Mon Mothma has a sizable role to play in the spy-thriller about the birth of the Rebel Alliance as we know it in A New Hope.
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