Mon Mothma

Profile

Mon Mothma is the senator from Chandrila and the central political voice of the Rebel Alliance. She combines public speeches against the Empire with hidden financing of cells like Luthen Rael’s network.

Role

• publicly calls for an Alliance and reads the Declaration of Rebellion
• funds rebel cells through banking houses and family wealth
• builds the New Republic after Endor

Appearances

Andor shows her as a senator in the shadows, Rogue One and Return of the Jedi as a leader in open war, Rebels as a hub of the early resistance.

Why she matters

Mon Mothma is the proof that the Rebellion is a political project first, and only afterwards a military one.