Andrew Genevieve O’Reilly in Fleshing Out Mon Mothma

The rebellion has just begun Star Wars: Andor. prequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Five years before Rebel intelligence officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) helps steal the plans of the Empire’s superweapon destroying planet Earth, the Death Star – he will reveal the origins of the Rebel Alliance. She will also embody the leader behind her: Republican Senator Moon Muthma (Geneva O’Reilly). As mysterious spy Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) grows revolution in the imperial era, he, with the support of Mon Mothma, serves the galactic government on the planet Coruscant.

“We have met Mon Mothma before in different iterations, in different versions of star Wars Telling stories, and every time we do it [seen] That kind of polite, royal, generous woman,” O’Reilly, who portrayed the character in Revenge of the Sith And the rogue one, during a recent press conference. “I think what is unusual in how it is done [series creator] Tony [Gilroy] Wrote Andor And the place he chose to start this story is completely different from where we find Mon Mothma rogue one. She’s still that very esteemed senator, but for the first time, we’re seeing the woman behind the role. We will see the special face of Moon Muthma.”

In the first 12 episodes of the two-season limited series, “We embody not only the senator, not only the potential leader of the Rebel Alliance, but also…we see a woman who has had to navigate her ideals and beliefs within the oppressive regimes. We find her in a slightly gilded cage.” .

O’Reilly added, “What I’m excited about is that we travel with her that story, and we travel with her as a woman finding her voice, getting to voices who fight for similar things, finding community, finding collaborators in order to ultimately be the leader in which you become. rogue one. “

Caroline Blackstone was raised as the rebel leader in 1983 return of the jedi, With the emergence of O’Reilly with greater capacity in rogue one and movers Star Wars Rebels. According to Gilroy, who goes back to star Wars galaxy for the first time since the 2016 movie rogue oneO’Reilly’s Mon Mothma has a major role in the thriller spy thriller about the birth of the Rebel Alliance as we know it in New hope.

“She’s very ambiguous in all of her previous incarnations,” Gilroy said in a press briefing. “People have no idea how complicated and difficult Mon Mothma’s life is – her character in many ways has the hardest path in our entire show, what she’s going through and stressing about. She’s this woman trapped in a box with everyone watching, and she has this incredibly powerful secret life. It is putting itself at great risk by supporting the insurgency.”

He added, “She is not free from anxiety in this woman’s life, yet she has to not only endure, but she also has to thrive.”

New episodes of Star Wars: Andor It airs every Wednesday on Disney+.

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