Mon Mothma
| Character | |
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| Name: | Mon Mothma |
| Occupation: | Republic Senator/Co-Founder and Leader of the Rebel Alliance |
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| Fandom: | Star Wars, Rogue One, Andor |
| Other: | Played by Caroline Blakiston in Episode VI. Played and voiced by Genevieve O'Reilly in Episode III, Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels, and Ahsoka. Voiced by Kath Soucie in The Clone Wars. |
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Mon Mothma is a recurring character in various Star Wars media. She has appeared in Episode VI of the original trilogy, Episode III of the prequel trilogy, Rogue One, Star Wars Rebels, Andor, and Ahsoka.
Canon
Andor
Mothma appears as a series regular in Andor, a prequel to Rogue One revolving around Cassian Andor and his journey to joining the rebels.
Rogue One
Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels show us how Mothma has to balance her ideals with the needs of war. In Rebels, she argues directly with Saw Gerrera about his cadres more violent methods. Her leadership is contrasted with Saw's, and also with Davits Draven, the leader of Rebel Intelligence.
Fandom
Common Pairings
As of January 2024, Mothma is tagged on 1,914 works on AO3. Before Andor, most of her ships were rarepairs and included Davits Draven/Mon Mothma, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Mon Mothma, Padme Amidala/Mon Mothma, and Jyn Erso/Mon Mothma. After Andor, she's been mentioned in works more prominently. Tay Kolma/Mon Mothma is the most popular of these newer fics.
Fanon and Common Tropes in Fanworks
Fics often explore power dynamics around her being leader of the Rebels and a member of senate.
Example Fanworks
Fanfic
- led me to slaughter (i'm someone's daughter), Archived version by Anonymous. Jyn Erso/Mon Mothma
- Mon digs her nails into Jyn's hips like clawing her bloody will fix any of the problems that she, they, the Rebellion has, and Jyn gives a strangled noise that might have been a gasp, might have been laughter. "I forgot," she says with a smirk. "What is it - it's right if it's you? It's right because it's you? Because you turned Jyn Erso, fuckup, into Jyn Erso, hero?" (Mon, Jyn, and how to dress for war.)
- Mon Mothma shares her dreams with ghosts too.[dead link] by dykerebel. Gen fic.
- like new, Archived version by specificities. Kleya Marki/Mon Mothma.
- A senate party hosted by the Organas always meant an invite for Luthen and Kleya, especially since Mon Mothma always stressed the importance of a connected rebel alliance and creating a united front. That wasn’t Kleya’s only reason for coming to the event that night, of course.
- All Blue and Gold and Glittering, Archived version by DachOsmin. Tay Kolma/Mon Mothma.
- In search of a present for Mon Mothma, Tay Kolma pays a visit to an antiques shop he’s been told she’s fond of.
Fanart
- really looking forward to seeing this woman's story in Andor......, Archived version by knot-sw
- Genevieve O'Rilley as Mon Mothma in Andor S01E06, Archived version by rebeljyn
- ot era characters: mon mothma, return of the jedi (1983) - andor (2022), Archived version by lenoreamidala
- digital drawing, Archived version by xiofcrows
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