During a press conference for the highly-anticipated Disney+ Star Wars series Andor, star Genevieve O’Reilly was posed a question by Josh Wilding from ComicBookMovie.com asking about the different interpretation of Mon Mothma throughout the Star Wars lineage.
I think the most exciting things about Mon Mothma is the bravery and where Tony has decided to begin. We meet Mon Mothma in a place we’ve never seen her before. We meet a woman steeped in Empire, navigating a very male-dominated Empire with a very powerful Emperor Palpatine at the top of it. Previously, in Rogue One or at other times, we’ve seen her surrounded by, around maybe people with different opinions but with like-minded Rebels.
O’Reilly discusses where we find Mon Mothma during the events of Andor, saying
We find her in Andor very alone, living in a world of orthodoxy and construct. We see a woman who has had to navigate her ideals and her beliefs within systems of oppression. And so, we find her in a place we’ve never seen her before. We find her in a bit of a gilded cage. And so, what I’m excited for is for us to travel that story with her.
Diego Luna talks taking the journey with Mon Mothma
To journey with her as a woman and finding her voice, reaching for voices that are fighting for similar things. Finding community, finding collaborators to be able to eventually be the leader that she becomes in Rogue One. So, there’s a journey to travel and I’m excited for people to hop on that train with us.
I love how passionate Genevieve O’Reilly is for this character and you can tell she put a lot of time and effort studying for this iteration of the character by the way she answers this question. She truly understands what this character goes through from previous work like The Clones Wars and Rogue One and expands on this character. It is this care put towards the characters that has us so excited to see what Andor has in store for us.
Andor will premiere on Disney+ September 21, 2022. Get your first look at a new clip from the series below:
