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This article moderate pillager forAndorepisode 12.Mon Mothma ’s Trygve Halvden Lie inAndorepisode 12 entirely changes herStar Warsstory . She may have never been a main character , butMon Mothma has always been vital to theStar Warsstory . A senator during the perish Day of the Old Republic , she was a canny politician who became one of Emperor Palpatine ’s primary opposition . Mon Mothma ab initio trusted in the superpower of politics to overturn the Empire , but ultimately even she was force to admit the government that created the Death Star could only be subvert by force out . She became one of the most important leaders in the Rebel Alliance , and the first Chancellor of the New Republic after the Empire ’s defeat . TheAndorDisney+ TV series has stepped back in time , render Mon Mothma ’s purpose in the former insurrection .
Andorseason 1 has revealed just how vulnerable Mon Mothma really was . Mon Mothma ’s familywas divided ; she had been wed as a child according to Chandrilan custom , and Mon Mothma and her hubby had very dissimilar political feeling . InAndorepisode 12 , Mon Mothma choose vantage of their difference to give herself handle when the Empire investigated her finance . She then go to drastic lengths to address the fiscal irregularities , marrying her daughter Leida to the son of a tinny Chandrilan businessman Davo Sculdun . Andorseason 1 ’s finale proffer a scandalous insight into the price give by Mon Mothma .
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Mon Mothma Sacrificed Her Marriage For The Rebel Alliance
Andorseason 1 stresses that every successful rebellion requires ritual killing , just because there is a raw power imbalance between the rebel and the system they are attempting to overthrow . Mon Mothma is no exception toAndor ’s remorseless logical system , and the price she pays is grievous . She lives a double animation , concealing her on-key nature not only from the Empire , but from her own family . Mon Mothma goes even further inAndorepisode 12 , using her own husband Perrin ’s preceding indiscretions to give herself cover . Aware an Imperial audit will place fund she has in reality funneled into the Rebel Alliance , Mon Mothma represent an argument with him over his historical gambling substance abuse . The senator ’s new driver is an federal agent of the ISB , and he reports it back , convinced he has just stumbled on a useful sandal - just as she had plan .
Mon Mothma is using her married man ’s past weakness as a buckler , because the Empire will now expect to find anomalies in her pecuniary resource . She ’s also using the ISB agent as a instrument to spread misinformation , allowing him to believe he ’s overhear a juicy scandal , and thus win over the Empire he has n’t been discovered . Mon Mothma can now drop - provender further Trygve Lie to the broker , mislead the ISB . She ’ll surely construct on her deception inAndorepisode 12 .
Mon Mothma’s Marriage Looks Set To End In Andor Season 2
TheStar Warssaga has never been say in chronological lodge . In this case , viewers already have a impregnable mother wit of how thing are going to flirt out . Mon Mothma will draw a little too much attention after one high - profile Imperial carnage , and she ’ll go on the test . Her husband and daughter wo n’t follow her - and in fact her married man , Perrin , is never mentioned again in canyon . It looks as though Mon Mothma ’s marriage will end in divorce or disaffection , most in all probability inAndorseason 2 .
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