Mothma’s importance to this era of Star Wars is nothing new. However, this basic storyline was briefly outlined way back in 1983 – not in Return of the Jedi itself, but in its novelization. The book introduces Mon Mothma with far more context than the film, outlining that she had been “a senator of the Republic” even after it had “begun to crumble.”
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Not only that, but it also states that, while she was still a Senator, she coordinated “organized cells” to “revolt against the Empire.” Which is pretty much what we get in Andor; Mothma covertly meets up with Luthen Rael to plan their attacks, and is even, apparently, funding much of the Rebellion herself. In retrospect, it’s amazing that this part of the Return of the Jedi novel was replicated so accurately, considering that it’s the same book in which Obi-Wan reveals that Luke’s Uncle Owen was really his brother …
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