is a fictional
Star Wars character.
Mothma (48
BBY -24
ABY ) was the Senator of
Chandrila in the waning days of the
Old Republic and leader of the
Rebel Alliance and
New Republic .
Her mother, Tanis Mothma, was the governor of Chandrila, and her father was an arbiter-general for the Republic. At the age of 21 (in
27 BBY ) she was elected to represent the
Bormea Sector in the
Galactic Senate , becoming the youngest
Senator ever to serve (a record that would later be broken by
Leia Organa , future apprentice and colleague of Mothma).
As a Senator, Mothma was a proponent of the rights of local systems. She was also friends with fellow senators
Bail Organa and
Padmé Amidala . Just before the
Clone Wars , she became a member of the
Loyalist Committee along with fellow senators Organa, Amidala,
Fang Zar , and other prominent politicians. She later signed the
Petition Of 2000 , along with many other senators, in an effort to request that
Chancellor Palpatine reduce his power. The
Delegation Of 2000 presented the petition to Chancellor Palpatine, but the Dark Lord made false promises saying that he would give up his emergency powers and silenced Fang Zhar when he tried to speak.
For several months following the formation of the
Galactic Empire , she urged fellow Senator Organa of
Alderaan to publicly speak out against
Emperor Palpatine with her. However, she recanted after witnessing the Empire's subjugation of
Kashyyyk .
Later, she became the political and military leader of the Rebel Alliance, having gathered forces like dissident elements in the
Imperial Starfleet , the
Imperial Army , or nationalistics or general movements like the Atrivis Resistance Groups along with the Alderaanians and
Garm Bel Iblis into a grand
Alliance To Restore The Republic to defeat the Empire.
Bail Organa's death in the destruction of Alderaan by the
Death Star led to an imbalance in the Alliance's leadership. Without Organa to counter her, Garm Bel Iblis thought that Mothma was assuming dictatorial powers over the Alliance and intended to set herself up in Palpatine's place. He left the Rebellion in protest, forming a rift which would not heal until the
Thrawn Campaign of
9 ABY . Mothma showed her commitment to democracy, however, by making her position as
Chief Of State subject to a vote by the Alliance membership every two years. In all her time at the head of the Rebellion, she was never challenged.
Her son was killed by
Darth Vader in the aftermath of the
Battle Of Hoth after alerting the remaining rebels that the Imperials had breached the defenses, but her daughter would survive and take up residence on
New Alderaan .
Mon Mothma became the New Republic's Chief of State for the first 11 years after the Empire's destruction, surviving an
Assassination attempt by a Caridan ambassador. During a diplomatic visit to Coruscant, the Caridan Ambassador threw what appeared to be a drink on Mon Mothma's face as an insulting send off gesture. The drink turned out to contain nanomachines that began slowly killing her, until she was saved by the
Mon Calamari Jedi Cilghal who used
The Force to heal her.
Mon Mothma never truly recovered and eventually resigned her post in favor of Leia Organa Solo, and retired from public life. Mothma eventually died of old age shortly before the
Yuuzhan Vong invasion.
Mon Mothma was portrayed by ''. Most of the footage of O'Reilly, including a scene that illustrates early discussions on the formation of a resistance, did not appear in the theatrical release of the film, although they are included in the Deleted Scenes section of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' DVD. However, she was seen briefly near the beginning of the film awaiting the Chancellor and his "savior" along with other Senators, after the ''Invisible Hand'' crash-landed on
Coruscant .
In the '', and by
Natalia Nogulich in the ''
Return Of The Jedi '' radio drama.
She is the only female character in the original trilogy to have a position of command in the Rebel Alliance, save Princess Leia.
She is also found in video games such as where she is played by
Carolyn Seymour .
The New Republic named a star destroyer after Mothma following her death.
"We are not Separatists trying to leave the Republic, we are Loyalists trying to preserve democracy in the Republic."
"Many Bothans died to bring us this information."
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