The following contains spoilers for Andor season 2, episode 9. Turn back if you're not up to date!
The galaxy has been forever changed.
A huge moment has just occurred in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2: Mon Mothma has given a speech that takes direct aim at Emperor Palpatine in the aftermath of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ghorman Massacre.
Now, as some Star Wars fans will know, 澳洲幸运5开奖ꦦ号码历史查询:this moment has actually alre🥃ady been depicted on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars timeline in the animated show Rebels – specifically seaಞson 3, episode 18. But how does that episode match up with Andor season 2?
Below, we break down the events of both episodes to explain exactly how they fit together, as well as how they differ. This is a huge🌌 moment for the galaxy that directly leads to the formation of the Rebel Alliance as we know it, so it's worth getting up to speed. We've also got some exclusive quotes from Mon Mothma actor Genevieve O'Reilly on the moment.
So, for all that and more, head to the below.
How does Mon Mothma's Andor season 2 speech fit with Star Wars Rebels?
In Rebels, we don't see the whole speech, just a snippet displayed on an Imperial broadcast watched by t💎he Ghost crew.
"I name the Emperor himself forꦺ ordering the brutal attacks on the people of Ghorman," Mon says in Rebels. "Their peaceful world is one of countless systems helpless against his oppressive rule. This massacre is proof that our self-appointed Emperor is little more than a lying executioner, impo🐻sing his tyranny under the pretence of security. We cannot allow this evil to stand."
Now, in Andor season 2, episode 9, Mon's speech gets a lot more fiery, so it makes sense the Imperials wouldn't want to broadcast it (though of course, the non-canon explanation is simply that Rebels was release༒d long before Andor season 2, explaining why the speeches don't match up perfectly).
ꦬMon calls what happened on Ghorman "unprovoked genocide" and declares that "the death of truth is the ultimate ꧒victory of evil." She then names Palpatine a "monster," just before the power is cut.
"I was so grateful to Tony [Gilroy] for this because there was a speech that was recorded in the animated Rebels that you're referring to and so I didn't think they would be able to write the speech and yet that was the most important moment for me," 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历🐎史查询:Mon actor Genevieve O'Reilly told us of t💃he scene.
"That's what this woman [is], that's the risk, that's the moment where she risks everything, risks her whole life, and so how Tony carved out a space and recreated [it] still respecting the lore and and the canon and what has lived before, and yet he carved out a space within our sꦿtory to allow her to use her voice – and th♒at was everything to me," she added.
What happens next in Andor season 2 and Star Wars Rebels?
Cassian rescues Mon🍰 from the Sena🐼te and gets her to safety. But, it's pointed out that no one will ever know Cassian was the one who saved her – and, indeed, this is never mentioned in Star Wars Rebels.
What we don't see iཧn Andor, but what happens next in Rebels, is Mon goes on to deliver another speech that unites the Rebellion from the cꦆockpit of the Ghost.
"I have no fear as I take new action," she says. "For I am not alone. Beginning today, we staꦛnd together as allies."
She then resigns as a Senator and says "we will not rest until we bring an end to the Empire; until we restore our Republic. Are you with me?" Plenty of ships then appear in space with the Ghost, which Mothma says is "our Rebellion."
From now on in Andor, then, we can expect to 𝓰see the Mon Mothma we're ꧂most familiar with – the fearless leader of the Rebellion.
Andor continues weekly on澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Disney Plus, and you can keep up with our澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: Andor season 2 release schedule.
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