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I've always been intruiged by the Mon Mothma character - in RotJ out comes this high powered woman who seems to be a big wig in the Rebellion but we never heard of her before. Will she be in SW:epIII?
Is she a Senator? Maybe she's the Queen of Naboo at the time?
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I think she's supposed to be Palpaltine's aide in EpIII (though rumors abound, of course).
Mabye we'll see what a Bothan looks like.
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Yah, I'm pretty sure she's in the cast line-up for Ep. 3. Whether she's supposed to be Palpy's aide or not, I don't know. I'm hoping she's in the movie, because you're right, she seems to be this high-ranking individual, but we never get any info on her. According to the Expanded Universe, she was one of the people who really got the Rebellion going.
I believe she is a Senator, but I doubt she's fron Naboo, since she was in EU material way before they ever came up with Naboo.
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The EU never mentioned that Palpatine was from Naboo either. Things change.
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He's the senator for Naboo in Episode 1. I always took that to mean that he was, y'know, from there.
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Yeah, but how are Senators elected/chosen/whatever? I mean, here in Canada senators are just appointed by the largest party. Although each individual senator is symbolically supposed to represent a particular region, there's no requirement they actually come from that region.
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Well, the SWDB lists Palpatine's homeworld as Naboo, so he's not just a symbolic representative.
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If it's never mentioned in the EU where Mon Mothma comes from then, sure, they could make her from Naboo. But I think they've mentioned her homeworld and given her a decent backstory. Not that they couldn't change it in the movie... I'll have to look at the Star Wars site.
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: If it's never mentioned in the EU where Mon Mothma comes from then, sure, they could make her from Naboo.
Who do you say only "if it's never mentioned in the EU"? George Lucas has already pissed all over the EU so much, it's not even funny. And I say that because I would've much preferred seeing something based on Timothy Zahn's background instead of what we got with TPM and AotC... clone wars with renegade, semi-insane clones, and the Dark Jedi uprisings prior to Palpatine himself... 'twould have been much more interesting, IMO.
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Yah, I know the EU has already been contradicted in the movies. Thaz why I said, "Not that they couldn't change it in the movie."
If they put her in Ep 3, though, I have a strong feeling they'll stick to her established background.
Incedently, this is what the site has to say about her character in the "Movie" section of the listing. Some of it appears to be from the Episode 3 events:
"A stern, stately woman of middle age, Mon Mothma was the Supreme Commander of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Mothma rose to the rank of senior senator in the Old Republic. When Senator Palpatine made his move toward Supreme Chancellor, and later Emperor, Mothma remained a senator until the end, despite her opposition to Palpatine's policies. When the outrages became too difficult to ignore, and the debate moved from the senate floor to the battlefields of distant worlds, Mothma helped forge the Alliance that eventually toppled the Empire and restored freedom to the galaxy."
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