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HEROES

Mon Mothma

Archetype: Leader
Strengths: Wisdom, persuasion, compassion

In 1983’s Return of the Not revealing her identity, she
Jedi, Mon Mothma stood listens as he spills the story of
before the soldiers of the Rebel his love for the Imperial pilot
Alliance to prepare them for Ciena Ree. She offers him a
one of its most important cup of water and ushers him
battles, and made an off to bed. Only later does
impression on female fans of Thane learn who she is, and
the original trilogy. she reassures him, “It's all
Those fans didn’t have a lot right if you still love someone
of women to look up to in Star on the other side of this
Wars, and though she wore war—as long as you love what
white similar to Leia Organa, you're fighting for even more.” Ahsoka Tano

Mon Mothma was a different In the Rebels episode
Archetype: Fighter
type of character. As an ally “Secret Cargo,” Mon Mothma Strengths: Athleticism, trusts
to Senators Amidala and Bail again brings nourishment to her instincts, conviction
Organa in the earliest days of a rebel, Hera Syndulla, who
resisting Palpatine’s rule, to is helping her escape after Sometimes peace can be achieved only

her brief role in Rogue One, condemning the Emperor. by fighting for it. Anakin Skywalker
which showed the diffi culty In new territory now that her believes that principle, ultimately taking it to
of leading an alliance of life as a senator has ended, an extreme that taints his soul. His
disparate, volatile rebel Mon Mothma bonds with the apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, learns many lessons
factions, we really only learn Ghost’s captain before their from her Jedi Master. At the end of The Clone
a little about what drives her. desperate escape from the Wars, though, she concludes that the Jedi are
However, stand-out character clutches of Grand Admiral going down a path she cannot follow. One of
moments from the books and Thrawn. They rendezvous the toughest decisions in life is to walk away

animation get to the heart of with other rebel factions for from something that has defined us. This
her character. a secret meeting, and Mon isn’t a female or a male moment; it is a
In the novel Lost Stars, Mothma delivers a powerful human one, and makes Ahsoka one of Star
Thane Kyrell encounters the speech that convinces them Wars’ most relatable characters.

Rebel Alliance leader after to unite to fight the tyranny Through the novel Ahsoka, fans learn
drinking too much alcohol. of the Empire. about her path to becoming Fulcrum, an
agent of the Rebel Alliance. In fi nding this
role, she builds a new pair of lightsabers
from the kyber crystals taken from a Sith
Inquisitor she defeats. She heals the crystals
that glow red and they become white, a color
that to be seen by the human eye requires
all colors to be balanced in their intensity. It
represents good, beginnings, and exactitude.
Rebels reintroduces Ahsoka in a different
role. No longer the apprentice, she is now
the mentor who balances the teaching of
the Jedi with lessons learned on the run.
Her showdown with Darth Vader refl ects
maturity, fortitude, and a continued respect
for the important lessons instilled by Anakin.

Ahsoka finds a way to be true to herself even
as she faces down an evil she knows. His
name: Darth Vader.

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