Warning: SPOILERS for the primary three episodes of Andor Season 2 are forward!
When Andor premiered in 2022, Genevieve O’Reilly’s Mon Mothma was the one different established Star Wars character who joined Diego Luna’s title protagonist in the primary solid. The critically-acclaimed Season 2, which simply premiered its first three episodes on the 2025 TV schedule, continues to chronicle her journey from senator discreetly serving to the Rebels to her changing into one of many Riot’s main public figureheads. For tonight although, Mon’s largest second arguably got here from her drunken dance sequence within the third episode, and O’Reilly opened up about to CinemaBlend about how this second served as an “exploration of ache and chaos” within the character’s life.
No, Mon Mothma didn’t get plastered and bust out her strikes on the dance flooring as a result of she was having an excellent time. This second got here throughout her daughter’s wedding ceremony, and mirrored each her disappointment at each Leida marrying into the Sculdun household and her longtime good friend Tay Kolma going through impending doom. Our personal Jeff McCobb requested O’Reilly about taking pictures Mon’s drunken dance, and after showrunner Tony Gilroy, who was seated subsequent to her, mentioned “Effectively have a look at what she’s executed,” the actress adopted up with this:
Yeah, it was extraordinary. I feel the trick or the problem for us with that was to have the ability to actually uncover her inner ache and chaos. Prefer it’s wrestling her out of a physicality that we have by no means seen earlier than. And it is as a result of she’s dying inside. It appears to be like like, to somebody who hasn’t the seen the scenes which have come beforehand, it might seem like somebody simply having a good time at a marriage.
Mon Mothma and Leida had their points and disagreements throughout Andor Season 1, however that comes with the territory with regards to a dad or mum elevating a youngster. However Leida getting married at such a younger age is a completely totally different matter, and what makes it worse is that her new husband’s father, Chandrilan banker Davo Sculdun, has a shady popularity and is taken into account by some to be a thug. Nonetheless, Mon was compelled to satisfy with Davo on Tay Kolma’s suggestion for a mortgage to masks the 400,000 credit she disappeared for the Riot. Davo solely agreed to assist her out if she organized a gathering between Leida and his son Stekan, and now the 2 households are joined.
Talking of Tay, within the begin of Andor Season 2, his investments had been hit laborious by Insurgent exercise, and he straight up instructed Mon Mothma that he feels “undervalued” with how he helped her out along with her “charitable basis.” Tay implied he would spill the beans to Davo Sculdun in the event that they didn’t come to a monetary association. Whereas Mon was assured {that a} “quantity” may very well be discovered, Luthen Rael, who was on the wedding ceremony, felt extra drastic measures wanted to be taken. So whereas not outright said, it’s clear Luthen dispatched Cinta Kaz to kill Tay, and understanding her good friend would quickly be useless helped gas Mon’s inebriated state. Genevieve O’Reilly continued:
Yeah. So the lens of of exploration, of ache, actually. And chaos. And but being allowed to find that bodily it was actually cool to have the ability to try this for her.
Tony Gilroy added that there are occasions in life when one notices somebody in a crowd and misinterprets how they’re behaving. That’s precisely what occurred with Mon Mothma in Andor Season 2’s third episode. She was dancing with no care on the planet as a result of she was completely satisfied, she was doing that and consuming closely to masks her ache. Sadly, issues are solely going to worsen for her from right here, and it’ll ultimately come to a head the place she’ll have to go away her previous life behind and totally dedicate herself to the Riot’s efforts.
Due to Disney+’s distinctive launch plan for Andor Season 2, we’re already one-fourth of the way in which by means of it. Hold checking again with CinemaBlend for extra protection on the collection, and don’t neglect to learn by means of our information detailing upcoming Star Wars films and TV reveals.