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Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Andor Star Hopes Mon Mothma's ‘Death of Truth' Speech Resonates During Today's Times
'The distance between what is said, and what is known to be true, has become an abyss.' You don't say. More from TVLine Andor Recasts Legacy Star Wars Character — Find Out Who, and Why Andor Reveals Why Bix Isn't in Rogue One — and Adria Arjona Says It Was One of Her 'Scariest Days on Set, Ever' The Amazing Race Poll: Who Will Win Season 37? And Who Should? This week on Disney+'s Andor, Season 2's ninth episode revolved around Senator Mon Mothma (played by franchise vet Genevieve O'Reilly) doing her best to open the Imperial Senate's eyes to the catastrophes unfolding on Ghorman. As chronicled in Episode 8, a calculated massacre of hundreds of locals has taken place, to distract from — and ultimately justify — the Empire's aggressive and eventually calamitous extraction of valuable calcite from Ghorman. What started out as a civil protest was purposely steered into becoming a firefight, but more accurately an ambush the Ghor congregated in the plaza had no chance of surviving. 'Fellow senators, friends, colleagues, allies, adversaries… I stand this morning with a difficult message. I believe we are in crisis,' Mon Mothma pronounced, after colleague Bail Organa (Benjamin Bratt) used a point of order to finagle her some speaking time. 'The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss,' the Chandrilan senator declared. 'Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.' Bringing the very recent, aforementioned events to the fore, 'This Chamber's hold on the truth was finally lost on the Ghorman Plaza,' Mon Mothma said. 'What took place yesterday… what happened yesterday on Ghorman…. was unprovoked genocide. Yes! Genocide! And that truth has been exiled from this Chamber! And the monster screaming the loudest, the monster we helped create, the monster who will come for us all, soon enough… is Emperor Palpatine!' The loss of an objective reality? A chasm between what is true and what is claimed to be true? A monster we helped create? TVLine asked O'Reilly if she expects Mon Mothma's speech to 'hit home' for those in the real world, during these contentious times. 'I hope so,' the Irish-born Aussie answered. 'I hope people can resonate with not just the speech but in relation to what comes before it, within the structure of the piece. 'I feel like [this speech] happens at a moment where everyone is being pushed to a tipping point,' she continued — and for Mon Mothma specifically, 'that is the moment that she has to cross the rubicon. In every revolution, there's a tipping point; for Mon Mothma, that's hers.' Want scoop on , or for any other TV show? Shoot an email to InsideLine@ and your question may be answered via Matt's Inside Line! Best of TVLine Yellowjackets' Tawny Cypress Talks Episode 4's Tai/Van Reunion: 'We're All Worried About Taissa' Vampire Diaries Turns 10: How Real-Life Plot Twists Shaped Everything From the Love Triangle to the Final Death Vampire Diaries' Biggest Twists Revisited (and Explained)
The Review Geek
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Andor – Season 2 Episode 9 'Welcome to the Rebellion' Recap & Review
Welcome to the Rebellion Episode 9 of Andor season 2 starts with Senator Oran arrested after the slaughter in Ghorman. The Empire are tightening the nooses and Mon is reeling, believing she could be next. Mon is scheduled to give a speech the following day and wants to speak out about these atrocities with an unfiltered Imperial lens. If they don't, things could get worse. But of course we know that they will get a lot worse before it gets better (and then perhaps gets worse again with the Disney sequel trilogy!) There are listening devices being planted across the Senate offices, including inside Mon's room, and she's warned to be careful. Mon can't really practice her speech with so many ears and eyes on her, and it doesn't take long before she finds the tracker. Mon smashes the one in her room, immediately alerting the Imperials to what she's doing. Mon is a marked woman, as evidenced by Luthen's next mission. Kleya briefs Andor on this, giving him a pep-talk and reminding the guy that he needs to save Mon no matter what, given she's putting a voice to the atrocity and is their best shot at broadcasting their message far and wide. Mon heads outside and meets with Luthen that evening. He has intel for her, which includes the fact that Bail Organa's team have been corrupted. This is the team that's taking her to Yavin Rebel Base. Mon doesn't want to believe it, bringing up the Tay situation earlier in the season and how unsavoury that whole affair was. Luthen explains that he's just trying to do right by her and is sending an agent to keep a close eye on Mon. This agent, of course, being Andor. The Empire have tightened their security detail and it seems they're keeping tabs on everyone. The only listening device to go dead is Mon's and it flags up with the Imperials who are listening in from their consoles. This is, naturally, reported to the supervisors who take a closer look at Mon Mothma. Organa's team intend to get Mon onboard the ship before executing a 'quick and quiet extraction', and while things seem to be legit for a while, Luthen's intel is found to be correct as one of the team, Beska, is working with the Empire. Despite the best efforts from those within to silence those criticizing the Imperials, Bail Organa finds a loop-hole which allows Mon to give her speech freely without interruption on the floor. Supervisor Lagret, the one overseeing communications in the office, intends to shut down the Senate feed before she can speak though. However, when his lackey shows up to do so, he finds the doors are locked and the Imperials are delayed in shutting down the broadcast as a result. Just as they cut the feed, Mon manages to reveal that the real monster here is Emperor Palpatine. Andor waits for Mon and urges her to come with him, using the code-word 'I have friends everywhere' to encourage her to join. However, Beska shows up and a tense stand-off ensues, until she's shot dead that is. Erskin buys time for the pair, as Andor and Mon leave the Senate and make it back to the safehouse. Wil is there too with Dreena, while Kleya and a returning Erskin are here too. Luthen isn't though, although he's apparently safe for the time being. Mon and Andor make it to Yavin, where they want Mon to give a speech, broadcast as far and wide as possible to try and pick up the rebellion efforts to fight back – properly. Andor returns to Bix and intends to leave with her to live out their days in peace. He's turning away from the rebellion and believes he's overplayed his hand already, chalking up his past successes to luck rather than skill. In the morning, Bix is gone. She leaves a video message confirming that she needs to leave and that's because she can't be the sole reason why Andor is giving up on the rebellion. She believes the rebellion is more important than her and has chosen for the both of them. Only when it's all said and done will she return and the pair can be reunited. The KX unit droid has also been fixed up too, and as they turn it on, it begins speaking. The Episode Review Another solid episode rounds out this week's triple bill of Andor as we see the full extent of sacrifice needed to make this rebellion a reality. Mon's speech before the Senate is a good one and rather ironically could be attributed to any time period about the dangers of supressing speech and turning the other cheek during authoritarian rule. It's still a little baffling as to why she destroyed the listening device though. Wouldn't the better solution be to move the listening device to a different room? Plant false intel to the Imperials about some random raid or incident that's designed to deflect attention? The episode does do well though to explain how Bix isn't part of Rogue One, but it also highlights how her character has been criminally under-utilized across this season. She's done nothing for 3 episodes and the pacing for her killing Doctor Gorst in episode 6 felt very sudden rather than a dramatic beat built-up over numerous episodes. The thrilling escape from the Senate is a definite highlight of this second season though and these sequences are incredibly well shot. The cinematography in this show has been great but tellingly, we've seen nothing from Dedra, so it'll be interesting to see what's happened to them. Either way, everything here is geared up for a dramatic final three episodes to round out this season! Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Geek Feed
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Expect More of Benjamin Bratt's Bail Organa Next Week, Says Andor Creator
There was a lot of buzz about Benjamin Bratt replacing Jimmy Smits as Bail Organa in Andor , and after the recent episode drop, some fans are wondering why he would show up for just a small cameo. As it turns out, the series has bigger plans for him. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Tony Gilroy confirms that Bratt's main role as a representative of Alderaan hasn't come yet, and they made him appear earlier so fans could 'get it out of their system' by the time he takes the center stage. Gilroy explains: 'I put him in episode 6 in an arbitrary way so people will get the conversation out of the way until the next week when he really starts to work. It's one of those situations where I want to do something simple. We don't do many things that are unnecessary, but it's like, 'Let's get him in here now so people can discuss it for a week and get it out of their system and then he can come back to really work.' I didn't want the guy's work to be confused with his introduction.' Though he only had a small cameo this week, Bail Organa is set to make an appearance at the Senate, and this will probably be around the time we should expect Mon Mothma to make a public claim of renouncing the Emperor which she does in Rebels. Since this is Andor though, I'm sure they're going to give her a different speech that captures the same message for Star Wars fans. Admittedly, it's a shame that Bail can't be reprised by Smits for a show that's actually critically acclaimed, but I think Bratt's doing a fine job—even for just the small appearance he's had so far. Catch the next arc for Andor when it comes out next week.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Andor Recasts Legacy Star Wars Character — Find Out Who, and Why
Though Disney+'s Andor series — a prequel to the 2016 motion picture Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — has been pretty great about casting continuity, at least one legacy character is now sporting a brand-new face. Midway through Episode 6 of Season 2 (now streaming on Disney+), Senator Mon Mothma (played by Genevieve O'Reilly) and her husband Perrin (Alastair Mackenzie) got gussied up to tour the art collection of shady Chandrilan financier Davo Sculdun aka their daughter Leida's new father-in-law. En route to the VIP experience, they ran into Mon's colleague, Senator Bail Organa. More from TVLine Will Trent Adds Yul Vazquez in Major Recurring Role - Will This 'Newfound Enemy' Play a Part in Season 4? Landman Season 2 Adds 1883's Sam Elliott Casting News: Matt Lauria Joins CBS' Fire Country Spinoff and More Since the 2002 prequel trilogy entry Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Bail had been played by Jimmy Smits. The NYPD Blue and L.A. Law alum also played Leia's father in the aforementioned Rogue One, Disney+'s 2022 Obi-Wan Kenobi series and some video game titles. On Andor, however, the senator is being played (in multiple Season 2 episodes) by Benjamin Bratt, whose previous TV credits include Poker Face, Private Practice, Law & Order, 24: Live Another Day and… let's go with with a deep cut, E-Ring. Andor Season 2 filmed November 2022 through Spring 2023, with the Chandril scenes shot in Valencia, Spain. Smits during that stretch of time was largely busy shooting CBS' East New York, 3,700 miles away in the Big Apple. 'It's very difficult sometimes to bring legacy characters back, for a whole variety of reasons,' Andor creator Tony Gilroy explained to TVLine. And in the case of Bail Organa and Smits, 'they just couldn't work it out' due to the franchise vet's East New York commitments. Star Wars vets among the Andor cast include O'Reilly (who has played Mon in a number of projects) and Rogue One's Diego Luna (as Cassian Andor), Forest Whitaker (Saw Gererra) and Ben Mendelsohn (Orson Krennic). Is the Force strong with 's pick to step in as Senator Bail Organa? Chime in below, and grade Season 2's second batch of three of TVLine Stars Who Almost Played Other TV Roles — on Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Lost, Gilmore Girls, Friends and Other Shows TV Stars Almost Cast in Other Roles Fall TV Preview: Who's In? Who's Out? Your Guide to Every Casting Move!
