Photo: Lucasfilm Ltd. When Mon Mothma first appeared in the Star Wars universe in Return of the Jedi , the leader of the Rebel Alliance mostly served as an info dump. As played by Caroline Blakiston, Mon commanded respect, but her main purpose was to solemnly reveal how many Bothans died getting the Death Star plans. Even when the character, now played by Genevieve O’Reilly, reappeared in Rogue One , various Star Wars cartoons, and Ahsoka, she was still “quite an expositional character,” as O’