Mon Mothma is back for her first live action post-Return of the Jedi appearance after actress Genevieve O’Reilly portrayed her in Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars Rebels, Rogue One and Andor, and Genevieve discussed the differences between appearing on Andor and Ahsoka, which lands Wednesday 23rd August (that’s just 6 weeks time folks) on Disney Plus.
“It was fascinating that they asked me and it was such a surprise. I was really thrilled that Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni were interested in me coming for a minute to play with them. They’re such brilliant filmmakers. It was just thrilling for me to be able to go over and play with them for a bit. I’m a huge fan of Rosario, she’s a brilliant and formidable woman and actor. I think what they’re doing with that piece is going to be really exciting. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a wonderful actor and to get to work with her also was amazing.
It felt extraordinary for Mon to get the opportunity to enter a different world again, and perhaps that’s because I’m so invested in Andor, but when Jon and Dave rang and spoke so passionately about Mon, and made it clear that they really wanted her to be in Ahsoka, I felt humbled that they were inviting me to come and join them. They’re brilliant storytellers and filmmakers at the cutting edge. What they’re doing over there with how they use The Volume, they film in a very different way than how we filmed. That was really exciting and informative for me to go over and learn how they do that because using that kind of cutting-edge technology to inform the piece, it’s a very different way of filming. I was grateful to have the opportunity to be a part of that.”
Check out the brand new trailer for Ahsoka and stay tuned as we build up towards the show before our weekly group review and the return of Making Tracks Reaction Chat each and every week on Fantha Tracks Radio.
