Mon Mothma/Legends

Mon Mothma (48 BBY - 24 ABY), a native of Chandrila, was an important political figure from the waning days of the Old Republic, when she was a Senator for her home planet, (in fact the youngest member for any world ever to sit in the Galactic Senate) through to the early days of the New Republic, which she lead. After the formation of the Galactic Empire, she was central in the effort to unite various rebel groups to form the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Mon Mothma became the New Republic's Chief of State for the first years of its founding, surviving an assassination attempt by a Caridan ambassador. During a diplomatic visit to Coruscant, the Caridan Ambassador threw what appeared to be a drink on Mon Mothma's face as an insulting send off gesture. This "drink" turned out to be nanomachines that slowly killed Mon Mothma until she was saved by the Mon Calamari Jedi Cilghal who used the Force to heal her. Mon Mothma never truly recovered and eventually resigned her post in favor of the Alderaanian Princess Leia Organa, retiring from public life. Mothma eventually died of old age shortly before the Yuuzhan Vong invasion.

Appearances

 * Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Caroline Blakiston)
 * Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Genevieve O'Reilly)