The Bearded Trio

From the deleted scenes from the 2005 DVD release, we see the first iterations of the younger Mon Mothma, originally played by Carolyn Blakistone in Return of the Jedi , voiced by Kath Soucie in The Clone Wars , and now played by Irish actress Genevieve O’Reilly. I remember how cool it was to see what turned out to be the formation of the Rebel Alliance and the return of an original trilogy character, unfortunately however, those were cut scenes and the performance of Ms. O’Reilly was left to make us wonder what could have been. Ever since Mon Mothma was revealed in the first teaser trailers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story , a stir began swirling in the Star Wars fandom of whether or not that was Genevieve reprising her role as the Senator from Chandrila. Even since then it seems Genevieve and her portrayal of Mon has been one of the most welcoming aspects of Rogue One . With this passed episode of Star Wars Rebels , “Secret Cargo”, Genevieve returns once again to maintain...