How Mon Mothma’s Mysterious Homeworld Played Its Role in the Rebel Alliance

You might be forgiven, given Mon Mothma’s increased importance to modern Star Wars, for thinking that her homeworld of Chandrila was one of the galaxy far, far away’s most explored locales, up there with the likes of Coruscant, Hoth, Tatooine, Alderaan, and more for their pivotal roles across the Skywalker Saga. But even now, after years of potential study in both the old expanded universe and contemporary canon alike, Chandrila at large is a mystery: and even its role in the Rebel Alliance has largely been rendered symbolic rather than particularly material. Andor‘s upcoming second season will mark the first time we’ve actually visited Chandrila on-screen in current Star Wars canon, the world’s importance to continuity beyond it being more for its role in the early days of the New Republic rather than the time of the Empire. But even in the EU, Chandrila remained, much like its erstwhile Senator, more of a figurehead of resistance to the Empire, rather than necessarily a truly vital ... Read full article.