Mon Mothma

> "*War is not a state of being. It is meant to be a temporary chaos between periods of peace. Some want it to be the course of things: a default fact of existence. But I will not let that be so.*"
> ― Mon Mothma after the Battle of Endor
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**Mon Mothma** is a Human female politician and revolutionary figure and former Chancellor of the New Republic. Once the figurehead of the Rebel Alliance, Mon Mothma began as the Senator for Chandrila in the Galactic Senate. Mothma came to political prominence during the Clone Wars when, along with such allies as Senators Bail Organa and Padmé Amidala, she became an outspoken proponent of peace between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy. She also spoke out against the increase in executive power given to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who transformed the Republic into the Empire at the war's end.

Mothma worked with Organa and other allies to plant the seeds of rebellion against the Imperial regime. Mothma left the Senate after publicly denouncing Emperor Palpatine, which was soon followed by the establishment of the Rebel Alliance. After the Battle of Yavin saw the destruction of the Death Star, Mothma led the Alliance through the Galactic Civil War. The Battle of Endor, which Mothma helped plan with the Alliance High Command, saw the death of Emperor Palpatine and left the Empire in chaos.

In Endor's aftermath, the Rebellion formed the New Republic. Mon Mothma was overwhelmingly elected to serve as the first Chancellor of the New Republic, and in accordance with the new stipulations written, the capital of the New Republic relocated to her homeworld of Chandrila. One of her first acts in office was to do away with Palpatine's emergency powers, which the Senate gave to the office of the New Republic chancellery. She also intended to demilitarize the Republic, hoping to cut the New Republic Defense Fleet by ninety percent while leaving the defense of member worlds to the worlds themselves. When the war with the Empire finally came to end with the penultimate Battle of Jakku, the Republic and the Imperial Remnant signed the Galactic Concordance to end the long-standing civil war.

Three years later, Mon Mothma would approach her colleague Leia Organa Solo about reforming the Jedi Order. As Leia's brother Luke had disappeared at Endor, there was nobody but Leia to carry on the legacy of the Jedi, and having a standing force of peacekeepers was part of Mon Mothma's plans to roll back military spending. Tentatively, Leia agreed, and founded the New Jedi Order on Yavin IV.

Mothma's efforts to demilitarize the New Republic were often stalled by ongoing campaigns; the fight against Zsinj's Empire, which was an effort made between the New Republic and the Hapes Consortium, and the eventual Thrawn Campaign in 9 ABY made it exceptionally difficult to regulate. But with Thrawn's death at the Battle of Bilbringi, Mon Mothma was finally able to pass the Military Disarmament Act to see through with her promised cuts of ninety percent of the New Republic Military. Needless to say, it made her extremely unpopular with certain groups and even gave rise to an eventual rival, Garm Bel Iblis of Corellia, a signatory of the Galactic Concordance who publicly criticized the Chancellor.

Little historical note was made of Mothma's re-election; it was practically a shoe-in, but much fuss was made when the end of her second term loomed in 12 ABY; a group of Mothma supporters in the Senate had attempted to pass litigation that would make it possible for the Chancellor to serve a third consecutive term. One of Mothma's last acts in the Senate was to publicly veto the amendment, rejecting the notion of her serving in any sort of dictator-like role, before she graciously stepped down from the Chancellery and exited public life. She would later support her colleague Tynnra Pamlo as she was elected as Chancellor, and moved with the capital to Taris.