Genevieve O'Reilly Dishes On Her Role In ‘Andor’

In “Return of the Jedi,” Mon Mothma was played by Caroline Blakiston, now 89.

[{"selector":"#anim-5ec3c9c6-4c38-4f6a-bc60-1c8b5ecf4bac","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d66e21f0-52e8-4583-b9f2-cad38f12b891","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0c1340bd-a70c-4b49-9c36-c14513182f33","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

In “Revenge of the Sith,” she was played by Genevieve O’Reilly, 45.

[{"selector":"#anim-ea074cc5-ad45-4321-a322-3e3ef297c6ad","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-beceaed5-965d-4104-b96c-060ce2718c33","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d455e40f-d015-4a73-bbff-65b4f8e6806a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

O’Reilly reprised the character for “Rogue One” and lent her voice to “Rebels.”

[{"selector":"#anim-35f54cf7-d4b1-4b5d-830b-886bf72f5c7c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dfbf1503-7f2b-4367-8158-8000d3b7c5fd","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2994f93-b1d1-47bd-89b2-bd6ce822b2c5","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Now she’s back as the Rebel Leader in the new Disney+ series “Andor.”

[{"selector":"#anim-3ef8e556-fa62-414e-ade5-6f2772f4b249","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d92dd40f-b76b-4336-b579-24c2394e1eb9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cc759808-5c6f-44c0-946f-898ac59274e0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Showrunner Tony Gilroy said the show is just as much about Mon Mothma as it is Andor.

[{"selector":"#anim-a9552cec-7239-4d7b-a798-c3f587cd1bc9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e7e98865-28bc-4352-b5a3-c52900ab039e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9f04adc4-6eef-445f-b45e-3564fb14ccec","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

Diego Luna will reprise is role as the titular Cassian Andor from “Rogue One.”

[{"selector":"#anim-b7404ab1-4ec9-4d18-84f7-7272cdb5309d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1a864ff1-a09d-422d-be46-1f442c0ee617","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5ac1aa04-462a-4274-91d2-b136dbdb8ed6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

“We really get to develop her as a character,” O’Reilly told Entertainment Weekly.

[{"selector":"#anim-520c18af-c095-46ba-b761-192590bced60","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7bfc89c0-77db-4c89-bf61-286d60c0491d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-23479e4c-70cd-40c6-aa93-49eeadb8dace","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

The series will show “what her life is like, what she has to wrestle with, what are the dangers to her life, what it costs to be her.”

[{"selector":"#anim-1931fd05-1524-4fb6-bca2-508329700a22","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d49bd298-7327-4dd2-8eaa-cc65929a8adb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.51104%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fded2475-9b94-4cb4-a355-d6a3799950a4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

The first three episodes of season 1 of “Andor” hits Disney+ on September 21.

[{"selector":"#anim-223d006c-4ade-4447-bc92-f4f4e618cba8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9721cfe8-5ce4-478a-89ad-6fe4b67920cc","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(114.82649%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":200,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2494b74d-7782-4b64-9b47-f8b1072bd3d1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Learn more