18) Mon Mothma’s Sacrifice

Faced with the decision of compromising her morals to work with Chandrilan crime lord Davo Sculden to hide her unbalanced bank records from the Empire, or be exposed as a Rebel financier, Mon chooses to acquiesce to Sculden’s demand that her daughter Leida meet his son as a potential suitor in their homeworld’s traditional teenage marriages. Breaking down to her cousin Vel after, fearing the trouble she’s in, we get a heartbreaking moment to see just what Mon is willing to do for the nascent Rebellion.