Luthen doesn’t belief the staff that Bail has assembled to get her to Yavin 4 and believes there to be a mole on the within. Even if Mon doesn’t at present belief him, he sends Cassian into the senate constructing undercover to be sure she makes it out with out falling into Imperial custody.
Mon provides her speech regardless of the ISB’s finest efforts in any other case and flees the senate chambers instantly. She is initially hesitant to comply with Cassian, however after a member of Bail’s staff outs themselves as ISB and tries to arrest Mon, she sticks by his facet. After quite a lot of shut calls, the 2 make it out and take refuge in Luthen’s Coruscant hideout, the identical place that Cassian and Bix lived in throughout their time on the planet.
However despite the fact that Cassian and Luthen by extension are those who efficiently liberated Mon from the senate and obtained her to security, Insurgent leaders need the Gold Squadron to ship her to Yavin 4. They need her to report one other speech and provides her arrival somewhat extra fanfare. That is the place the Spectres of the Phoenix Squadron in Star Wars: Rebels are available in.
We now know that the episode “Secret Cargo” picks up after Cassian and Mon have parted methods. Hera, Zeb, Ezra, and Chopper start the episode attempting to keep hidden amongst a particles subject whereas ready for the Gold Squadron, their authentic job being to assist them refuel for what’s presumably the remainder of the journey to Yavin 4. Erskin is among the Insurgent officers that the staff initially meets, which is sensible given how essential he was to serving to Cassian and Luthen get her to security.
When an Imperial cruiser arrives and begins attacking, the Spectres quickly be taught that Mon Mothma herself is the Gold Squadron’s secret cargo. The Spectres and Gold Squadron escape that encounter, however they aren’t within the clear simply but. They struggle in opposition to different Imperial forces on their journey to Dantooine, however in the long run they’re profitable and get Mon to what’s presumably her first cease on the best way to Yavin. She makes one other speech asserting that she’s leaving the senate to struggle for the Republic, encouraging individuals to be part of her, and this kickstarts the formation of the Insurgent Alliance as we all know it.
Whereas Andor does change a number of issues about how this all went down, it connects Cassian’s story to yet one more essential second within the revolt. Although he might not be the one to get credit score for it because the Insurgent Alliance tries to distance itself from the extra excessive cells like Luthen and Noticed, Mon is aware of what he did to carry her to security, and it provides new layers to their relationship in Rogue One. Even in its early days, it seems that the Insurgent Alliance was much more linked than we thought.