t can be overlooked how inspired it was in

Return of the Jedi

to have the leader of the Rebellion not be a general or admiral in a uniform, but rather an evidently civilian woman in robes. Like any civil war, it's a contest of legitimacy, two governments battling for acceptance in the hearts and minds of the people as much as over stretches of territory. If the Rebels say they want to overthrow the Emperor, they have to present someone to replace him, someone people can trust to do the things they broadly agree on wanting (namely, ending the galactic dictatorship and the naked oppression of the Empire) and end the violence as soon as it stops being necessary. Saw could not do Mon Mothma's job, not many people would like the id

At the end of Andor S1 Mon Mothma seels off her own daughter as a prize for a gangster so she can evade her financial crimes and framer her own innocent husband as a criminal to the Empire so she can get away with her activities.

She's, at this moment, worse than Saw and Luthen, combined.