I am not at all shocked the Empire didn't see the point in killing a divorced woman's ex-husband. As for the daughter, hasn't it been speculated the family she married into has enough influence to protect her? For that matter, given Perrin is getting cozy with Leida's mother-in-law, it's not that much of a stretch their influence also protected him. So no, by sparing Mon Mothma's family, Palpatine isn't being nicer than the Dominion, just being more politically conscious.
It kind of was resolved, in their last conversation his mother told him that she was dead and he should stop trying find it.
I'd go so far as to say they would be kept alive and "free" so that they could be watched *very closely* in case Mon ever attempts to make contact. Leida especially, since the ISB are well aware that there's little love lost between husband and wife. They're much more valuable as bait than as examples as to the perils of disloyalty. They're still going to basically be hostages though. A gilded cage is still a cage.
It's Syril.
But would it have got years? Based on the ratings and cost. Even if everyone was on board for the 5 year plan. Would it realistically have happened?
I'm guessing Gilroy wasn't even aware of this line and LFL may have forgotten about it entirely. Leida's and Perrin's fate should've been brought in line with this Rebels dialogue
Why would it matter if Gilroy was made aware of it or not? The show never went back to Chandrilla after the wedding, so what happened there between the last two arcs wasn't massively relevant. As for Lucasfilm "forgetting" about a significant continuity detail on a Filloni show; yeaaaah no. Pablo was the main canon advisor for Gilroy when writing Andor, and he was very much involved in both 'Rebels' and 'Rogue One', so he'd be acutely aware and would have brought it up if it was important. The only time when they might have been the case was the point where they thought about having Mon go back there before fleeing for a final conversation with her daughter. But that never ended up happening, so it's neither here not there.
We certainly know that the show was aware of Rebels generally, given the somewhat awkward ending of s2e9...
Like I said, they're most likely not being "let off". They're bait on a hook. And who knows, maybe after the Battle of Yavin, they were both dragged out into the street and incinerated for all to see. We have no idea what their ultimate fates are yet.
Honestly, I think it'd be weird for Saw to have a holocomm with anyone that didn't deteriorate into an argument inside of 3 seconds. This is the kind of guy that would argue with trees if he thought they were judging him.
Yeah that might backfire because the galaxy will probably burst into laughter the moment Perrin starts regurgitating the speech the ISB gives him to read. Honestly Palpatine would get better traction trotting out recovering spice addicts and Hutt cartel victims and denouncing Mon as a hypocrite for working with spice smuggler Han Solo.
Palps doesn't care about that stuff. The galaxy can laugh until the moment the Death Star enters orbit.
