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Alderaan

Location: Alderaan System, Alderaan Sector, Core Worlds

Capital: Aldera

Native Species: Human (Alderaanian)

"The galaxy knows Alderaan as 'the planet of beauty'. Nature, poetry, philosophy, art, couture, cuisine—we freely share all with all."

—Bail Organa

One of the most prosperous and peaceful planets in the galaxy, Alderaan is a mountainous world ruled by a monarchy. Renowned for their great and peaceful culture, Alderaan was highly supportive of the Galactic Republic. Following the rise of the Empire, the world became a primary source of recruitment for the Rebellion, with several of the movement's founders hailing from Alderaan. This earned the ire of the Empire, which led to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin destroying Alderaan with the first Death Star.

Adopted into Royalty: Alderaanian culture considers children adopted by the ruling family (e.g. Leia) to be official members of the royal bloodline and thus eligible to inherit the throne and any other titles and positions that might come with it (the same rule applies to the offspring of adopted children, too).
Apocalypse How: Scope Planetary after the Death Star's superlaser destroys the entire planet, leaving behind only some scattered debris known as the Alderaanian graveyard. The severity level is somewhere between Societal Disruption and Total Extinction; although all life on Alderaan is completely wiped out, there are some human survivors who were fortunately offworld at the time (as well as hybrid races such as the Alder-Espirion).
Big Fancy Castle / Bright Castle: The Royal Palace of Alderaan, the official residence of the Organa family, is a sci-fi variation. It was built into a mountainside overlooking Aldera nearly a thousand years before Princess Leia was born and is a prime example of Alderaan's simplistically elegant architecture, designed to complement the natural surroundings of the mountains rather than stand out like an eyesore. It has numerous towers and hundreds of rooms, having been expanded so many times over the centuries it would be easy to get lost.
Crystal Spires and Togas: Although we don't see much of the planet itself, Alderaan's overall aesthetic appears to be this trope; its architecture consists of sleek and gleaming high rise buildings and its people seem to favour simplistic but elegant clothing reminiscent of Ancient Greece and Rome, or the Renaissance. While their ships tend to have a clunkier Used Future aesthetic, the interiors are noticeably cleaner and sleeker-looking than most Rebel ships.
Doomed Hometown: For many Alderaanians who were off-world at the time, the destruction of their homeplanet inspired them to begin resisting the Empire.
Dying Race: Following the events of A New Hope, Alderaanian humans become an endangered species. The majority of Alderaan's population were killed when their planet was destroyed, but there were Alderaanians who were offworld at the time, or had settled in colonies on other planets. Led by Leia, the surviving Alderaanians do what they can to ensure their culture is preserved for future generations.
Earth-Shattering Kaboom: The Empire mercilessly destroys the planet using the Death Star in an infamous Kick the Dog moment.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
Feudal Future: Alderaan is a hereditary monarchy. However, it is still a peaceful and prosperous world where the people have little fear or want. Its rulers seem to be just and benevolent; at the very least, the last monarch of Alderaan, Breha Organa, is depicted as The High Queen, while Princess Leia is a brave and selfless Politically-Active Princess, as well as a commander in the Rebel Alliance. Heirs are expected to prove themselves in body, mind, and heart - showing physical strength, mental acuity, and compassion for others - before they can inherit.
Hufflepuff House: We only get very brief glimpses of Alderaan from space before the Death Star blows all its people up. We do get a closer, but still brief look at the planet in Revenge of the Sith, whilst The Clone Wars episode "Assassin" is set primarily on Alderaan. The first episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi is prominently set on Alderaan, as are parts of Leia, Princess of Alderaan.
In Harmony with Nature: Alderaanians try to show care and respect for the natural world, rather than exploit it. Their world is largely free of pollution and they intentionally build their cities to blend-in with the natural beauty of the environment; for example, the royal palace in Aldera is designed to resemble the nearby mountains.
Inspirational Martyr: A planetary example. Alderaan was very highly regarded. Its destruction via the Death Star caused galaxy-wide outrage and inspired many people to join the Rebel Alliance (ironically resulting in the opposite of what Tarkin hoped to achieve by destroying the planet).
Paradise Planet: It is near-universally regarded as one of the most beautiful and peaceful planets in the galaxy. Leia, Princess of Alderaan takes pains to paint it as one of the rare few places where people can live without fear, like there isn't an Empire at all. When Leia takes a hundred refugees to Aldera they are quickly embraced and provided with basic income and various services so they don't have to worry about money as they find their feet.
Perfect Pacifist People: Most Alderaanians are averse to violence and instead seek to inspire by example and, as the quote above shows, this approach has mostly worked. Leia even claims that Alderaan has no weapons or defenses when Tarkin threatens to destroy it, and the downside of this trope is shown when Tarkin destroys the planet unopposed. Notably, not all Alderaanians are pacifists, with many joining the Rebellion even prior to their homeworld's destruction. Leia is a very capable soldier and leader, Rebel General Carlist Rieekan also fought in the Clone Wars, and Bail himself has been known to carry a blaster. Bail's experiences in the Clone Wars led him to be if anything more reluctant to take up armed conflict again, but he came around, particularly at his wife's urging. Similarly, Leia was initially reluctant to resort to violence but came to accept it as a necessity.
A Shared Suffering: Many people in the Alderaanian diaspora gather together in a flotilla of starships in the Alderaanian graveyard and continue to survive and uphold Alderaanian culture, with support from other worlds.
Shining City: The capital, Aldera (as seen on the page image). It's filled with sleek and shiny high-rise buildings and has picturesque surroundings, being situated on an island in the middle of a lake, surrounded by mountains.

House of Organa

Breha Organa

Queen Breha Organa

"Authority can be given, but leadership must be earned."

^{Click to see her as played by Rebecca Jackson Mendoza}

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Portrayed by: Rebecca Jackson Mendoza (Revenge of the Sith), Simone Kessell (Obi-Wan Kenobi)

"Our ruler — one day, you — must struggle to keep the culture focused on creativity, love and life. Whatever happens, Leia...you must keep Alderaan alive."

Queen of Alderaan, wife of Senator Bail Organa, and adoptive mother of Leia Organa. Like her husband, Breha played a key role in creating the Rebel Alliance.

A Day in the Limelight: Leia, Princess of Alderaan is as the title suggests firmly about Leia, but it also portrays Breha as equal in importance to Bail, and formidable in her own right.
All Girls Want Bad Boys: She approves of Leia and Kier, but teases her daughter about having found such a suitable first match. Leia is slightly horrified and also intrigued by the implications that her mother had been in love with someone more wild once, before Bail.
Breha: Sometimes it does a girl good to fall for a bit of a scoundrel, now and then.
Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear if she knew that Leia was the daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker. Bail's message to Leia revealing the truth of her parentage (as seen in Bloodline) implies that Bail didn't tell his wife the whole truth about Leia's parentage, but it remains vague as to how much she knew.
- A story included in the Star Wars Adventures 2019 Annual involves Breha telling young Leia a bit about Padmé (without revealing that she was her mother), which would suggest she at least knew who Leia's biological mother was (to be honest, it wouldn't have been too difficult for her to put two and two together even if Bail didn't say it outright; Breha knew Padmé and Leia is thought to resemble her at times, and Bail turns up on Alderaan with their newly adopted daughter shortly after their mutual friend Padmé died in childbirth. In Leia, Princess of Alderaan she clearly knows something, as she's completely horrified to hear that one of Padmé's men was shocked to see Leia and asked some probing questions about her heritage before saying he'd have to tell Palpatine that Bail and Breha had adopted such a remarkable girl).
Babies Ever After: Downplayed. Revenge of the Sith mostly has a Downer Ending, but she and Bail adopting Leia as their daughter at the end of the film is depicted as a bright spot.
Benevolent Conspiracy: She knew of and was actively involved in the Rebel Alliance almost from the get-go.
Character Death: She died when Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star.
Cyborg: Pulmonodes replaced her heart and lungs after a near fatal accident she suffered while descending from Appenza Peak during her Challenge of Body to prove herself worthy of Alderaan's throne. Most people choose to cover up their cybernetics, but Breha wears hers proudly.
Disabled in the Adaptation: In Legends, the closest Breha had to a disability was her being unable to safely give birth after five miscarriages. In canon, it's revealed that she's had her heart and lungs replaced with cybernetics after a near-fatal fall and her being unable to safely conceive a child was a consequence of her accident. Relying on her pulmonodes rarely seems to affect her day-to-day, but she struggles a bit to breathe when in the grip of strong emotion.
Dramatic Irony:
- In Queen's Shadow, she has a conversation with Padmé about marriage and children, and it's pointed out that her children will be destined for a life in politics, while any kids the Senator has will be free to choose for themselves. Just under a decade later, Breha and Bail will adopt Padmé's daughter as their own.
- In A Certain Point of View, CZ-70B discusses with Breha how Leia altered her diplomatic record to say she was fluent in Shyriiwook (the Wookiee language), when she’s actually just "proficient" in it. Breha reassures the droid, saying she can't think of a situation where Leia would even need to use Shyriiwook. Just days later, Leia is rescued from the Death Star by Chewbacca, who becomes her lifelong friend.
Face Death with Dignity: Breha dies embracing her beloved husband, feeling certain their daughter at least still lives.
Foil: Subtly to Vader. She also requires prosthetics to stay alive and wears them openly as a sign of strength. But compared to Vader, who was deliberately designed to come off as intimidating and monstrous, Breha does so to show there's no shame or inhumanity in being a cyborg, and Leia often describes them as warm and comforting, like a light in her heart. And while Leia repeatedly insists that Breha is her mother, she disowns her biological parent Anakin and wants nothing to do with him.
From Bad to Worse: Following the Battle of Scarif, she and Bail learn that Leia has been captured and her ship destroyed by the Empire. Then Breha sees the Death Star looming over Alderaan...
Good Parents: With Bail to their adopted daughter, Leia. Although Leia isn't biologically their daughter, they love her all the same and don't treat her any differently.
Gut Feeling: Moments before Alderaan's destruction, she instinctively believes Leia is still alive.
Happily Married: Leia described her and Bail as soulmates, and noted that it took a while for her to realize not all relationships were as happy as her parents'.
Heart Light: She has cybernetic pulmonodes replacing her organic heart, which was badly damaged in a fall. Her artificial heart can been seen glowing softly inside her chest, which her daughter finds to be a source of comfort.
Heir Club for Men: Defied. In line with most real-world European monarchies, the Alderaanian Royal Family practises absolute primogeniture, and she rules as Queen Regnant with Bail as her Consort. Princess Leia, her only daughter, is therefore also heir to the throne.
The High Queen: She's the Queen Regnant^* of Alderaan, and under her leadership, the planet is established as one of the most peaceful, beautiful, and cultured planets in the galaxy that serves as an inspiration to other planets, even under the tyranny of the Empire. One of her final acts when she learned the Death Star was orbiting her planet was to advocate evacuating as many people as possible (though she soon realized this was futile).
Law of Inverse Fertility: Downplayed. She and Bail always wanted kids, but the stress placed on her body due to earlier injuries would've made conceiving a child risky. As a result, she and Bail chose to adopt a child instead, becoming Leia's parents after her biological mother died.
Light Is Good: Her prosthetic organs glow softly, and Leia compares it to a bouquet of glowing flowers in her heart. Compared to other examples of artificial body parts in the universe, which are portrayed as coldly mechanical at best and a sign of inhumanity at worst, Breha's pulmonodes are depicted as beautiful and comforting.
Meaningful Name: Her name is similar to Brea, which in Irish can mean "noble", "strong" or "virtuous" (as a diminutive of Breanna/Brianna).
The Mentor: She personally tutored several young Alderaanian women, among them Evaan, a rebel pilot who swore Undying Loyalty to the Alderaanian monarchy and joined the Rebellion as a result.
Minor Major Character: Despite being Leia's adoptive mother, ruler of Alderaan and a founding member of the Rebel Alliance, Breha isn't featured much in the installments associated with the Canon; in the theatrical films, she only shows up once in a non-speaking role at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Claudia Gray said she was very surprised by how little focus Breha had received and so gave her a central role in the novel Leia, Princess of Alderaan, which greatly expands upon Breha's character.
Near-Death Experience: In her youth, she suffered a terrible accident during her Challenge of the Body (which involved climbing mountains) and some of her internal organs were replaced by pulmonodes due to the injuries she sustained. She wears her cybernetics proudly as a sign she survived.
Parents as People: She and Bail are Good Parents, absolutely, but while they were able to take time from their duties, in Breha's case to the Alderaanian people, in order to be good parents, when they start getting involved in the Rebellion they just don't have time for their teen daughter, who feels all but abandoned. As Leia starts to exercise power for the first time, and making mistakes and going into danger, Breha is sometimes angry and frustrated with her.
Royals Who Actually Do Something:
- In addition to her duties ruling Alderaan, Breha took the time to tutor some Alderaanian students personally.
- She's also a master of several forms of hand-to-hand fighting, something that many people — not even her own daughter, Leia — were aware of.
- Breha was also one of the early leaders of the rebellion, helping to direct its finances in the founding of secret bases and shipyards.
Ruling Couple: With Bail. She is Queen of Alderaan and actively involved in the running of her planet, while Bail is her Royal Consort, Alderaan's senator and later her viceroy, with the two often advising each other on important matters.
Scaling the Summit: At the age of sixteen, she climbed Appenza's Peak, one of Alderaan's most iconic mountains, to prove herself worthy of the throne. She made it up okay, but suffered a near-fatal fall during the descent.
Schrödinger's Canon: She is from House Antilles (meaning she is a relative of Raymus Antilles) and has three sisters.
True Blue Femininity: The outfit she wears in Revenge of the Sith is primarily blue, marking her as a benevolent and regal character (interestingly, Leia's biological mother Padmé also tended to wear blue a lot).
War Hawk: Downplayed. Although she detests war and dreads fighting against the Empire, Breha is convinced that nothing but armed insurrection will free the galaxy from Palpatine's tyranny and pushes for the nascent rebellion to begin arming, to the alarm of several of her co-conspirators. It takes her a long time to convince Bail to come around to that point of view.

Celly Organa

Duchess Celly Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Portrayed by: Roberta Sparta

Appearance: Obi-Wan Kenobi

The younger sister of Queen Breha of Alderaan, wife of Duke Kayo Organa, mother of Prince Niano Organa, and the maternal aunt of Princess Leia Organa.

Canon Immigrant: She originated in Legends as one of Bail's younger sisters. With the change in canon that Breha is the member of House Organa and Bail married into it, Celly instead became a younger sister of Breha.
Spare to the Throne: The monarchy of Alderaan practices hereditary succession, so as her sister is Queen, Celly holds the lower rank of a Royal Duchess and would be second in line to the throne, after her niece, Princess Leia.
Token Good Teammate: From what we see of them, her branch of the Organa family are far less altruistic than is typically encountered amongst Alderaanians, with her husband being an advocate of slavery and crippling taxation, and her son being a haughty Royal Brat. Celly, however, is perfectly pleasant when interacting with her sister and wider family.
What Does She See in Him?: As a high-ranking member of the Alderaanian Royal Family, and a pleasant, attractive woman, her choice of husband — the boorish, morally questionable, physically plain Duke Kayo — is slightly baffling.

Kayo Organa

Duke Kayo Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Portrayed by: Gabe Fonseca

Appearance: Obi-Wan Kenobi

"I didn't come here to end slavery, Bail. I came to eat your food."

The husband of Duchess Celly Organa, father of Niano Organa, and the uncle of Princess Leia Organa.

Abusive Parent: To what extent it isn’t clear but he gives his son no love and Leia herself senses that Niano fears him.
Aristocrats Are Evil: He's a Royal Duke by marriage, and when Bail voices concern about slave labour and crippling taxation policies in the Outer Rim Territories during a family soirée, Kayo airily waves away Bail's unease and notes that he's more concerned with the profits that such practises reap for him, as well as sampling the canapés on offer.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He's all smiles when chit-chatting with his in-laws at a party thrown for him and his wife at the Palace, though it fast becomes clear that he also has no compunction with blabbing to his son, Niano, that his niece, Princess Leia, was adopted into the Organa family and is therefore “not a real Organa" — likely because if it hadn't been for Leia's adoption, Breha and Bail would be without an heir and the throne would have eventually passed to his son.
Evil Uncle: He holds some objectionable opinions on social policy, and doesn't consider his 10 year-old niece, Princess Leia, to be a “real” Organa, due to her adopted status — even sharing this opinion with his bratty son, Niano, who weaponises it when arguing with his cousin.
Obnoxious In-Laws: Breha and Bail clearly cannot stand him or his opinions, but are forced to make nice with him due to needing his and Celly's political support.
Took the Wife's Name: Kayo holds the rank of Duke as he married the Queen's sister, Duchess Celly. Like Bail Organa, he also took the royal name of Organa upon marriage, as opposed to retaining his own last name, as would be more typical.

Niano Organa

Prince Niano Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Portrayed by: Ian Inigo

Appearance: Obi-Wan Kenobi

"You know the difference between you and me, cousin? I know things."

The son of Duchess Celly and Duke Kayo Organa, and the cousin of Princess Leia Organa.

Adoption Diss: He chides his cousin Leia for condescending to thank the Palace's droid servants, whom he considers to be "lower lifeforms". When Leia witheringly compares him to such "lower lifeforms", he looms over her and snarks that she's "not even a real Organa".
Bullying a Dragon: Even at the tender age of 10, his cousin Leia has a formidable silver tongue, so after he cruelly needles her Adoption Angst by smugly telling her that she's "not a real Organa", he finds himself on the receiving end of a devastating psychoanalysis at the hands of the young princess, who tells him that he's so desperate for his father's approval that he's actually scared of him.
Fantastic Racism: He considers droids "lower life forms" and doesn't see the point in treating them kindly or being polite to them. Leia cites this as a major fault of his when she's being scolded for insulting him.
Hate Sink: Niano is set up to be as aggressively snobbish, lacking in empathy for anyone below his status, and unlikeable as possible, in part to demonstrate how even at the age of ten, Leia is none of those things, and reflects the best aspects of her biological and adoptive parents.
Royal Brat: He's a haughty little princeling, considers droids to be "lower lifeforms" and has no compunction with bullying his younger cousin over her being adopted into the Royal Family.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: His father, Duke Kayo, has little redeeming features, extolling slavery and crippling taxation as being beneficial to his interests, though despite this, according to Leia's insightful "The Reason You Suck" Speech, Niano wants nothing more than his father's approval.

L0-LA59

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Model: Robot toy

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearance: Obi-Wan Kenobi

A small toy droid that served as a companion to Princess Leia as a child.

Brainwashed and Crazy: Being outfitted with an Imperial restraining bolt makes it act as a spy for the Empire and even attempt to attack Leia when she tries to undo the sabotage Lola committed. Thankfully she is simply a toy and cannot harm Leia, who easily catches Lola and removes the restraining bolt, freeing Lola from Imperial control.
Killed Offscreen: Leia recalls in The Princess and the Scoundrel that Lola was still on Alderaan when it was destroyed.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Her electronic eyes turn red while outfitted with an Imperial restraining bolt that turned her into a spy and tracker for the Empire.
Robot Buddy: Lola went everywhere with Leia, who was very fond and protective of her.

WA-2V

WA-2V, AKA "TooVee"

Model: Attendant droid

Appearances: Leia, Princess of Alderaan | From a Certain Point of View

Princess Leia's personal attendant droid.

Character Death: She was on Alderaan when it got blown up.
The Fashionista: Her job is to make Leia as beautiful as possible and she will not fail in it. She created Leia's many hairstyles and most of her outfits and keeps up to date with the latest fashions. Leia would actually prefer to dress simply, but TooVee won't allow it. TooVee's focus is so all-encompassing that it's questionable how intelligent she is in other ways - in Leia, Princess of Alderaan after Leia survives an explosion, the droid just screams in joy and excitement at the damaged courtly Naboo dress Leia borrowed, uncaring that Leia's injured and upset. In Eclipse, when everyone else in the palace is terrified that Leia has been killed and desperately looking for evidence that she made it somehow, TooVee blissfully continues preparing to gussy her up for a holiday.
Robot Buddy: To Leia. It's notable that Leia continues to style her hair after TooVee's death even though she would not, possibly as a tribute to her or because elaborate braids were a royal tradition.

Other Alderaanian citizens

Kier Domadi

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearances: Leia, Princess of Alderaan

A member of the Apprentice Legislature under the Empire, who aspired to become a historian. He formed a romantic relationship with Princess Leia, though it ultimately ended in tragedy.

Actual Pacifist: As a strong believer in Alderaanian ideals, he hates the Empire but doesn't want anything like another war to happen, especially if his homeworld and Leia may be the victims. When he learns that the Organa family is involved in the Rebellion, he tries to reveal this to the Empire because if it discovers what Alderaan's leadership is up to, everyone on the planet will suffer Disproportionate Retribution. Before then, he helps teach Leia to fire a blaster, suggesting that he does believe in either localized self-defense or just the sport of shooting.
A Lesson in Defeat: On a mountaineering training exercise, a girl in their group accidentally breaks her leg and, in tears, says that she's never failed at anything before. Kiers gives the group An Aesop, saying that failures are inevitable when trying something new, and failing teaches you how to continue on. Leia, also part of the group, finds this revelatory.
All for Nothing: His attempts to reveal the Rebels' activities to the Empire ultimately end in failure; to further add salt in the wound, Leia's capture as a Rebel agent means Alderaan is destroyed anyway in about three years, which was what he was trying to prevent from the start.
Ambiguously Brown: He's described as having dark brown hair and a golden tan; Claudia Gray (the author of Leia, Princess of Alderaan) said she imagined him as a young Rami Malek (who is of Egyptian descent).
Anti-Hero: A good son of Alderaan, thoughtful and principled, if also sometimes prone to putting his foot in his mouth. At heart, Kier only wants what's best for his people, including avoiding another devastating war that would get millions killed. His love of his homeworld even overrides his fear of the Empire when it comes to trying to protect it. However, his methods of doing so involve him trying to turn the rebels over to the Empire, even though their entire goal is to free the galaxy from the Empire's tyranny, also betraying Leia's trust in the process.
Both Sides Have a Point: While Leia is eager to get involved with the Rebel Alliance and find a way to push back against the Empire for the sake of the many people it's harming, Kier believes that prominent Alderaanians tying themselves to that cause will lead to tremendous suffering and loss of life for the Alderaanian people. He is right, though informing on her parents probably wouldn't have gone well for them either and that is where Leia loses sympathy for him.
Did They or Didn't They?: The narrative is deliberately ambiguous about whether or not Kier and Leia slept together the night they visited the Coruscant garden.
Doomed by Canon: It's a Foregone Conclusion that Kier and Leia's romance is doomed, as she ends up with Han. Kier is accidentally killed in an explosion in the Paucris system, while attempting to spy on the Rebellion.
Due to the Dead: Leia retrieves his body after his death and returns him to his family for burial on Alderaan.
Early-Bird Cameo: In Bloodline – which was published before Leia, Princess of Alderaan, but is set decades after the Original Trilogy – Leia is mentioned as having a lock of hair in her keepsake chest. It's revealed in Leia, Princess of Alderaan that the hair belonged to Kier, who plays a significant role in the novel.
Fan of the Past: A historian-in-training, his main hobby is historical reenactment. With his main interest being in the Clone Wars, he's better aware of the devastation being in a war means than most Alderaanians in his generation.
Finding Judas: Kier hates the Empire and is less subtle about it than a lot of other characters, considering how dangerous it is for someone in the apprentice legislature to express dislike for it. But seeing how the Empire retaliates after a medical frigate is stolen, by executing a planetary governor and killing everyone on that world's capital city, cools any desire he had to fight and reinforces his fear so since the Queen and Viceroy are dead-set on this Rebel Alliance, he starts making a case to present to the Emperor in hopes that the rest of Alderaan will be spared.
First Love: He was Leia's first love. Obviously, it doesn't last. He gets killed after he tries to rat out the Rebellion.
Foil: As Word of God puts it, he's the exact opposite of Han, except in that both of them think that Leia ought to have a personal life. Both are Leia's love interests and both have their doubts about supporting the Rebel Alliance, albeit for different reasons. Kier is from Alderaan the same as Leia, had a comfortable Alderaanian upbringing and is a pacifist, which is why he doesn't really approve of the rebellion. Han grew up on the streets of Corellia and initially doesn't want to be part of the rebellion because he thinks they have no chance of winning, only getting involved for money. Han eventually changes his mind and joins the rebellion for altruistic reasons, while Kier attempts to turn the rebels over to the Empire in a misguided attempt to keep the peace.
- Kier's also a contrast with Han in how he talks to Leia. From the start Kier admired her and while he put his foot firmly in his mouth a few times while getting to know her, setting off Leia's temper, he managed to make it clear that he thinks the best of her and shares most of her priorities. When they disagree it's usually mild and reasonable. Even when he betrays her trust, they don't argue, possibly because he's badly injured by then and Leia wants to let him die happily. Leia and Han argue and have a lot of Belligerent Sexual Tension that only gradually eases enough to show underlying support and gentleness.
Heroic Sacrifice: Played with. His parents are told he died saving Leia from a small-craft accident in Alderaan's atmosphere. However, in actual fact he was killed accidentally trying to spy on the Rebellion; although he may have seen this as a Heroic Sacrifice due to his views on the rebels, it isn't really presented as such by the narrative.
Last Request: After being mortally wounded in an explosion, he asks Leia to deliver a memory rod containing information he'd collected on the Rebellion to the Empire. She only pretends to agree to this to comfort him.
Let Them Die Happy: Leia reassures Kier as he dies that she'll turn in the Rebellion to save Alderaan, having absolutely no intentions of doing so and destroying the evidence he gathered once he died.
The Lost Lenore: Despite his betrayal, Leia still misses him (partly because she got Kier in the situation in the first place), to the point that even decades later in Bloodline, she still has a lock of his hair.
One Head Taller: Than Leia is. She notes that this doesn't mean he's actually tall.
Secret-Keeper: A subverted one for Leia. After they begin a relationship, she confides in him that her parents are leading members of the Rebel Alliance. However, Kier secretly intends to inform the Empire of this, though he never gets to do so before his death, taking the secret to the grave.
Walking Spoiler: A lot of his tropes contain spoilers for Leia, Princess of Alderaan.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is so devoted to Alderaan's pacifist values, placing its safety above its ideals, and to wanting to protect Leia, he gathers sensitive information on the Rebellion with the intention of handing it over to the Empire, hoping that this will prevent war and retribution.

Uwa Pareece

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearances: Princess Leia

The leader of the Melodic Order, a cloister group of Alderaanian musicians performing on Naboo. She initially hides the destruction of their homeworld from the rest of the order before they are recruited by Leia in her journey to unite the survivors of Alderaan.

The Atoner: Initially feels that she deserves to die for hiding the destruction of Alderaan from the Melodic Order in order to keep them performing at Club Deeja, which she was getting a cut of the profits from.
Heel–Face Turn: Shoots her business partner Mul Sanaka in the back just before he shoots Leia.
Ms. Exposition: Leia asks her what she knows about Espirion as a way of determining if she should be sent as an ambassador to them, which results in a mini-Info Dump from Pareece about the world.
Tears of Remorse: When admitting to Leia that she had been lying to the Melodic Order.

Tace

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearances: Princess Leia

A singer in the Melodic Order, Tace is among the Alderaanians who are gathered by Leia following the destruction of their homeworld.

Bad Liar: When Leia attempts to use Tace to get information from Tula, Commander Dreed sees through her in just a few seconds.
Important Haircut: Shaves her head after learning that she was unwittingly feeding the Imperials information through her sister, both as penance and to lessen her resemblance to her traitorous sibling.
Sibling Yin-Yang: While she joined a monastic order of singers, her sister Tula became an Imperial officer.
Unwitting Pawn: To Dreed, who forced her sister Tula, an Imperial officer, to get information from Tace in order to hunt down Leia and the other Alderaanian survivors.

Jora Astane

Preserver Jora Astane

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearances: Princess Leia

The Preserver of a community of Alderaanians living in a hidden underground enclave on Sullust. Following the destruction of Alderaan, paranoia has gripped the community about the Empire discovering them, which leads to a misunderstanding when Princess Leia arrives at the same time a Imperial Star Destroyer arrives. Astane then joins her community with Leia's growing fleet of Alderaanian refugees.

Fantastic Racism: She is disgusted upon discovering that the Alderaanians who settled on Espirion have interbred with the natives, creating the mixed-species Alder-Espirions. Astane later comments that she views this a further "dilution" of the endangered Alderaanian people.
Astane: Our world is dead, Sir. All we have left is our identity. Don't ask me to celebrate its dilution.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Introduced as a paranoid, abrasive, and obstructive leader who nearly ends up killing Leia before apologizing and swearing loyalty to her. After which, Astane continues to be paranoid, abrasive, and obstructive before being revealed as a racist who botches a critical negotiation.
The Load: Causes nothing but problems for Leia on her mission to gather the scattered Alderaanians.
Mythology Gag: She's an Alderaanian with white hair, a trait she shares with numerous Alderaanians in Legends such as Winter Celchu and Jahan Cross. Though on the other hand, she may just have white hair because she's old.
Properly Paranoid: Although she is a massive jerk, the Empire is hunting down Alderaanians and there is a spy, albeit an unwitting one, aboard Leia's ship.

Sheltay Retrac

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Portrayed by: Caroline de Souza Correa

Appearances: Revenge of the Sith

An aide to Senator Bail Organa during the final days of the Galactic Republic.

All There in the Manual: Her name is never spoken onscreen and is first given in Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia.
Cleavage Window: The cape she wears over her dress creates this effect.
High-Class Gloves: She wears a long fingerless pair.
Light Is Good: She's a loyal aide to Bail Organa and wears an entirely white outfit consisting of a dress and cape. It's actually a reused design for one of Padmé Amidala's costumes, based upon her Geonosis outfit and Leia's diplomatic outfit (it was rejected for Padmé because her clothing needed to conceal her pregnancy).
Schrödinger's Canon: In Legends, she was married to an artist and had a daughter named Winter, who was adopted by Bail and Breha after Sheltay was killed in the early years of the Empire. While Winter doesn't seem to exist in Canon (or at least was never adopted by the Organas), nothing else is confirmed about Sheltay's personal life and eventual fate (seeing as how many Alderaanians were killed when their planet was destroyed, her survival prospects are rather grim).
Secret-Keeper: She is aware of Obi-Wan and Yoda's survival.
Undying Loyalty: She accompanies Bail aboard the Tantive III to find Jedi survivors following Order 66, even though Palpatine has declared them enemies of the Republic/Empire.

Bylsma

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Appearances: Age of Resistance

"There was nothing left to guard. The Empire took it all away. And the war began. I ran. All the way here to the edges."

A former palace guard who fled to the distant regions of the galaxy after the Empire destroyed his homeworld.

The Aloner: he spent a lot of time a lone for 30 years.
Angry Guard Dog: He uses animals called norwoods as guard dogs (though they more closely resemble giant cats with tusks and blue fur more than dogs). They attack Hux and Kylo Ren shortly after they crash on Bylsma's planet until he calls them off.
Cruel Mercy: Hux tells his troops not to kill Bylsma after he has what he wants from him...because Hux wants to use his planet as target practice for Starkiller Base.
Hope Spot: For decades has lived in hiding after Alderaan was destroyed, not daring to contact anyone out of fear of discovery. He didn't even realize the Galactic Civil War had ended or who won. Then Hux tells him that the Death Star was destroyed, the Empire defeated and that two members of the royal family he swore to protect survived (Princess Leia and her son). Hux persuades him that he can come out of hiding now to help him and Kylo contact their 'friends' for rescue. It's only when the First Order turn up that Hux cruelly informs him that he has just helped The Remnant of the Empire and that he intends to destroy Bylsma's home again with a Death Star-like weapon, just because he can.
Lives in a Van: He lives in the corvette he escaped in, parked in the middle of a forest.
One-Steve Limit: Averted; he has the same name as a Legends character, a fleet officer for the New Republic military.
Properly Paranoid: He's completely right to be suspicious of Armitage Hux. Unfortunately, it still doesn't help him in the end, as Hux can be quite the Manipulative Bastard (literally) when he wants to.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Bylsma was off-world when Alderaan was destroyed; upon learning what happened he fled and went into hiding on a remote, uncivilized world on the edges of the galaxy, fearing what the Empire would do if they learnt an Alderaanian had survived. As he points out to Hux, there was nothing left for him to guard anyway.
Uncertain Doom: After revealing his true nature, Hux orders that Bylsma be stranded on his planet and that he intends to use it to test Starkiller Base. We don't know if he ever followed through with this, though knowing Hux...
Undying Loyalty: To Alderaan's royal family. When Hux tells him that Kylo Ren is the son of Leia Organa, Bylsma quickly agrees to help them, carrying an unconscious Kylo to his home and letting Hux use his ship to call for help. He even remarks that he can see the resemblance between Leia and Kylo, he having known the former very well.

Alderaanians on other pages

Senator and Viceroy Bail Organa on the Rebel Alliance page.
Princess/General Leia Organa on her own page.
Captain Raymus Antilles on the Rebel Alliance Navy page.
Evaan Verlaine on the Gold Squadron page.
Tula on the Imperial Navy page.
Commander Nash Windrider on the Imperial Navy page.
Anandra and Santigo Milon on the Coruscant page.
Moreena Krai on the Lothal page.
Carasynthia "Cara" Dune on the New Republic Bounty Hunters page.

Characters / Star Wars - Alderaan

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House of Organa

Queen Breha Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Duchess Celly Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Duke Kayo Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Prince Niano Organa

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

L0-LA59

Model: Robot toy

Homeworld: Alderaan

WA-2V, AKA "TooVee"

Model: Attendant droid

Other Alderaanian citizens

Kier Domadi

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Uwa Pareece

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Tace

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Preserver Jora Astane

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Sheltay Retrac

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

Bylsma

Species: Human

Homeworld: Alderaan

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