Alderaan system

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The Alderaan system was the home system to the planet Alderaan. It was the primary system in the Alderaan Sector of the Galactic Core.

Contents 1 History 2 Primary 3 Orbiting Bodies 3.1 Orbit One 3.2 Orbit Two 3.3 Orbit Three 3.4 Orbit Four 3.5 Orbit Five 3.6 orbit 4 Behind the scenes 5 Appearances 6 Sources

[edit] History

Early in the Galactic Civil War, Carlist Rieekan commanded covert operations for the Rebel Alliance in the Alderaan system, overseeing a network of communication satellites that linked star systems near the planet Alderaan. When the Death Star entered the Alderaan system, he withheld from providing the citizens of Alderaan with evacuation ships, fearing evacuation at the moment would reveal Alderaan's Rebel sympathies to the Empire. He was horrified to see his homeworld destroyed shortly thereafter.

Following the destruction of Alderaan, its orbit became the site of The Graveyard, an asteroid field consisting of the planet's remains. Surviving Alderaanians who found themselves offworld at the time of the planet's destruction often returned to the site to pay homage to their murdered family members.

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[edit] Primary

• Alderaan

[edit] Orbiting Bodies

[edit] Orbit One

• Raisa

[edit] Orbit Two

• The Graveyard Asteroid field (formerly Alderaan)

[edit] Orbit Three

• Delaya

[edit] Orbit Four

• Avirandel

[edit] Orbit Five

• Avishan

[edit] orbit

• An asteroid that was the source of Bondar crystals

[edit] Behind the scenes

• In materials created for licensees of the Expanded Universe in 1977, George Lucas described the Alderaan system as having seven planets.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Mentioned only)
• Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace (Non-canonical appearance)
• Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel (First appearance)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
• Star Wars 2: Six Against the Galaxy (Mentioned only)
• Allegiance (Mentioned only)
• Galaxy of Fear: The Nightmare Machine (Appears in hologram)
• Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron

[edit] Sources

• The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons
• Coruscant and the Core Worlds
• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
• Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back