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"Is any of the Royal Family on board?"
―Darth Vader[src]

The ancient House of Organa (also known as the Royal Family, House Organa, or the House of Alderaan) whose origins could be traced as far as the Old Sith Wars,[1] was the historic Royal House of Alderaan, with the Crown of Alderaan inherited within the family. The House of Organa's signet of office were chalcedony waves.[2]

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[edit] History

Bail Organa and his sisters oversee his young adopted daughter, during the last decades of his dynasty.

Despite its habit of producing heroes, the history of the Organa family had not always been honorable. Before the Jedi Civil War, the House rivaled the Ulgo family on Taris and was believed to have hired the assassin Selven for the assassination of the entire Ulgo family. The Organas later placed a price on Selven's head, supposedly to draw suspicion away from themselves for the slaughter of the Ulgos.[1] Later, they were a part of the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention against the House of Antilles, which ended with a marriage between the families.[3]

Before ascending as Prince, First Chairman and Viceroy of Alderaan, Bail Organa served as the Senator of Alderaan in the Galactic Senate. He was a contemporary of Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.[4] Together with his wife Breha, a member of the Antilles family, Bail adopted Leia, the daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker.[5]

The adoption was common knowledge in the court, but even as an adopted daughter Leia took on the title of Princess and became the rightful heir.[6] Therefore the blood lineage continued only via Nial Organa.[7]

At some point prior to the Galactic Civil War, the House of Organa planned an alliance with House Vandron from the Senex Sector. However, the planned marriage between Tia Organa and a Vandron noble was cancelled following a scandal.[7]

Like every Alderaanian royal family, mythology held that the House of Organa was protected by the molator.[8]

[edit] Family tree

                     Mazicia Organa--?--Organa[9]
                                     |
                                     |
        +----------------------------+------------+----------+
        |   (see House of Antilles)  |            |          |
        |              |             |            |          |
Bail Organa--+--Breha Antilles Celly Organa Rouge Organa Tia Organa--+--Unknown male
             |                                                       |
        +----+-------------------+                                   |
        |                        |                                   | 
    (adopted)                (adopted)                          Nial Organa
(see Skywalker family)   (see Sheltay Retrac) 
        |   (see House of Solo)  |
        |             |          |
   Leia Organa--+--Han Solo   Winter--+--Tycho Celchu
                |
        (see House of Solo)

[edit] Behind the scenes

  • "Organa" or "Ogana Major" was originally the name of a desert planet in the first draft summary of the original script of A New Hope, which was called Utapau in the first draft itself. In the treatment summary and rough draft, it was called Aquilae, but became a distinct world in later versions. By the second draft, Utapau, had become Tatooine was a desert world, and Ogana Major was what became Alderaan in the final script. Organa survived the various name changes as Princess Leia's surname.[10]
  • Given Lucas's concern with the relationship of technology to humanity, "Organa" may be derived from organic, in its popularized sense of living or pure.

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
  2. ↑ Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope novel
  3. ↑  Pello Scrambas in the Databank
  4. ↑ Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
  5. ↑ Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  6. ↑  Leia Organa in the Databank
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Children of the Jedi
  8. ↑ Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Premiere Limited (Card: Molator)
  9. ↑ Queen Mazicia Organa mentioned in Star Wars Insider 90 is likely the mother of Bail, Celly, Rouge, and Tia as well as the wife of Viceroy Organa, who is said to be Bail Organa's father in Dark Force Rising, although no official source has yet addressed this.
  10. ↑ The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
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