Alderaan

Alderaan
Alderaan from space
Universe	Star Wars
Planet type	Terrestrial planet
Notable locations	Legends: core worlds
Notable races	Human(immigrated)
Notable people	Princess Leia Bail Organa Ulic Qel Droma Tycho Celchu
Created by	George Lucas
Genre	Science fiction
First appearance	Star Wars

Alderaan was a terrestrial planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars. It was the home of the characters Princess Leia, Bail Organa, Tycho Celchu and also, in 4000 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), Ulic Qel Droma who fought in the Great Sith War. It was destroyed by the Death Star's superlaser in 0 BBY. During the fall of the Empire, New Alderann was named after Alderann for the 60,000 survivors to start rebuilding the beauty of the original Planet.

The main canonical depictions of Alderaan are:

For the depiction of Alderaan in Episode III, footage of mountain scenery in Grindelwald in Switzerland was used, and the city composited into the scene.

The Alderanian people highly valued education, arts, architecture, poetry, the performing arts, and diplomacy. They placed high value in their participation in the Galactic (later Imperial) Senate. It was a largely democratic society, and took the form of a hereditary constitutional monarchy that was ruled by a monarch from the historic Royal House of Antilles and later, due to marriage, the House of Organa. It had a minister presiding over the High Court and legislative High Council of Alderaan, and in various descriptions of this figure, styled First Chairman and Viceroy, he appeared to function as a generally benevolent leader. Its monarchs have variously borne the title of King or Queen of Alderaan. The ruler of Alderaan from the end of Revenge of the Sith to A New Hope was Queen Breha Antilles-Organa. Queen Breha was married to Bail Organa, who served a term as Senator during the events depicted in Revenge of the Sith, later serving as both prince consort and first chairman of Alderaan. Traditionally, the heir of the Alderanian throne also served as a lawmaker, first locally in the High Council, then on Coruscant as an interplanetary Senator for Alderaan. Queen Breha and Bail's heir and (secretly adopted) daughter was Princess Leia, who was serving as Senator for Alderaan in the Imperial Senate during the events depicted in A New Hope.