Rebel Alliance

Alliance to Restore the Republic

Emblem of the Alliance to Restore the Republic
Universe	Star Wars
Type	Resistance movement striving to form a republic
Founded	2 BBY, with the signing of the Corellian Treaty
Defunct	4 ABY, Declaration of the Alliance of Free Planets
Fate	Reorganized into the New Republic and the Resistance
Location	Dantooine, Yavin IV, Hoth, various other hidden bases
Leader	Mon Mothma
Key people	Bail Organa, Garm Bel Iblis, Admiral Ackbar, Ahsoka Tano, Padmé Amidala, Cabinet
Currency	Galactic Standard Credit (Imperial Dataries)
Founding document	Declaration of Rebellion
Official language	Basic

Banner of the Alliance
to Restore the Republic

Use	Faction wide banner and ensign
Design	Plain dark red banner with a light red emblem in the center

The Alliance to Restore the Republic (also known as the Rebel Alliance or the Rebellion) is an interstellar revolutionary faction in the fictional universe of Star Wars.

As a direct reaction to the formation of the Galactic Empire, the Alliance insurgency conducted covert operations on Imperial garrison-worlds and guerrilla warfare against the Imperial Fleet throughout the Star Wars galaxy. Their goal was to restore the democratic ideals of the Old Republic. The Rebel Alliance was first featured as the main protagonist-faction in the 1977 film Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). The faction's origins were alluded to in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and their early activities are featured in the Disney XD television series Star Wars Rebels and the 2016 anthology film Rogue One. With the advent of the First Order decades later, an army backed by the New Republic called the Resistance is formed to counter their progress, including members of the old Alliance among their ranks.

The origins of the Alliance to Restore the Republic are told during the events of Revenge of the Sith. It is explained that the Delegation of 2000 is a group of Senators who are disgruntled about the already unjustified extraordinary powers of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, as the Clone Wars were waning. The group included Padmé Amidala, Garm Bel Iblis, Mon Mothma, and Bail Organa, amongst others. Amidala was, at the time, the most famous and prominent of the group, and was thus their spokesperson. She realized that this made her a target and later advised the others to go quiet in their dissent and exclude her from any future proceedings. The young senator died in premature childbirth not long after her last-ditch attempt to prevent Anakin Skywalker's fall.