Why the Star Wars Galaxy is LOST Without Alderaan

If Coruscant is the brain and nerve center of the republic, than Alderaan is it's heart. We take a look at how Alderaan influenced the development of the Galactic Republic and spread its cultural values across he galaxy.

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[TetsuShima]

It's pretty curious that Alderaan wasn't directly destroyed by extremely powerful warlords like the Sith or the Rakata for military reasons, but by a common old man just to troll a poor 19-year-old girl.

[TetsuShima]

*Fun fact:* During the "Old Republic MMO" Era, there was in Alderaan a bloody Civil War between the noble families House Organa (backed by the Republic) and House Thul (backed by the Sith Empire). Thousands of years later, after the destruction of the planet by Tarkin, both families would finally reconcile through the friendship formed between the Solo children (heirs to House Organa) and Raynar Thul (heir to House Thul and future leader of the Killiks) during their shared Jedi training at Luke's Academy

[a.j.]

SWTOR game was the point where it truly made me care about the Alderaan, learning all its culture and beauty, feeling the music. It’s similar to how the clone wars made me care about Jedi that died in ROTS-expanding Star Wars truly made the franchise great.

[KingMordred]

*Fun fact:* Years after the destruction of Alderaan, Jacen and Jaina Solo went to the remains of Alderaan and collected a very small piece of the planet, which they gave to their mother Leia on her birthday. It was a pretty emotional moment

[MarcMagma]

I think when it originally came out, the destruction of Alderaan in Episode 4 was not meant to trigger an emotional responds like the destruction of Vulcan in the Kelvin timeline was meant to.
Rather, I think it's purpose was simply to show how evil the Empire is.

[briskful]

Bail’s literally the best senator in terms of leadership, charisma, and where he stands with both Jedi, and clones (pre-order 66 & post, given he learned of the inhibitor chips and ofc knew about Keeli and his men’s sacrifice). Not to mention his stances on his politics in the show and his appearances throughout rebels as well just give him so much underrated credit.

He even had the guts to try and see what was happening to the Jedi during order 66 as well. Just a spectacular leader, for a spectacular society in space showing (for a majority of the time) the best of humanity in Star Wars.

[AceUzumazi]

I remember finding an image a few years ago that was from a Japanese manga that adapted the original trilogy. It shows a woman outside with her daughter and she's hanging up laundry to dry. In the distance you can see a huge half sphere and a long beam coming out of it. It's actually the Death Star's superlaser impacting the planet. The manga panel is a depiction of a woman and her daughter and their last moments on Alderaan.

[FuzzyBiscuits]

I’d say Alderaan was one of the Empires biggest blunders. While it did wipe out the rebels there, it also gave the Rebellion a huge martyr to rally behind with not just the loss of the Organas but an entire peaceful planet. Kind of hard for Palpatine to justify that one.

[AJKecsk]

"Alderaano delenda est."

-Tarkinius, probably

[TetsuShima]

Speaking of Bail Organa, he curiously appeared in a couple of novels before the prequels. His first appearances were in the novelization of "A New Hope", based on one of George Lucas' many discarded scripts, and "The Paradise Snare", alongside a 10-year-old Leia in a welcome-to-Alderaan recording watched by a young adult Han

[daitoray]

It was also because of Alderaan that the Empire was finally marked as the "bad guys." Before Tarkin destroyed Alderaan, the Empire wasn't believed to be that bad in comparison to the Republic as they still had a senate(until after the Death Star's construction was complete), and as seen in Star Wars: Lost Stars, people saw the Empire as a chance for a better life as the Republic was unable to provide for the people. In fact, people were encouraged to join the Empire as the Empire did provide a bit to its people. The only ones who really knew the Empire's true colors were the ones that established the Rebellion years before the Empire came to fruition. After Alderaan, the Empire lost its cover and all of its oppression unveiled to the eyes of the public which in turn allowed the Rebellion to not only gain support in overthrowing the Empire but also creating a new Republic to replace the Empire.

[Reohz]

> "Eventually the Killix would disappear."
That sounded ominous.

[kingnamor]

I agree. Alderaan truly is the heart of the galaxy. It didn’t deserve to be blown up by the Death Star.

[skyden]

According to the "Princess Leia" comic book series, the Organa royal legacy continued after the destruction of Alderaan in two ways. One, of course, was through Princess Leia herself, but also through Leia Organa's companion, Evaan Verlaine, the only Y-Wing pilot to survive the Battle of Yavin. After the battle, Leia and Evaan set out on a mission to gather together as many Alderaan orphans as possible to protect them from the revenge-seeking Empire, as well as to search and establish a new home on another planet which would eventually become, "New Alderaan." Before embarking on their mission, Evaan would disclose to Leia that she (Evaan) had actually been personally mentored by Leia's mother, Breha Organa.
When "New Alderaan" had been established, elections were held to choose a new monarch for the society of orphaned Alderaanians. The vote would place Evaan Verlaine as the first Queen of New Alderaan.

[marcbrown]

George Lucas has famously said that he wrote Star Wars for 12 year olds. My guess is that he probably thought that showing the destruction of Alderaan in all it's horrifying detail may have been a little too much for young theater goers. MPAA rating may have been a concern too. In the end, the scene served it's purpose by very simply showing the true evil and ruthlessness of the Empire.

[zogar]

I never thought of it before, but the plague that severed the rakatans connection to the force makes sense with mitachlorians. They are said to be what gives a being their connection to the force, and to be organisms themselves. So if the plague killed the mitachlorians, it would seber their force connection. I never put that together before.

[fatboy]

I love this channel! It was recommended to me by the algorithm and it did not disappoint, the fact that you blend Canon and legends lore into these short videos makes it very interesting, also for someone who is kind of deep into star wars lore already. Keep it up :)

[KingMordred]

Interestingly, Alderaan could have been unintenionally destroyed by Revan 4000 before Tarkin. When the redeemed Sith Lord and his crew were captured and interrogated by the Sith, they threatened to torture Bastila if he did not tell them where the Jedi conclave was. Revan tried to convince them that the Council was hiding on Alderaan. If it weren't for the fact they were just trolling him (they had already found and destroyed the Enclave on Dantooine) Revan could have condemned Alderaan to an unjustified horrible fate 🤣🤣🤣

[sundragon]

Western civilization had a place similar to Alderaan. The city-state was called Athens before the city-states were unified to become Greece. Also, Switzerland has a history of neutrality, but made a significant amount of income by providing mercenaries. Combine the two and you get Alderaan.

[KingMordred]

The amazing "Old Republic" trailer about the Battle of Alderaan perfectly shows in a few minutes what the sequels should have been like. A really powerful badass heroine that everyone loves (Satele against a terrifying and imposing Sith Lord (Darth Ren ) and helped by a useful memorable non-Force sensitive ally (Jace
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