Alderaan's Dark Secrets: Why the Planet Was NEVER Actually 'Peaceful'

“For centuries, Alderaan stood as a beacon of hope in the Republic. But the Empire came and, with one savage strike, brought Alderaan to her knees.”
— Jace Malcom

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🎬Video Credits:
Narrators - Cam
Editor - Giorgi
Writers - Alex

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:03 The Great Galactic War
4:00 Alderaanian Civil War
9:07 The Eternal Occupation
11:21 Outro

[alwaysplotting]

Leia: Alderaan is peaceful!
Tarkin: It will be. It will be.

[michaelandreipalon]

If something never had something unpeaceful, then it's jarringly unnatural and thus worser than evil. Alderaan was lucky to not be a victim of such an alienating concept.


A shame such a beautiful and carefree planet had to be snuffed out, while slobbering and sinful Coruscant still lives despite every attempt to snuff it out too.

[Ben-Ken]

Guess they don't call it Star WARS for nothing.
Imagine telling the story of humanity but only about the conflicts.

[lerneanlion]

Tarkin: Enough of this! Tell us where your secret arms factory on Alderaan is and we will blow up your planet!
Darth Vader: Don't you mean "or"?
Tarkin: Tell us where your secret arms' factory on Alderaan is OR we will blow up your planet!
Leia: Well, which is which? Both seemed like a crucial conjunction?

[indianajones]

Original Trilogy: Alderaan is a peaceful planet
Old Republic: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that

[themutualfriend]

Those old school republic special forces troopers were badass

[Matt-gznr]

The old republic trooper is one of my favorite soldiers

[masteroftheassassins]

For centuries, Alderaan stood as a beacon of hope in the Republic. But the Empire came, and with one savage strike, brought Alderaan to her knees. Now, time is running out as few are left to face the enemy. For those that remain, there is but one choice. We must fight—to victory, or death—for the Republic!

While the sacrifices are heavy, we fight knowing that a single spark of courage can ignite the fires of hope, and restore peace across the galaxy.

[Awesoman]

I wish the Clone Wars show showed us more of Alderaan so we would actually feel something when seeing it destroyed.

[inquisitorgarza]

The Cold War between the Republic and the Sith Empire brought entire worlds into a very dangerous situation where many of them went into civil wars, and in fact the Great Galactic War is very similar to the Clone Wars as several hundreds of thousands of planets loyalists were tested and led to many civil wars.

[danielferrieri]

Maybe that's why The Empire blew it up

[VisElectra]

Former swtor Progress Raider Here. Alderaan was one of the best if Not the best Planet to visit. Would Love Videos about Belsavis and the Sith Plague, If you havent already done them.

[loganwhitney]

Jesus, for a planet nicknamed "Soul of the Galaxy" it's been through hell. Now I'm thinking that Alderaan getting blown up by the Death Star was basically an mercy kill.

[ZoeMalDoran]

And of course, there was all that stuff with the Killiks

[wedgeantillies]

To be fair during that 100 years of bloody conflict, darkness and destruction that encompasses rhe great galactic war, cold war and war against the eternal empire, a lot of planets in the star wars galaxy didn't get a break like Aldereen and suffered many dark decades of civil war, oppressive rule or renewed warfare on or around them, that left them devastated before the eternal empire invasion added to their turmoil.

[JaelaOrdo]

“While some view the attack as unwarranted the Empire has obtained proof that Alderaan was in possession of weapons of mass destruction.”

- Death Star News
(in Family Guy)

[ZoomReverseFlash]

More to the point, Alderaan was obviously a secret rebel world, supplying the Rebel Alliance and fielding out its first fleets.

[Straswa]

Great vid Geetsly's. Great work on discussing the lore of Alderaan in Swtor.

[jeffagain]

Heh, had to watch this vid three times to hear the narration. I keep getting so engrossed by that fantastic battle, I kept zoning out from the monologue.
Thanks again Geetsly's!. :)

[optumis]

I like these videos on planets and moons during the Old Republic. Maybe you could do on about Balmorra, Hoth, Belsavis, Ord Mantell, or Corellia