Bail Organa

Bail Organa was a male Human from Alderaan. He served as a senator during the waning decades of the Galactic Republic, was among the founders of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and was the adopted father of Leia Organa.

Early life and career
Born a Human Male, Bail Organa belonged to the royal family of Alderaan. He began a career in politics and ended up becoming a senator, with the task of representing his home planet in the Senate of the Galactic Republic. Thanks to his honesty and commitment to justice, Organa gained the respect of his senatorial peers and was ultimately considered a venerated politician. Despite the likes of Organa's best efforts, the galactic government was plagued by corruption, which ultimately led malcontents to take extreme actions. Led by the former Jedi Count Dooku, a loose affiliations of outlying star systems formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems. With the rise of separatism, Organa joined the Senate's Loyalist Committee, the members of which supported the Republic and its leader, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. In the framework of the committee, he came to work closely with Padmé Amidala, then senator of the planet Naboo.

Eventually, the separatist crisis led to a full scale conflict, later known as the Clone Wars due to the involvement of clone soldiers on the Republic's side. During the conflict, Organa became especially active. Altough he opposed the war, he realized it could not be avoided at the time, and he decided to devote his energy to relief missions and other humanitarian operations. In that context, he often worked with members of the Jedi Order, which he respected deeply.

Christophsis
"Help us, General Kenobi, you're our only hope."

- Senator Organa asking for help on Christophsis

Shortly before the Battle of Christophsis, Organa led a relief force to the planet to aid the besieged people and beleaguered troops and was soon hemmed in by a Separatist blockade led by famed Admiral Trench. Trapped on Christophsis' surface, Organa and his relief effort soon began to run out of food and water. When Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi led an assault against Trench's fleet in an attempt to break through and aid Organa, the Admiral responded with a withering attack, forcing the Jedi to retreat behind a nearby moon. Trench staged several devastating attack runs against Organa's on-planet camp to draw Skywalker and Kenobi out from behind the moon, but he and his blockade were finally broken by a stealth ship manned by Skywalker and Admiral Wullff Yularen.

Rise of the Empire
"General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire."

- Leia Organa, to Obi-Wan Kenobi

At the end of the Clone Wars, Chancellor Palpatine transformed the democratic Republic into an autoritarian Empire, bestowing the title of Galactic Emperor upon himself. Organa, along with other members of the Loyalist faction such as Mon Mothma, started working in secret to form the Alliance to Restore the Republic, which sought to restore democracy. Organa also adopted the newborn Leia, who was the daughter of Padmé Amidala and the fallen Jedi Anakin Skywalker. Organa and his wife the queen raised Leia as an Alderaanian princess, teaching her how to become a conscientous politician and a dedicated member of the Alliance. About two decades following the end of the Clone Wars, the Empire took revenge against Organa by destroying Alderaan with the help of the Death Star, an immense space station fitted with a powerful superlaser. Bail Organa, former senator and father of the Alliance, died in the destruction of his homeworld.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope