Corellian Treaty

"We agree that the time for diplomacy and politics has passed. It is now time for action... Therefore let this be an official declaration of rebellion! Today, we all vow to change the galaxy, and one day the galaxy will indeed be free!"

- Bail Organa

The Corellian Treaty was an accord that created the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Signed by the governments of Alderaan, Corellia, and Chandrila, the treaty formally declared war on the Empire. Though the meeting to create the treaty was arranged by Galen Marek, this proved to be a deception by his former master, Darth Vader, who raided the meeting with the Stormtrooper Corps and captured the three senators.

History
"It is settled then. My wealth will fund The Rebellion, while Garm provides our fleet and Mon Mothma our soldiers. And with you leading us, we have the power of The Force on our side."

- Bail Organa to Galen Marek

Garm Bel Iblis, having consolidated the resistance forces on Corellia under one command structure, called Bail Prestor Organa of Alderaan and Mon Mothma of Chandrila, who had discussed potential revolution at the Cantham House Meetings, to Corellia for a new series of discussions. These Corellian System Meetings proved more successful, and the three resistance leaders drafted the Corellian Treaty as a codification of their common ideals and goals. Bel Iblis, Organa, and Mothma’s signing of the treaty formalized the relationship between the Corellian, Alderaanian and Chandrilan resistance forces, respectively, from a loose coalition to an organized rebellion.

The treaty itself provided a command structure for the Alliance intended to allow each force to govern itself while providing a strong centralized component to coordinate all efforts. It organized the civil aspects such as diplomacy, transport and supply into one tree, bundled all military operations into another, and placed the Commander-in-Chief and Advisory Council at the top.

Imperial attack
The treaty, having been suggested by Darth Vader to Marek, was actually a ploy by Emperor Palpatine to lure all of his enemies into a single place to capture them. Imperial forces suddenly swarmed the meeting room, followed by Darth Vader, who incapacitated Kota and Marek. Marek, crushed underneath a slab of stone, realized that his entire mission under Vader was all a deception, and that Vader never intended to kill Palpatine using Marek as he claimed. Before Vader was able to kill Marek, droid PROXY attacked Vader using a hologram program of Obi Wan Kenobi, distracting him long enough to allow Marek to escape, but losing his life in the process.

The three senators and Kota were taken to the Death Star to be tortured, interrogated, and executed. Marek arrived and nearly killed Vader and Palpatine, but would end up losing his life, allowing the Rebel Alliance to escape and begin the Galactic Civil War.

Legacy
The treaty inspired dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of resistance cells across the galaxy to join the Alliance, such as Sian Tevv and the Sullustans and Jennsar So-Billes and his Duro fighters.

Appearances

 * The Force Unleashed novel
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed comic
 * The Farlander Papers
 * Rebel Dawn
 * Dark Force Rising