House of Organa/Legends

"Is any of the Royal Family on board?"

- Darth Vader

The ancient House of Organa (also known as the Royal Family, House Organa, or the House of Alderaan) whose origins could be traced as far as the Old Sith Wars, was the historic Royal House of Alderaan, with the Crown of Alderaan inherited within the family. The House of Organa's signet of office were chalcedony waves.

History


Despite its habit of producing heroes, the history of the Organa family had not always been honorable. Before the Jedi Civil War, the House rivaled the Ulgo family on Taris and was believed to have hired the assassin Selven for the assassination of the entire Ulgo family. The Organas later placed a price on Selven's head, supposedly to draw suspicion away from themselves for the slaughter of the Ulgos. Later, they were a part of the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention against the House of Antilles, which ended with a marriage between the families.

Before ascending as Prince, First Chairman and Viceroy of Alderaan, Bail Organa served as the Senator of Alderaan in the Galactic Senate. He was a contemporary of Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Together with his wife Breha, a member of the Antilles family, Bail adopted Leia, the daughter of Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker.

The adoption was common knowledge in the court, but even as an adopted daughter Leia took on the title of Princess and became the rightful heir. Therefore the blood lineage continued only via Nial Organa.

At some point prior to the Galactic Civil War, the House of Organa planned an alliance with House Vandron from the Senex Sector. However, the planned marriage between Tia Organa and a Vandron noble was cancelled following a scandal.

Like every Alderaanian royal family, mythology held that the House of Organa was protected by the molator.

Family tree
Mazicia Organa--?--Organa |                                     |         +++--+         |   (see House of Antilles)  |            |          | |             |             |            |          | Bail Organa--+--Breha Antilles Celly Organa Rouge Organa Tia Organa--+--Unknown male |                                                      |         ++---+                                   |         |                        |                                   |      (adopted)                (adopted)                          Nial Organa (see Skywalker family)  (see Sheltay Retrac) |  (see House of Solo)  | |            |          |    Leia Organa--+--Han Solo   Winter--+--Tycho Celchu |        (see House of Solo)

Behind the scenes

 * "Organa" or "Ogana Major" was originally the name of a desert planet in the first draft summary of the original script of A New Hope, which was called Utapau in the first draft itself. In the treatment summary and rough draft, it was called Aquilae, but became a distinct world in later versions. By the second draft, Utapau, had become Tatooine was a desert world, and Ogana Major was what became Alderaan in the final script. Organa survived the various name changes as Princess Leia's surname.
 * Given Lucas's concern with the relationship of technology to humanity, "Organa" may be derived from organic, in its popularized sense of living or pure.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
 * The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception
 * The Princess Leia Diaries
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars 1
 * LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
 * Star Wars 11: Star Search
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Dark Force Rising
 * Children of the Jedi
 * Children of the Jedi

Notes and references
Familie Organa Familia Organa