House of Organa/Legends



The ancient House of Organa (also known as 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.

Despite its habit of producing heroes, the Organa family's history 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.

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 secret in order to protect Leia; her title of Princess was reinforced by public belief she was Bail's natural daughter and kept her at arm's length from Emperor Palpatine, and therefore the blood lineage continued only via Nial Organa. However, even as adopted daughter, Leia was the rightful heir.

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 molator.

Family tree
Mazicia Organa--+--Unknown male |                                     |         ++---+-+         |      House of Antilles     |               |             | |             |             |               |             | Bail Organa--+--Breha Antilles  Celly Organa Rouge Organa   Tia Organa--+--Unknown male |                                                         |     ++--+                                                   |     |               |                                                   |  Leia Organa      Winter                                             Nial Organa (adopted)      (adopted) (see Skywalker family)