That was Aldera in Episode III? I thought it was Crevasse City. -- SFH 00:17, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- "From a gleaming castle in the mountains over the capital of Aldera, Bail and Breha Organa welcome young Leia into their family."
- ―Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels. --Azizlight 00:35, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Is it possible that what we saw was one part of the city, high above another? Because the old McQuarrie art used as a reference in all the years before, show the city near a lake or sea, and the movie had none of that. The architecture was different as well. VT-16 18:46, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
- True, although bear in mind that McQuarrie art was only a conceptual piece—the movie trumps concept art, so RotS shows the official version of Aldera City - Kwenn 15:00, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
- Could it be that the "castle" mentioned above was the whole thing we saw in the film? It said "in the mountains over the capital", and that small city was in the mountains. It is an ancient Core World so I wouldn't be surprised if they considered city-sized dwellings "castles" only. Either way, it's part of the capital. VT-16 15:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Lake[]
Uh, I just watched RotS and there is definitely a lake behind Breha when she's seen holding Leia. Cutch 20:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
New Aldera?[]
Ok, anon added the bit about New Aldera, but we're lacking in an article...anybody have a source for that? --School of Thrawn 101 08:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Date Constructed[]
I'm removing the "c. 719 BBY" as Aldera's date of construction as there is no data to back this up in the cited source. The source, Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, says only that the Aldera Royal Palace was constructed shortly before that time (start of Chapter 32). This makes sense, as The Older Republic depicts alternative royal palaces and political centers elsewhere before the Aldera palace was built. Furthermore, The Illustrated Star Wars Universe established that this was an ancient city and that the University of Alderaan constructed there was one of the "oldest and most widely revered learning institutions in the galaxy," where many of the galaxy's philosophical works and moral treatises were conceived. (The University of Coruscant itself was founded in 15,500 BBY, so any assumption that Aldera was only 800 years old during the films dubious without sources to back that up -- especially since TISWU lists Aldera as the capital among other cities that were established 10,000+ years before.) Anyone have more sources for the age of the city? Does it appear in The Old Republic? I couldn't find anything in Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader besides the age of the palace, and The Illustrated Star Wars Universe isn't specific as to just how ancient it is. - Truth & Retconciliation (talk) 21:50, November 22, 2014 (UTC)