66 / STAR WARS INSIDER
FATHER FIGURES
and their freedom, and Bail trusted
Leia implicitly, sending her to recall
Obi-Wan from Tatooine as war
loomed on the horizon. Years later,
General Organa sent Poe Dameron
as a similar envoy to acquire a vital
map from Lor San Tekka on Jakku.
Bail’s commitment to return for
Yoda as the vanquished Jedi fl ed
from Emperor Palpatine mirrored
Leia’s determination to double
back for Luke as he clung to Cloud
City’s underside. But perhaps most
importantly, the two Alderaanians
shared the ability to organize and
govern makeshift movements.
Bail’s allegiance to the Rebellion in
the wake of Jedha’s destruction and
Leia’s confi dence in the Resistance
members who had survived the
Battle of Crait were connected by
a hopeful bond handed down from
father to daughter
Bail was moved to risk his life by
aiding Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s
escape in the wake of Order 66
before adopting Leia to hide her
from Darth Vader. A natural leader,
the Alderaanian collaborated with
Mon Mothma and other rebels to
merge the factions that opposed
the Emperor into the united Rebel
Alliance. Following Jyn Erso’s
briefi ng about Scarif in Rogue
One: A Star Wars Story (2016),
Bail passionately insisted that the
council not disband the Rebellion.
Leia’s dedication to duty and
justice echoed her adoptive father’s
career and she covertly assisted
the Rebel Alliance as an Imperial
Senator, then later protected the
New Republic from the First Order
by founding the Resistance.
The princess-turned-general
relentlessly fought for the people
A selflessandprincipledpublic
offi cial, Senator Bail Organa served
the Galactic Republic during the
Clone Wars and helped establish
the Rebel Alliance. Having observed
democracy’s erosion under the rule
of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine,
and after witnessing the clone
incursion at the Jedi Temple in Star
Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005),
Leia’s dedication
to duty and
justice echoed
her adoptive
father’s career
and she covertly
assisted the
Rebel Alliance
as an Imperial
Senator.
Senator Bail Organa &
Princess Leia Organa