Star Wars Insider – July 2019

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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