Beon Beonel Beon Beonel was an Alder - Espirion hybrid who lived on the planet Espirion . He acted as chief of the Alder - Espirion population when the Alderaanian Prince ss Leia Organa sent representatives to the planet in 0 ABY to urge them to join her in rescuing all Alderaan ians who had survived the Galactic Empire ' s destruction of their homeworld . Upon meeting the Alderaanian representatives , Jora Astane and Uwa Pareece , Beonel immediately rejected the offer after seeing that Astane was disgusted by his hybrid heritage . Although he rejected a second attempt by Pareece to set up talks , Beonel was swayed by a message from Organa to the many Alderaanians who had joined her cause when they came under attack by an Imperial Star Destroyer . Beonel then sent the starship " Espirion Multi " to aid the Alderaanians and destroy the Star Destroyer , joining their cause after the battle . Biography . Bigotry , as expected . Beon Beonel was the chief of the Alder - Espirion s , a species of hybrid s between human immigrants from the planet Alderaan and the Espirions native to the Alder - Espirion homeworld of Espirion . In 0 ABY , shortly after Alderaan was destroyed by the Galactic Empire , Alderaanian Prince ss Leia Organa set off on a mission to rescue all Alderaanians who had survived the incident by being off world , as they were being hunted by the Empire . The Alder - Espirion population was one of the groups she intended to visit and recruit to her cause ; however , she was forced to cancel her plans to visit the planet after Imperial forces pursuing her demanded she exchange herself for an Alderaanian hostage on the planet Skaradosh . In her place , Organa instead sent two representatives to meet with the Alder - Espirion : Jora Astane and Uwa Pareece . As chief of his species , Beonel attended a meeting with the pair set up by the Espirion Consul Rill . He immediately recognized that Astane was disgusted by his mixed ancestry and abandoned the talks , unwilling to tolerate such bigotry despite Pareece ' s attempts to persuade him that Astane did not represent the rest of the Alderaanian survivors ' opinions . Swayed by the princess . Pareece then had Rill contact Beonel and promise that Organa would meet him in person , but the chief was still not interested in working with the Alderaanians and told the representatives as much when they ran into him boarding a vessel in one of Espirion ' s spaceport s . The pair then returned to the Alderaanian fleet that had gathered above Espirion to meet with Organa after she returned from Skaradosh . Organa ' s return was followed by the arrival of an Imperial Star Destroyer that had also been at Skaradosh , and the princess was forced to greet the Alderaanian fleet with a speech warning of the impending danger and inspiring it to fight . Organa ' s astromech droid , R2 - D2 , transmitted the speech to the surface of Espirion without Organa knowing , and Beonel was among those who saw the transmission . Moved by what he heard , Beonel sent the starship " Espirion Multi " to aid the Alderaanian fleet , and with the vessel ' s aid , the Alderaanians destroyed the Star Destroyer . Beonel then joined the ensuing celebrations and met with Organa , claiming that Espirion did not fear the Empire ' s wrath for what it had done , as it was strongly defended . He and his people then joined the Alderaanian survivors , who soon began voting for a new leader after Organa left to return to the Rebel Alliance . Personality and traits . Beon Beonel was an Alder - Espirion with gray hair , green - and - yellow eye s , and red - and - black skin . Assuming that the Alderaanian representatives sent to meet with him might be prejudiced against his hybrid species , he was unwilling to hear out their offer when this proved true , as he believed that his people should not have to tolerate any bigotry , even if it only came from a minority of the other Alderaanians . Within the speech she gave to the Alderaanian fleet , Leia Organa described the peaceful , unprejudiced Alderaanian society she hoped to lead , one that Beonel had dreamed of living in for his entire life . He was so swayed by the speech that he aided and joined the Alderaanian survivors despite the bigots among them and the attention it would bring from the Empire . Equipment . Beonel wore gray and tan robe s while meeting with the Alderaanians , in a style that matched the clothing of Rill and other Espirions . Behind the scenes . Beon Beonel first appeared in the comic book " Princess Leia , Part IV " , which was released on June 3 , 2015 with writing by Mark Waid and illustrations by Terry Dodson . He then went on to appear in the next and final issue of the " " mini - series , which was released on July 1 , 2015 . In one panel of the final issue , Beonel ' s eyes are mistakenly depicted as white with blue pupils instead of yellow and green .