Bail Organa Bail Organa was a human male Alderaanian politician , an influential voice for peace in the Galactic Senate during the last days of the Galactic Republic , and a founding member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic . Organa , the senator of Alderaan , was an outspoken member of the Senate ' s Loyalist Committee that pushed to maintain the ideals of the Republic during the Clone Wars . He became an architect of the early rebellion against the Galactic Empire and believed that a full - scale Galactic Civil War was inevitable if the Empire was to be toppled and replaced by a New Republic . During the Clone Wars , Organa often worked closely with Senators Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Mon Mothma of Chandrila in an attempt to de - escalate the war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems and bring about a peaceful , diplomatic resolution to the years - long conflict . He was an opponent of the Republic military enhancement bill that increased the production of clone trooper s for the Grand Army of the Republic , as well as the architect of the Alderaan Refugee Conference to deal with the refugee s displaced by the war with the Separatist Alliance . At times he became caught in the action of the war , including when his relief effort on Christophsis fell under Separatist siege shortly before the Battle of Christophsis . He also ensured that relief supplies could be delivered to the citizens of Ryloth during the Separatist occupation of the planet . After the transformation of the Republic into the Empire , Organa continued to serve in the Imperial Senate but quietly began organizing a rebel movement to combat the Empire . He and his wife , Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan , secretly adopted Leia Organa , who came into their care after her mother , Senator Amidala , died and her father , Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , fell to the dark side of the Force . Prince ss Leia followed in her father ' s footsteps and succeeded him in the Senate while quietly supporting the Rebel Alliance . Organa tasked her with finding Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , his old friend and ally , in exile on Tatooine and bringing him into the fight . Bail then returned home to Alderaan to inform his people that war was coming , a warning that would come too late . Shortly thereafter , Organa and the queen were killed when the Death Star , an Imperial superweapon , destroyed Alderaan . They were remembered fondly by the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic as revolutionaries who fought to restore peace and freedom in the galaxy . Biography . Early life and career . Bail Organa was a politician and a member of the royal family of Alderaan . At some point following the Invasion of Naboo , he came to represent his home planet in the Senate of the Galactic Republic , succeeding Bail Antilles , his relative by marriage . Organa was also the Viceroy of his homeworld and the husband of Breha Organa , Queen of Alderaan . As soon as he entered the intergalactic political arena , he established strong ties with like - minded senators , including Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Mon Mothma of Chandrila . He also became close friends with Finis Valorum , former Supreme Chancellor of the Republic . Due to his honesty and his commitment to justice , Organa gained the respect of his senatorial peers and came to be esteemed as a politician . In spite of Organa ' s best efforts , the galactic government grew increasingly plagued by corruption , ultimately leading malcontents to take extreme action : led by the former Jedi Count Dooku , a loose affiliation of outlying star systems formed the Confederacy of Independent Systems and declared itself seceded from the Galactic Republic . With the rise of further separatism following the rise of the Confederacy , Organa joined the Senate ' s Loyalist Committee , the members of which supported the Republic and its leader , Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine . In the framework of the committee , Organa came to work closely with Padmé Amidala . In time , the Separatist Crisis escalated into the full - scale conflict known as the Clone Wars . Organa , opposed to the war but cognizant of its inevitability , became especially active in his devotion to relief missions and other humanitarian operations . In this context , he often worked with members of the Jedi Order , for whom he came to develop a deep respect . The Clone Wars . Christophsis . Shortly before the Battle of Christophsis , Organa led a relief force to the planet to aid its besieged people and beleaguered Republic troops . In this context , he and his relief effort became trapped on Christophsis ' surface by General Whorm Loathsom ' s forces and a Separatist blockade led by the infamous Admiral Trench . When Jedi Knight s Anakin Skywalker and Obi - Wan Kenobi led an assault against Trench ' s fleet in an attempt to break through and aid Organa , the Admiral responded with a withering attack , forcing the Jedi to retreat behind a nearby moon . Trench staged several devastating attack runs against Organa ' s on - planet camp at the Minister of Sustenance ' s compound in Chaleydonia and draw Skywalker and Kenobi out from behind the moon , but the Harch admiral ' s blockade were finally broken by a stealth ship flown by Skywalker and Admiral Yularen . Organa then thanked Skywalker for delivering the supplies and then watched as Loathsom ' s forces retreated . Toydaria . Following Christophsis , Organa was then sent on trade missions . After it ' s success , Organa was then contacted by Jedi Masters Yoda , Mace Windu , and Obi - Wan Kenobi , who informed him of the destruction of the Republic fleet protecting Ryloth . He was then asked by them to assist Naboo Representative Jar Jar Binks in negotiating an agreement with the Toydarian s to allow them use their planet to send relief supplies to Ryloth . However , Organa and Binks encountered resistance from Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod , who claimed that do so would violate Toydaria ' s neutrality . However , King Katuunko agreed to allow them to use the ships they brought to load the supplies to aid the Twi ' lek s as long as the Trade Federation did not learn of the mercy mission . Organa then had Binks distract Lott Dod ' s party at a state dinner while he loaded the supplies aboard the ships . Following that mission , Organa , Binks and Katuunko were confronted by Dod , who claimed that Organa was responsible . However , Organa assured him that if he had any proof , he could show it to the Senate . Frustrated , Dod withdrew his argument , but warned Organa that he was playing a dangerous game . Conference on Alderaan . Organa , alongside Senator Amidala , hosted a conference on Alderaan . However , following assassin Aurra Sing ' s first attempt on Amidala , Organa and Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano tried to convince her to leave . After she refused , Organa continued the conference with a droid taking Amidala ' s place . He and Captain Typho then went to her quarters to stop Sing . They then took Sing into custody . He then attended Amidala ' s party for Senator Aang . Hostage Crisis . Organa then asked Amidala to join him in Senator Philo ' s meeting about the enhanced privacy invasion bill . Following the meeting , Organa and the other senators were then taken hostage by Cad Bane and his bounty hunters following Bane ' s murder of Philo . When Bane was searching the senator for communicators , Amidala told him that they must not search her because she had a lightsaber . Organa then wondered why she had one , but was more concerned about giving it back to the Jedi who own it . After Skywalker was captured by Sing , Bail and the other senators attended to him . After Bane and the other bounty hunters left , Organa and the others were saved from the explosives by Skywalker . Ahsoka Tano ' s trial . Organa was present during the funeral of the six Jedi killed in the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar . He also attended the trial of Ahsoka Tano , seated alongside Riyo Chuchi , Mon Mothma and Kin Robb as the former Padawan was accused of masterminding the bombing . Tano was ultimately cleared of all charges when Anakin Skywalker arrived with Barriss Offee , the real culprit . Final days of war . Following the Battle of Coruscant , Organa spoke with several senators such as Mothma and Amidala . They discussed how Palpatine had been given control of the Jedi Council and had been appointed to oversee star systems . They also discussed the possibility that Palpatine would dismantle the Senate . Organa agreed that they could not let the millennium old democracy die without a fight . Organa apologized for speaking like a separatist , but Mon Mothma assured him that they were not separatists leaving the Republic , but were loyalists trying to preserve it . Rise and reign of the Galactic Empire . Rise of the Empire . During the attack on the Jedi Temple by the clone troopers , Bail Organa arrived and tried to demand access to the Temple . An escaping Jedi was shot down before his eyes by the clones , prompting him to flee to his ship , " Tantive III " , with the intent of intercepting any surviving Jedi . Masters Yoda and Obi - Wan Kenobi were both picked up by Organa , who took them back to Coruscant to warn any surviving Jedi to remain hidden . At the end of the Clone Wars , Chancellor Palpatine transformed the democratic Republic into an authoritarian Empire , bestowing upon himself the title of Galactic Emperor . Organa , along with other dissident members of the newly - refashioned Imperial Senate ( notably , Mon Mothma ) took steps to form the Alliance to Restore the Republic , which sought to restore democracy to the Galaxy . Following the execution of Order 66 , Organa adopted the newborn Leia , daughter of the late Padmé Amidala and the fallen Jedi Anakin Skywalker , in order to protect the child from harm at the hands of the Emperor . Organa and his wife , Queen Breha Organa , had always wanted a baby girl , and readily raised Leia as an Alderaanian princess . With time , Leia became a politician in her own right and a dedicated member of the Alliance . During the reign of the Empire , Organa remained Senator of Alderaan in the Imperial Senate , though he secretly rebelled against the Empire . Organa was one of the only people in the galaxy who knew the whereabouts of both Yoda and Kenobi after the Purge . Although he eventually let his friend and ally Mon Mothma into his confidence about Kenobi ' s survival , he did not tell anyone else and even lied to his rebel allies in later years , telling them that Kenobi had been killed during the Purge . Organa knew who Kenobi was protecting and the importance he would one day have in the fight against the Empire . As such , he allowed the Jedi to remain hidden until ' the time was right ' . The Infancy of the Rebellion . Within the first year of the Empire , Bail Organa began clandestine operations against the Empire by helping planets in need . He would intercept secure Imperial messages and send cells of rebels to act on his behalf to help citizens being oppressed by the Empire . He had gotten his friend and loyal pilot , Captain Raymus Antilles , to join him in rebelling against the Empire , and the two of them were slowly recruiting the crew of the Tantive IV into their cause . One such communique described armed resistance to Imperial occupation on the moon of Raada . The message indicated that the uprising included a Jedi . Organa was surprised to learn that a survivor of Order 66 had been found , but became worried for the Jedi ' s safety , knowing that that Empire would want to hunt down and kill them . Later , while on Coruscant , Organa heard of additional incidents in the Outer Rim which may had also been the work of the Jedi he wished to locate . This Jedi had began running his or her own mercy missions , making sure food was delivered to those in need , stopping a Black Sun pirate , etc . Organa enlisted the help of Chardri Tage and his copilot Tamsin in order to track this elusive Jedi , although he did not tell Tage and Tamsin that the person they were looking for was , in fact , a Jedi . Tage and Tamsin , along with R2 - D2 , whom Organa had borrowed from Captain Antilles , eventually found the Jedi : Ahsoka Tano , the former Padawan of Anakin Skywalker during the Clone Wars . They had caught her in a tractor beam after her fight with an agent of the Black Sun criminal gang , but were easily dispatched while attempting to tell Tano who they were . R2 told Tano that Bail Organa was trying to contact her . Tano escaped from Tage ' s ship , deciding to meet Organa on her own terms . When Organa traveled on the Tantive IV to meet Tage and Tamsin , Tano snuck her way onto the ship with help from R2 - D2 , surprising Organa in his own quarters . Organa told Tano about his growing rebellion against the Empire , and asked her to join his cause . She agreed , but only if Organa helped her to find a mysterious Imperial agent who was hunting down force - sensitive children . Organa gave Tano information about this agent , the Sixth Brother , informing her that he was on Raada and holding Tano ' s friend , Kaeden Larte , captive . After freeing Larte , Tano contacted Organa , who sent transports , the " Tantive IV " , and A - wing fighters to evacuate the farmers from Raada . Afterward , Tano met Organa on his ship , where she informed him that the evacuated farmers wanted to join the rebellion . During their conversation , Tano told Organa she wanted to " take [ his ] recruits and find missions for them . " She became the manager of Organa ' s intelligence network and took the codename " Fulcrum " . Aiding the rebellion . In the fourteenth year of the Empire , Organa sent his astromech friend R2 - D2 , accompanied by Organa ' s protocol droid C - 3PO , on a secret mission to gather intel about the " Spectres " . After the mission , the droid was returned to Organa by the rebels ' leader Kanan Jarrus aboard the " Tantive IV " . Organa thanked Jarrus by compensating him for his efforts , before reciting a Jedi saying . Once C - 3PO had left the room , Organa recorded R2 ' s footage . When the Spectres launched a mission to rescue their captured leader from an Imperial fleet over Mustafar , " Fulcrum " discovered their plan . As TIE fighters from the fleet closed in on them from all sides , a small fleet of Rebel ships , commanded by " Fulcrum " , emerged from hyperspace and aided the rebels ' escape . Once onboard the ship , Chopper transmitted a communication from Senator Organa , who was introduced by Hera Syndulla . He told them about the different rebel cells that he and Ahsoka had been contacting around the galaxy and that they were now coming together to unite against the Empire . Following the blockade of Ibaar , Organa was able to find a manufacturer to build more of Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie ' s B - wing starfighters in secret . After learning of the rebellion ' s losses at the battle on Garel , Organa dispatched Princess Leia , then serving as his aide , along with three " Sphyrna " - class corvettes — P1 , P2 and P3 — to Lothal to expand the rebel fleet , under the guise of delivering relief supplies to the people of Lothal . Leia planned for the rebels to steal them to conceal Alderaan ' s involvement with the rebellion . In 2 BBY , Senator Organa and Rebel Command dispatched Saw Gerrera and a team of his Partisans to investigate the disappearance of the Geonosian species . After losing contact with Saw ' s team , Senator Organa and the Phoenix Cell ' s Commander Jun Sato dispatched Hera ' s rebel cell and the former Clone Captain Rex to find Saw and recover his data . During the mission , the rebels rescued Saw , befriended the Geonosian Klik - Klak , and discovered that the Empire had perpetrated genocide against the Geonosians . After rescuing Saw , Hera and Kanan reported their findings to Senator Organa . While Organa thought the evidence was insufficient to sway the Senate , he believed that revelations about the Geonosian genocide would turn more worlds against the Empire . Later that year , Senator Organa dispatched Phoenix Leader Hera Syndulla and her rebel crew on a mission to rendezvous with the former Senator Mon Mothma . Mothma had become a fugitive from the Empire after denouncing the Ghorman Massacre and wanted to travel to Dantooine in order to unify the various rebel cells and factions into an Alliance . Despite being pursued by Imperial forces dispatched by Grand Admiral Thrawn , the Spectres , Mothma , and Gold Squadron managed to reach Dantooine . Later , Organa along with other rebels including General Jan Dodonna were present at a meeting when his former colleague Senator Mon Mothma gave an impassioned HoloNet speech denouncing the Empire and announcing the formation of the Rebel Alliance . Bail also informed everyone , including Captain Rex that Kenobi was dead . In 1 BBY , Senator Organa briefed a meeting of the Alliance leadership and the Spectres via hologram at the Great Temple . During the meeting , Organa corroborated the Partisan leader Saw Gerrera ' s intelligence that the Empire was using a relay station on Jalindi to track rebel supply lines . In response , the Spectres were dispatched on a mission to plant a spike on the Jalindi relay . Later , Senator Organa attended a briefing with Mon Mothma , General Syndulla , and other rebel leaders on Yavin 4 to discuss the stolen TIE / D Defender Elite ' s flight data recorder which Hera ' s Spectres had obtained on Lothal . When Organa asked if the Alliance fighters could match the new Imperial fighter , General Dodonna replied that Alliance fighters would be at a disadvantage . The Alliance leaders then discussed news of the recent activation of Protocol 13 on Lothal , which entailed the evacuation of all Imperial personnel on the planet . Hera then re - entered the meeting and convinced the Alliance to authorize a strike on Lothal . Since Hera already had a team on Lothal , Mothma authorized the operation . Late Involvement in the Rebellion . In 0 BBY , Organa spoke with Mothma following her meeting with Jyn Erso . He believed that the Imperial Senate would not act on whatever proof Erso ' s father , Dr . Galen Erso had on the weapon . Organa believed that ceding to the Emperor ' s will had become second nature to members of the senate . However , Mothma assured him that as long as it stood , the Alliance must try diplomacy first , but be prepared for what would come afterwards . Organa was present at a meeting of rebel forces at their headquarters on Yavin 4 to discuss the rising threat of the new Imperial superweapon : the Death Star . Organa exclaimed his support for Erso ' s idea to bring the fight back to the Empire . Following the meeting , Organa briefly spoke to Mon Mothma , informing her that he would be returning to Alderaan to prepare for the coming war that such actions suggested by Erso would bring about . Mothma asked Organa to bring Obi - Wan Kenobi out of his hiding on Tatooine . Bail himself could not go due to being needed to rouse Alderaan to action , so he had to sent one of his agents to find Kenobi in his place . Mothma asked if he was sending someone he could trust , and Bail replied that it was someone he would trust with his life , his adopted daughter , Leia . Death . About two decades after the end of the Clone Wars , Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin ordered the destruction of Alderaan by use of the Death Star , an immense space station fitted with a powerful superlaser . Bail Organa died in the explosion of his homeworld , along with his wife . Legacy . Statues in his and his wife ' s honor were erected in the ceremonial chamber of the Great Temple , from where the Alliance to Restore the Republic launched their successful assault on the Death Star . Several members of the Alliance came to the statue to place wreaths and pay their respects . The Alliance pilot Evaan Verlaine , who had been one of Queen Breha ' s pupils in her youth , paid her respect to the deceased leaders of Alderaan by observing a moment of silence in front of their statues . At some point between the Battle of Yavin and that of Hoth , the Clawdite shapeshifter agent Tunga Arpagion briefly impersonated Organa in his cell when Princess Leia extracted him from the Dex Acquisitions Depot on Meor Ain . However , the princess not only was not fooled , but also punched Arpagion in the face for trying to play games with her mind and using her late father ' s image . Bail Organa was a celebrated and bipartisanly revered martyr for the New Republic . Because of his leadership abilities and unifying qualities , he was a powerful figure in a philosophy of post - imperial politics . A 70 - meter - high statue of him carved from Jelucani fogstone was erected in the senatorial complex in Republic City on Hosnian Prime . A hand on the statue was partially damaged during the Napkin Bombing . Soon after the Napkin Bombing and the statue of Organa ' s damage , a music box was discovered by the Senator of Arkanis , Carise Sindian . The box , which was meant to be listened to only by Bail ' s adopted daughter Leia if she was given the governor ship of Birren , contained the Alderaanian song " Mirrorbright " . It also contained a recording of Bail ' s voice speaking about Leia ' s true parentage . This recording was later used against Leia in a Senate hearing . Personality and traits . Bail Organa was a human man who served as the planet Alderaan ' s Senator during the last days of the Galactic Republic and the Imperial Era . As a politician , Organa was renown for his honesty and commitment to justice . During the Clone Wars , Senator Organa forged friendships with several senators who were concerned with the increasingly autocratic rule of Chancellor Palpatine including Padmé Amidala of Naboo and Mon Mothma of Chandrila . Organa also undertook relief missions to wartorn worlds including Ryloth . Organa convinced Junior Representative Jar Jar Binks to use his talents as a clown to distract Trade Federation delegates while he facilitated the shipment of supplies to Ryloth . He also had a deep respect for the Jedi and did not believe Emperor Palpatine ' s claims that the Jedi had turned against the Republic . Organa was troubled by the execution of Jedi younglings during the Jedi Purge . Senator Organa ' s respect for the Jedi led him to rescue Master Yoda from Kashyyyk . His friendship with Senator Amidala led him to adopt and raise her daughter Leia as his own child . Organa doted over Leia and trained her in the arts of diplomacy and language . While Senator Organa maintained a respectable facade during the Imperial Era , he secretly opposed the Empire and helped to sponsor the earliest manifestations of resistance . Senator Organa cultivated the former Padawan [ Tano as the Rebellion ' s first intelligence operative Fulcrum . He also used his wealth and resources to shelter refugees from Raada on Alderaan . As the Rebellion grew in strength , Organa devoted resources to financing and arming rebel cells such as the Spectres and the Phoenix Group . He was supported in these endeavors by his adopted daughter Leia , who shared his zeal to the Rebellion and finesse for diplomacy and flattery . Organa was widely regarded as a rebel leader and hero by many in the New Republic , who commissioned a statue in his honor . Organa ' s love for his daughter led him to withhold the secret that she and her brother Luke Skywalker were the descendants of the reviled Darth Vader , the Emperor ' s executioner . Behind the scenes . Bail Organa was played by Jimmy Smits in " , " and in the Anthology film " " . He is voiced by Phil LaMarr in " " and " Star Wars Rebels " . In the 2016 reference book " " , Organa ' s height is given as 1 . 91 meters , while the official Databank on StarWars . com lists it as 1 . 99 meters . According to Smits , Organa ' s garb in " Rogue One : A Star Wars Story " was not as stately as it was in Episodes II and III as Organa is not as high up the political food chain .