Bail Antilles / Legends Bail Antilles was a Human male from the planet Alderaan . Born a prince in the influential House of Antilles , Antilles served as the senator of the Alderaan sector during the years leading up to the Invasion of Naboo . Campaigning to combat corruption in the Senate , the highest legislative body of the Galactic Republic , Antilles ascended to the position of chairman of the Internal Activities Committee . He was also leader of one of the two main factions of the Senate , the Core faction , which was mostly opposed by the Rim faction led by his colleague Ainlee Teem of the planet Malastare . In 33 BBY , during the debates on the taxation of trade routes , Antilles argued the Senate should not allow the Trade Federation to increase the number of its battle droid defenses . One year later , Queen Amidala of the planet Naboo moved for a Vote of No Confidence in the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum . Along with his colleagues Palpatine of Naboo and Ainlee Teem , Antilles was nominated to succeed the Chancellor . Despite — or partly because of — his crusade against corruption , Antilles was not chosen , and Palpatine received the anointing of the Senate . Following Palpatine ' s election at the helm of the state , Antilles retired from office , making way for his compatriot Bail Organa , to whom he was related through marriage . Once he was retired , Antilles still made a few public appearances , notably attending Senator Horox Ryyder ' s farewell party shortly before the outbreak of the Clone Wars in 22 BBY . Biography . Early life and career . A Human male , Bail Antilles was born on Alderaan , a planet that had been an established center point in the culture and politics of the Galactic Republic for thousands of years . The young Antilles , a prince by birth on his homeworld , was a prominent member of the House of Antilles , one of the planet ' s most influential noble bloodlines . In accordance with Alderaanian law , Antilles reached the age of responsibility at seventeen , becoming a full adult independent of his parents . He joined galactic - wide politics by succeeding his elder colleague Agrippa Aldrete as the Alderaan sector ' s delegate to the Galactic Senate , the main legislative and executive council of the Republic . He occupied a highly prestigious position , since Alderaan was one of the Core Worlds — a group of prestigious planets located around the center of the galaxy — and its delegation held considerable power in the Senate Rotunda . Apart from his political career , Antilles started a family by marrying a woman , with whom he lived on Coruscant — the capital world of the Republic — during his Senatorial service . On Coruscant , Antilles was known to visit the Coruscant Opera House , like many other politicians of the time . He notably attended a representation of " The Brief Reign of Future Wraiths " , a Corellian opera performed by a touring Bith company . Toward the end of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum ' s administration , Antilles was a known supporter of the Chancellor . At that time , the Senate was mostly divided into two factions : the liberal Core faction , led by Antilles and traditionally supporting Valorum , and the conservative Rim faction , opposed to Valorum ' s measures and represented by Senator Ainlee Teem of the planet Malastare . Both Teem and Antilles were considered plausible successors to Valorum by many , including the Chancellor himself . During that time , corruption was a thorn in the flesh of the Senate . Antilles decided to go on a crusade against it , becoming a paragon of integrity . He joined the Internal Activities Committee , a core group whose role was to maintain ethics and legality among the high - ranking officials of the Republic . He was even appointed chairman of the Committee , which also included Horox Ryyder of the world Gravlex Med , Yarua of the planet Kashyyyk and nominally Palpatine of the planet Naboo . Antilles would retain that position for years until his retirement . During the last days of his service , he was assisted by two Senatorial aide s : the former Senator Aldrete and Liana Merian , a female diplomat also from Alderaan . The taxation debates . In 33 BBY , the Trade Federation , a shipping interest that monopolized the trade routes of the Outer Rim Territories , suffered from attacks by the criminal organization known as the Nebula Front in several sectors . Through the voice of its representative in the Senate , Lott Dod , the Federation petitioned for Republic aid . Chancellor Valorum proposed a taxation of the Free Trade Zone , a solution of which the Federation disapproved . Dod suggested that alternatively the Trade Federation could increase its own security assets , thus not needing the protection of the Republic . Dod ' s idea was supported by Ainlee Teem , but Antilles protested , as it could endanger the stability of the already dangerous Outer Rim . He suggested instead that the Trade Federation simply avoid the dangerous areas . The Alderaanian ' s intervention , however , was not to the liking of some representatives , whose planets would be excluded from galactic trade because of the measure . As the problem was considered a delicate matter , a summit was arranged on the planet Eriadu to discuss it at a later date . Soon afterward , Antilles and Ryyder attempted to meet privately with Valorum . That follow - up meeting did not happen , because the Nebula Front attempted to assassinate Valorum in the Senate Plaza . Their plan , however , was thwarted by Jedi Masters Qui - Gon Jinn and Adi Gallia , and the Chancellor was merely wounded . Antilles obtained proof of the Front ' s involvement in the incident and , along with Senator Com Fordox of the planet Corellia , paid the recovering politician a social visit at the Galactic Senate Medcenter . Later , a recovered Valorum thanked Antilles for his interest by consulting him — along with Ryyder , Palpatine , and a few aides — about a hostage situation . The Republic starship " Prominence " , which had been transporting a delegation of Jedi Knights on a mission , had been attacked by Nebula Front agents , and the starship ' s occupants had been captured . Since most of the hostages were Jedi , Antilles and the other politicians agreed to leave the matter in the hands of the Jedi High Council . While working to resolve a diplomatic crisis between Alderaan and its neighbor planet Delaya , Antilles was approached by the Twi ' lek senator Orn Free Taa of the planet Ryloth . As a member of several committees , Taa had discovered that the trade company known as Valorum Shipping and Transport , owned by relatives of Chancellor Valorum and with interests in the trade routes that Valorum wanted to tax , had received an important investment and would profit from the new laws for which Valorum was campaigning — something that suggested corruption . Taa had tried to find the origin of the money , but on account of lacking the proper authorization , he had turned to Antilles due to his chairmanship of the Internal Activities Committee , on Palpatine ' s advice . Antilles agreed to investigate the situation , discovering what he at first thought was a false - venture consortium . Hidden under it was a fraudulent banking account from Coruscant that had moved an amount of aurodium ingot s apparently linked to the Trade Federation . Those facts suggested that the Federation had given Valorum the ingots to seal a secret pact . Antilles reported his discoveries to Taa , who in turn revealed them to Palpatine discreetly . Once the taxing of trade routes had been approved , Antilles , in his role as Internal Activities chairman , informed Valorum of the charges of corruption filed against him . The Alderaanian also represented the prosecution in the subsequent Supreme Court inquiry that took place in the Galactic Courts of Justice Building . When Antilles presented evidence of embezzlement related to Valorum Shipping and Transport , one of the Chancellor ' s lawyers objected there was no clear connection between Valorum himself and the enormous sum that was invested in the corporation . Yet Antilles had expected that argument . He pointed out that the quantity of aurodium corresponded exactly to a cache of ingots that the Trade Federation had reported missing after an attack a few months earlier . He went on to note that the money in question might not have truly disappeared , and might have instead been transferred to Valorum Shipping , as a means to seal a concealed partnership between the Federation and the Chancellor . Following those accusations , Valorum ' s reputation was put on the line , and as his second term of office drew to a close , both Antilles and Teem started campaigning to replace him . The Invasion of Naboo and the Chancery election . Unbeknownst to the Senate , the Trade Federation had entered into a secret alliance with the Sith Lord Darth Sidious — who was in fact none other than the seemingly unassuming Senator Palpatine . In 32 BBY , Sidious ordered his Federation allies to use their battleships to blockade and besiege Naboo , in protest against the taxation of the Free Trade Zone . Facing the current head of state ' s impotence to act quickly and interrupt the blockade , Queen Padmé Amidala , the recently elected ruler of Naboo , called for a Vote of No Confidence in Chancellor Valorum ' s leadership . The motion was greeted with resounding success , and Valorum was removed from office . As a consequence , Antilles , Teem and Palpatine were nominated to succeed Valorum in the upcoming Chancery election . Since Antilles had gained popularity following the taxation debates , he was considered the top candidate for the chancellorship by both the holomedia and his fellow senators . During the campaign , Antilles organized a political meeting aboard the Perlemian Orbital Facility , a space station orbiting Coruscant . The meeting was attended by several senators and businessbeings , as well as Jedi Master Jorus C ' baoth , who had been tasked with settling a dispute among some of Alderaan ' s noble houses . However , thanks to the groundswell of sympathy for the blockaded planet Naboo , Palpatine won the election . Antilles ' fierce fight against corruption had also gained him a reputation of an overzealous reformer , which rendered him undesirable to the many greedy delegates in the Senate , and he resigned from the Senate shortly thereafter . He passed the torch to his compatriot Bail Prestor Organa , who had married Queen Breha , a member of Antilles ' family . A retired senator . Despite having sustained an overwhelming defeat , Antilles held no grudge against Palpatine for being elected . In fact , he assumed that the former Senator of Naboo had been chosen because he projected an image of both rigidness and sincerity , which gained him the sympathy and approval of both Senatorial factions . However , Antilles would somewhat revise his opinion through the years : he later revealed to Bail Organa that , at that time of Palpatine ' s election , the Senate ' s main objective had been to remove Valorum from power , more than any actual interest in his successor . In the third month of the year 22 BBY , Antilles accompanied Bail Organa to Ozlyn Gox , the capital city of Gravlex Med , to attend the retirement ceremony of the Anx representative Horox Ryyder . The celebration was an informal gathering of old friends , but Ryyder had been careful to invite his former political allies , including Antilles . The two Alderaanians presented their retiring colleague with the Royal Chalcedony Shield , a prestigious award that made him an honorary son of Alderaan . Antilles ' attendance at the ceremony was recorded in the " News Headlines " segment of CoCo District ' s edition of the HoloNet News . Two months later , the Clone Wars broke out , with the Republic and the Jedi Order waging war against the Confederacy of Independent Systems . At some point following the Battle of Geonosis , the first engagement of the conflict , Antilles was once again featured on the HoloNet news , along with Sei Taria , the former Staff Aide of Chancellor Valorum , and a red - plated protocol droid . Personality and traits . Bail Antilles was a tall , fair - skinned man who sported dark hair , a proud nose and blue eyes . His physical features were considered attractive by other members of his species . One of his Senatorial outfits was a white tunic with a high collar , leaf - shaped fabric clasps and an elaborate golden stole flowing down from the shoulders . By wearing pure white uniforms , Antilles followed a tradition of Alderaanian ambassadors . Although hard - working , dedicated and efficient in no little measure , Antilles was sometimes considered short - sighted . Indeed , as the representative of one of the Core Worlds , he paid little attention to the Outer Rim Territories , at least according to Finis Valorum . When his position on the Internal Activities Committee obligated him to represent the prosecution on Chancellor Valorum ' s trial , Antilles ' body language expressed both anger and disappointment . While he apologized to Valorum for being the bringer of bad news , the Senator had the sense of doing his duty , in compliance with his strong anti - corruption principles . Despite his excellent reputation , certain members of the Jedi Order were suspicious of Antilles , including Masters Saesee Tiin and Dooku . When Valorum found himself under the gun , Tiin was concerned that he could be replaced by " the likes of Bail Antilles or Ainlee Teem , " lumping together both politicians . According to Dooku , Valorum was a " known quantity " to the Jedi , while his potential successors Teem , Palpatine and Antilles had yet to disclose their true — and perhaps dangerous — agendas . Ironically , Dooku would later become a Sith Lord and an apprentice to Darth Sidious , Palpatine ' s Sith alter ego . When he broke for lunch after a hard morning ' s work , the Senator enjoyed drinking Gizer ale and going to the city for a meal . One of his favorite restaurants was located near the Courts Building of Coruscant , in the district known as " the Plains . " As an outspoken critic of bureaucratic corruption , Antilles disliked Senator Orn Free Taa of Ryloth , suspecting that the Twi ' lek was guilty of many financial irregularities . However , the Alderaanian always did his best to hide his apprehension when meeting with Taa , listening to the Twi ' lek ' s words and checking the truth about them later . Yet , he could not help addressing Taa with a slight touch of sarcasm . Behind the scenes . Character origins . The name " Bail Antilles " first appeared in May 1974 , in the 132 - page to the film that would become . In that early treatment , Antilles was a galactic trader and a confederate of the Aquillian Ranger Clieg Whitsun . He was described as a rugged - looking man wearing fur and golden ornaments . One year later , in the " " , Antilles became an Aquillian Ranger himself and the co - pilot of the story ' s main protagonist , Luke Starkiller . That first version of Antilles appears in the comic book series " The Star Wars " , a non - canon adaptation of George Lucas ' s 1974 draft for " Star Wars " . Later story developments established the character of Bail Antilles as the father of Princess Leia from the planet Ogana Major . When Princess Leia ' s homeworld was renamed Alderaan , the name " Ogana " was slightly respelled and attributed to the royal family . Bail Antilles was accordingly renamed Bail Organa , and went on to be mentioned by name in both the script and of the original " Star Wars " film , although he was only referred to simply as Princess Leia ' s father in the film itself . In " " , the second issue of the film ' s comic book adaptation by Marvel , Leia ' s father was erroneously referred to as " Bail Antillies [ sic ] , Viceroy of Alderaan . " Eventually , Bail Antilles was established as a separate character from Organa during the development of the " Star Wars " prequel trilogy , specifically as Organa ' s predecessor as the senator of Alderaan . Portrayal . In 1999 , the actor Adrian Dunbar was cast as Bail Organa and was set to appear in the Senate sequence of . In his original scene , Dunbar ' s Organa seconded Queen Amidala ' s Vote of No Confidence that toppled Valorum ' s Chancellorship . However , references to " Bail Organa " in the script were changed to " Bail Antilles " during production , making Dunbar ' s character a separate politician . While filming his scenes , Dunbar was asked to perform with an accent at the last moment . The actor practiced a bit and delivered his lines as requested on the day of filming . After he did it , he heard a voice saying : " That is the worst American accent I ' ve ever heard . " When Dunbar peered out through the light to see who was mocking him , he realized it was his old friend Liam Neeson , who played Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn in the film . Ultimately , the footage containing Dunbar was cut from the final film , and Antilles was only briefly mentioned in " The Phantom Menace " as a nominee to succeed Chancellor Valorum . Dunbar received a telephone call from George Lucas to let him know he would not make it into the film . The Irish actor later expressed his disappointment that his scenes were cut , especially since the only reason he was to take part in " The Phantom Menace " was because Lucas initially wanted to include him in the next two films . In May 2001 , " Star Wars " author James Luceno used Adrian Dunbar ' s likeness in his novel " Cloak of Deception " to portray Bail Antilles , in keeping with the changes in the movie script . When was released one year later , Jimmy Smits was re - cast as Bail Organa , and Antilles made no further film appearances . Meanwhile , the character portrayed by Dunbar had been further associated with Bail Antilles in the March 21 , 2002 , issue of the HoloNet News , an in - universe news website that was launched as a prelude to " Attack of the Clones " . In " Senator Horox Ryyder Retires , " an article from that HoloNet News issue , both Antilles and Organa were mentioned , with a picture of both together . The illustrated rendering of Antilles , drawn by Joe Corroney , was evidently based on the only published picture of Dunbar in costume . Despite the early retcon during production , some sources had already gone to print identifying the character played by Dunbar as Bail Organa , thus giving rise to a notable case of mistaken identity in " Star Wars " canon . Leland Chee , the arbiter of the Holocron continuity database at Lucasfilm Ltd . , addressed the issue in a blog post in 2006 . Since then , the confusion between the two Bails has been repeated at least once . In the book " Star Wars Annual 2009 " , Antilles was listed as one of several senators who were members of the Loyalist Committee around 22 BBY . However , Antilles was not a senator anymore at that time , and it was his successor Organa who was part of the Committee . Namesakes . Two other characters in the " Star Wars " Expanded Universe have borne the name " Bail Antilles . " One was a Rebel agent who used the name as an alias during a mission to extract the spy Malkor Trel from the starship " Executor " during the Galactic Civil War — as recounted in the roleplaying game adventure " Murder on the Executor " . The other was a member of the Galactic Alliance Triumvirate by the time of the Sith – Imperial War , who appeared in the " " series of comic book . However , " Antilles " was considered a very common in - universe family name in " Star Wars " , equivalent to " Jones " or " Smith " in some - speaking countries , and at least two Alderaanians of the same era bore the first name of " Bail . " Therefore , it cannot be taken for granted that those two other individuals were named after the Republic Senator .