Celly Organa Celly Organa was a Human female from Alderaan and a member of the House of Organa , one of the most famous and influential noble families of the galaxy . One of four children , she was the sister of Bail , Rouge , and Tia Organa . Although she was born into wealth and privilege on an idyllic planet , Organa did not remain idle ; in the years leading up to the Clone Wars , she served as Chairwoman of the Refugee Relief Movement . Under her chairmanship , the movement established a new settlement on the site of Chianar , the cornerstone of which was laid in 22 BBY . Three years later , Organa ' s brother Bail , then – senator of the Alderaan sector , decided to adopt a baby daughter named Leia . Organa joined him in the upbringing of his adopted offspring . As a tutor , she could not hide her exasperation with her niece ' s tomboyish nature , but she loved her nonetheless . Ultimately , Leia turned out well and followed in her father ' s footsteps , succeeding him as senator to the Imperial Senate . In 0 BBY , Celly Organa died along with most of her compatriots when the Galactic Empire destroyed her homeworld with a shot from the superlaser of the planet - killing Death Star . Biography . Early life . Celly Organa was a Human female from Alderaan , a planet that many considered to be the galaxy ' s paradise and the heart of the Galactic Republic . A noblewoman , she was part of the princely House of Organa , whose origins could be traced as far as the colonization of Alderaan in 27 , 500 BBY . Her father , the Viceroy Organa , had also begotten three other children : Tia , Rouge , and Bail Prestor , his only son . As the offspring of a wealthy , prominent , and popular noble house , Organa enjoyed a privileged and comfortable life from the day she drew her first breath . When she reached the age of seventeen , she became an adult in the eyes of the Alderaanian law . Due to her heritage , she was a princess in her own right and was part of the High Court of Alderaan , which presided over the planet ' s High Council . Eventually , she found a groom of suitable lineage and started a family of her own . Her only brother , Bail Prestor , went on to become the representative of the Alderaan sector to the Galactic Senate , the Viceroy and First Chairman of the Alderaan system and the husband of Queen Breha Organa , née Antilles . In the last decades of the Republic , the number of people living below the poverty line on Coruscant , the capital world of the galactic government , was increasing . In an effort to counter that trend , the Refugee Relief Movement — or RRM for short — was founded . When the movement evolved into a resettlement agency , various new branches were established on several planets , and Organa was appointed Chairwoman of the RRM . In the third month of the year 22 BBY , Alderaan loosened its immigration laws to allow thousands of refugees to find shelter , and the government donated one hundred hectare s of plains on the site of Chianar to be transformed into a new village . Organa supervised the construction commencement ceremony and greeted the first five hundred new settlers . The Alderaanian diplomat Liana Merian and the former Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum also participated in the ceremony . On that occasion , a journalist interviewed Organa for an article to be published in the forty - ninth issue of the HoloNet News CoCo District Edition ' s 531st volume . In the interview , Organa advocated for more solidarity , stating that the worlds still aligned with the Republic had enough room to accommodate the shelterless who had been forced to abandon their home planets . Bringing up Leia Organa . Two months after the inauguration of the Chianar settlement , the Republic went to war with the Confederacy of Independent Systems , a separatist movement led by Count Dooku of Serenno . After the end of the devastating three - year conflict known as the Clone Wars , the then - senator Bail Organa decided to adopt Leia , the baby girl of his late colleague Padmé Amidala . Meanwhile , the former Supreme Chancellor Palpatine had shown his true colors , carving an authoritarian Galactic Empire from the corpse of the old Republic and bestowing the title of Emperor upon himself . Celly Organa and her sisters came to live at the Royal Palace of Aldera to help their brother raise his foster daughter . By that point , Organa had become a widow , holding the title of dowager . The Princess Organa and her sisters were tasked with drilling the young Leia into a respectable , high - ranking lady . However , baby Leia grew into a tomboyish girl with a fiery temperament . Wishing to tame their passionate niece , Organa and her sisters taught her the arcana of court etiquette . Additionally , they hired other tutors , including the strict Madame Vesta , the Headmistress of the Alderaan Select Academy for Young Ladies . For his part , the Viceroy worked in the shadows , contributing to the foundation of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , a gathering of factions opposed to the tyranny of Palpatine ' s Empire . The attempt at bridling their adopted niece was not entirely successful ; when the ten - year - old princess performed the " Dance of the Twi ' lek Slave Girl " during a performance at the Select Academy , the Organa sisters were collectively appalled . A few years later , they were further disappointed when a teenaged Leia refused to enter the Court marriage market before she could do so as a senator in her own right . As time passed , Organa witnessed her niece coming of age and succeeding her father as representative of the Alderaan sector in the Imperial Senate . In 1 BBY , On the occasion of Leia ' s nomination as senator , Organa , Rouge , and Tia accompanied Leia to an official levee organized by the Emperor on Coruscant , now renamed Imperial Center . When the young Senator noticed the presence of jeweled Imperial concubines and asked about them , Organa took her aside and briefed her about the court ' s intrigues . Although the three sisters were still bent on marrying Leia at the time of her first levee , the Princess was secretly going out with young men , although none the dowagers would approve of . Organa and her siblings were also unaware that , years before , Leia had sneaked out with the young noble Raal Panteer under the cover of the night to swim in the reflecting pools of Aldera , and they had exchanged their first kiss . A planet ' s demise . In 0 BBY , Wilhuff Tarkin , one of Palpatine ' s Grand Moffs , chose to demonstrate the full power of the Death Star , a brand new moon - sized battlestation equipped with a planet - destroying superlaser . Since the Empire had grown suspicious of Bail Organa ' s true allegiance , Tarkin had the entire planet of Alderaan destroyed by the Death Star , with a captive Leia being forced to watch . On a warm evening late in the spring , Celly Organa , a proud daughter of the House of Organa , died in the destruction of her homeworld , along with more than a billion other beings . Legacy . Despite the clear differences of opinion they had on many issues , Leia immediately realized how much she would miss her Aunt Celly , her recommendations , and her annoying riddle games . During one of her first private conversations with the Tatooinian farmboy Luke Skywalker — who was in fact her estranged twin brother — Leia started daydreaming about her aunt advising her to be patient like she used to . Even sixteen years later , when Leia had become the Chief of State of a democratic New Republic , she remembered her conversation with her aunt on the Imperial Court ' s intrigues while meeting again with Roganda Ismaren , a former concubine of the Emperor . Personality and traits . In her last years , Celly Organa was a plump woman with a pink face . As was customary among Alderaanian adults , she had long hair that she would decorate with cut flowers . When her niece Leia first attended the Emperor ' s reception , Organa ' s hair was fading with age , but she would still display complicated — and somewhat antiquated — hairstyles that included twirls , pearls , and small garlands . Although she was born into luxury and prosperity , with her family ' s wealth seemingly limitless , Organa had genuine concerns for those most in need . At the time she presided over the RRM , she publicly stated there was enough space in the Republic for everyone to live decently , on the condition that everyone agreed to share . Organa shared many things with her sisters , including a taste for iridescent earrings made from Old Republic bronze and her pleading for patience and reflection . Beside her undoubted qualities , she was also known for her personality quirks , such as indulging daily outbreaks of hypochondria — during which she would lie down in her chambers — and making riddles , a habit that usually made her niece very annoyed . Behind the scenes . Celly Organa was first mentioned along with her sisters in " Children of the Jedi " , a 1995 novel written by Barbara Hambly and published by Bantam Spectra . In that book , the Organa sisters were introduced as the main caretakers of a teenaged Leia Organa . However , in the 1981 comic " " , the fifty - third issue of the " Star Wars " series by Marvel Comics , Princess Leia wondered whether her father was alone or " with mother " when Alderaan was destroyed . That statement suggested that Breha Organa had remained alive until the very end of Alderaan . Yet , the Marvel series was deemed " Secondary Canon , " which can be overridden or retcon ned by newer licensed sources considered " Continuity Canon . " While prominent EU sources like " Children of the Jedi " established that the Organa sisters tutored their niece in the absence of a mother , the " " trading card set released by Topps in 2013 showed that Queen Breha had indeed survived up until the destruction of Alderaan . When she saw , Barbara Hambly was bothered by the rapidity with which the destruction of Alderaan was set aside . With the explosion of her homeworld , Princess Leia had lost everyone she knew and loved , but the action pressed on to the next part of the story . Hambly sought to put a human face on the Princess ' grief , which prompted her to create new family members . The author came up with a group of aunts , since royal sisters would have been much more likely to stay close to the court than Bail Organa ' s potential brothers . Hambly also stated that , had her aunts survived the destruction of Alderaan , Leia Organa would have gotten to know them much better , learning to value each for her qualities . Celly Organa was specifically mentioned by name five times throughout the narrative , which makes her the second most cited of Leia ' s aunts , the first one being Rouge . Hambly envisioned her as the " classic middle child , " older than Tia and younger than Rouge . In creating her character , she sought to portray her as sweet - natured and understanding . At the time of Leia ' s upbringing , her Aunt Celly was single , " either through widowhood , possibly divorce , or her own choice . " In 1998 , three years after the release of " Children of the Jedi " , Scholastic published " " , a Jude Watson novel retelling the events of " Star Wars Episode IV " from Princess Leia ' s point of view . In this story , the author elaborated a little further on Organa ' s personality , mentioning her love of riddles . In 2002 , " Celly Organa " was erroneously mentioned as Alderaan ' s Minister of Education and Bail Organa ' s wife in sixty - seventh issue of " The Official Star Wars Fact File " . At the time when " The Official Fact File " was published , had not been released yet , and the character of Breha Organa , née Antilles , had not yet been created . The same year , Bail Organa ' s sisters made their first pictorial appearance in " The Princess Leia Diaries " , a short comic from the " Star Wars Tales " series that was written by Jason Hall and illustrated by Chris Brunner . Although the three aunts went nameless in the comic , only one matches the description of Organa as fair - haired . The 2010 reference book " " , written by Ryder Windham , stated that the late Mazicia Organa , Queen of Alderaan more than a decade before the Clone Wars , was Bail Organa ' s mother . However , whether she was also the mother of his sisters has not yet been clarified .