Alderaan Ascendancy Contention The Alderaan Ascendancy Contention ( also known as the Alderaanian Ascendancy Contention ) was a political conflict taking place in 32 BBY between the noble families of the Core world Alderaan , the houses of Antilles and Organa in particular , over which of them was entitled to the position of Viceroy . After three deadlocked votes , the High Council of Alderaan requested the help of the Galactic Republic in mediating the ascendancy . In response , the Galactic Senate sent a team of Jedi led by Jedi Watchman Jorus C ' baoth to settle the conflict . The delegation eventually resolved the dispute in favor of the Organas , allowing a member of the family to succeed to Viceroy . In addition , a marriage joining the rivaling Antilles and Organa families was arranged . History . Prelude . In 32 BBY , a political conflict on the Core world of Alderaan arose . Known as the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention , or the Alderaanian Ascendancy Contention , it centered around the question of who was to become the next Viceroy of the planet . A planetary leader , the Viceroy was traditionally a member of one of the Alderaanian noble houses , and he or she needed the support of the High Council , the legislative body in control of the government . While the appointment of a new Viceroy was normally a smooth process , this time the noble families — among them the houses of Antilles and Organa — came into disagreement over the appropriate lineage of ascendancy to the position . The situation eventually escalated to the point that assistance from the Galactic Republic became necessary . Mediating the ascendancy . When the third vote on the matter did not yield a winner , the distressed High Council decided to request the help of the Galactic Senate in mediating the ascendancy . In response , a delegation of Jedi led by Jedi Watchman Jorus C ' baoth was sent to resolve the case . The crisis strained the relations of the houses of Antilles and Organa in particular . When the tensions between them erupted at one point , the intervention of Tash Scrambas , captain of the Alderaanian frigate " Qel - Droma " , proved instrumental . He refused to choose a side and cooperated with C ' baoth in solving the conflict . In less than a month , the delegation came to the conclusion that the Organa bloodline had the rightful claim to the Viceroyship , allowing a member of the family to succeed to the position . In addition , C ' baoth proposed a marriage that would join the rivaling Antilles and Organa families . With both parties agreeing to the union , the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention was brought to an end . Aftermath . A focal event in the planet ' s history , the ascendancy contention was documented in the Alderaanian archives , with a group hologram of the Republic mediation team . C ' baoth ' s role in arbitrating the ascendancy was also given a mention in the records of the Senate Library on the Republic capital world of Coruscant . Owing to the ascendancy contention ' s historical significance , all Alderaanians were familiar with the event at least to a certain degree , and it continued to be remembered among them even after Alderaan was destroyed by the Galactic Empire in 0 BBY . While conducting research on Jorus C ' baoth nine years later , Jedi Master Luke Skywalker came across the reference to the ascendancy contention in the Senate records and had Winter , the aide of Senator Leia Organa Solo and a native of Alderaan , summarize the main points of the event to him . Behind the scenes . Timeline . The exact timing of the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention remained uncertain for a long time . Timothy Zahn , author of the 1992 novel " Dark Force Rising " in which the contention was first mentioned , originally placed the event in " 70 pre - Empire date , " which would work out to 89 BBY . In 2002 , however , the " Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook " retcon ned much of Jorus C ' baoth ' s backstory , stating him to have been 38 years old at the time of the Battle of Naboo , which took place in 32 BBY . This gave him a birth year of 70 BBY — as opposed to 112 pre - Empire ( 131 BBY ) mentioned in " Dark Force Rising " — meaning the other events of C ' baoth ' s life as presented in the novel , including the ascendancy contention , were pushed later as well . The 2006 novel " Outbound Flight " , also by Zahn , was set five years after the Battle of Naboo and featured the death of C ' baoth , thus establishing 27 BBY as the latest possible date for the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention . The ambiguity surrounding the date was finally resolved with the release of James Luceno ' s " Darth Plagueis " in 2012 , almost two decades after " Dark Force Rising " was first published . While the novel does not mention the ascendancy contention directly , a part of the narrative taking place in 32 BBY describes how Jorus C ' baoth " " had been enlisted to arbitrate a dispute among some of Alderaan ' s royal houses " . " As it is unlikely that there would have been two separate disputes between Alderaanian nobles which C ' baoth settled , it can be concluded that this was a reference to the Alderaan Ascendancy Contention . Families involved . While all sources on the ascendancy contention mention the Organa family , it remains unclear whether there was more than one other family claiming the title of Viceroy . The wording in both " Dark Force Rising " and " Dark Force Rising Sourcebook " , the earliest accounts of the event , is ambiguous , and subsequent sources have not clarified the issue . The first source to name a family other than the Organas was the Databank entry for Pello Scrambas published in 2007 . Written by Aidan Hennessy ( as " Darth NTM " ) and submitted through StarWars . com ' s feature , " What ' s The Story ? , " the entry elaborates on some of the contention ' s details , such as establishing the House of Antilles as a rival of the Organas and stating that the dispute ended when the two families joined in marriage ; this was later alluded to in the " House of Antilles " entry in the 2008 reference book " The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia " . This would imply that at least the final choice was made between the Antilles and Organa families . Since the mention of the House of Antilles does not exclude the possibility of other rivaling families , however , this article is written with the assumption that there could have been more than the two named families involved . According to Aidan Hennessy , his Pello Scrambas entry was supposed to indicate that the marriage joining the houses of Antilles and Organa was between Breha Antilles and Bail Organa . This piece of information , however , was not included in the final Databank entry , possibly because of matters concerning the timeline as Hennessy himself suspected . So far , no official source has addressed the issue of between whom the marriage was contracted .