Corla Metonae / Legends Corla Metonae was the Chief Petty Officer on the CR90 corvette " Tantive IV " . In service to the royal house of her homeworld of Alderaan , Metonae , a member of the House of Antilles , served aboard the " Tantive IV " under her uncle , Captain Raymus Antilles , during the early years of the Galactic Empire . In her original role as bosun and petty officer , she was placed in charge of the corvette ' s escape pods . During a routine test of the pods , the " Tantive IV " came under attack from pirates from the Karthakk system . As a result , the ship was forced to flee and abandon its launched pods , one of which contained the droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO . Following the incident , Metonae was reassigned to Project : Another Chance , which concerned Alderaan ' s disarmament following the Clone Wars . Despite interference from the Empire , the project was a success , and Metonae was reassigned back to the " Tantive IV " . She perished in 0 BBY when the craft was boarded and destroyed by the forces of Lord Darth Vader . Biography . Early service . Corla Metonae , a member of the House of Antilles , was raised on Alderaan during the waning years of the Galactic Republic . She served aboard the consular ship " Tantive IV " , a CR90 corvette under the command of her uncle , Captain Raymus Antilles . Metonae took on the role of bosun and petty officer , which placed her in charge of the ship ' s deck crew and craft , such as the escape pods . Following the Declaration of a New Order and the formation of the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY , she oversaw a test launch of the " Tantive IV " pods . While the pods were jettisoned , the ship was attacked by pirates from the Karthakk system , forcing the " Tantive IV " to depart the area hurriedly . Following the retreat , the ship ' s crew discovered that two of the " Tantive IV " droids , R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , had been aboard the launched pods and were now stranded . Metonae was held responsible for the loss of the valuable automatons , and she was reassigned to Project : Another Chance . Meanwhile , Viceroy Bail Organa made the recovery of the droids a top priority for the crew of the " Tantive IV " . Project : Another Chance . Metonae ' s reassignment , contrary to appearances , was not disciplinary . Her organizational skills were needed by Project : Another Chance , a flagship initiative to disarm Alderaan following the bloody and chaotic Clone Wars . The disarmament was voluntary , not enforced by the Empire at all , and Metonae was given a leadership role in organizing the project . A single war frigate , the " Another Chance " , was converted into an automated armory ship , in which all of Alderaan ' s weaponry would be stored indefinitely . The craft , escorted by three automated escort ships , would make perpetual hyperspace jumps until recalled home by the Alderaanian Council of Elders . She directly oversaw the launch of the " Another Chance " and its three escorts , although covert agents from the Galactic Empire attempted to sabotage the operation . An Imperial taskforce intended to intercept and take the " Another Chance " , with its contents , and put them to use in the service of the Empire , forcing Metonae to act quickly . She deployed a set of decoy craft carrying transponder signals that matched those of the " Another Chance " and its escort , which lured the Imperials away from their true targets . Return to the " Tantive IV " . Suitably impressed with Project : Another Chance , Organa reassigned Metonae back to the " Tantive IV " , where she was given the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer . The droids R2 - D2 and C - 3PO had been recovered by Antilles and given instructions to never enter an escape pod again . Metonae oversaw the expansive Vanguard c20 refit of the corvette " Sundered Heart " , which upgraded the ship ' s weapons , armor , and sensor capacity , effectively making it a CR90 corvette . Metonae and the crew of the " Tantive IV " would continue to serve Organa and his daughter , Princess Leia Organa , over the years . In the service of the princess , the " Tantive IV " began to do the work of the Alliance to Restore the Republic , an illegal rebellion movement against Emperor Palpatine ' s New Order . In 0 BBY , the ship traveled to Toprawa , where it retrieved plans for the Empire ' s new battlestation , the Death Star . The " Tantive IV " actions attracted the attention of the Sith Lord Darth Vader , a powerful Imperial warrior who had been monitoring the Princess ' s actions . At Toprawa , while receiving the plans , the " Tantive IV " was hailed by Commander Nahdonnis Praji of the " Imperial I " - class Star Destroyer " Devastator " , Vader ' s ship , and ordered to heave to . Captain Antilles refused to comply , resulting in a chase that took the consular ship to the Tatoo system . There , the Princess hoped to give the plans to the former Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . However , the " Devastator " captured and boarded the " Tantive IV " . Vader , in a mad hunt for the plans , had the ship destroyed . Metonae , who was still on board , perished during the " Tantive IV " destruction . Personality and traits . Corla Metonae was a talented organizer , picked to oversee projects such as the " Another Chance " initiative and the refit of the " Tantive IV " . Though she was held responsible for the loss of R2 - D2 and C - 3PO , she was not truly disciplined , and was instead given control over a far more major enterprise than that of a single consular ship . She was able to avert disaster , and thwarted Imperial agents attempting to hamstring Project : Another Chance by commissioning decoys . Behind the scenes . Corla Metonae was originally known as the " Alderaanian Bosun , " and was a character created for , although she does not appear in the final cut of the film . The character was given a name and a backstory by Billy Buehler , writing as " The2ndQuest , " through the StarWars . com feature , " What ' s The Story ? . " The entry built upon a brief explanation made by Ryder Windham in " " relevant to the adventures of R2 - D2 and C - 3PO prior to the events of . At the end of " Revenge of the Sith " , the droids are shown to be serving aboard the " Tantive IV " , in the service of Captain Raymus Antilles , and at the start of " A New Hope " , they are in the same situation . This clashes with the " " television series , the accompanying from Star Comics and the Dark Horse Comics , which all featured the pair of droids in miscellaneous adventures prior to " A New Hope " but after " Revenge of the Sith " . Windham ' s book had mentioned that the droids had been lost by the Alderaanians due to a mistake , and so Buehler chose to elaborate on that by making Metonae the guilty party , thereby helping to resolve the discrepancy . In addition to that , Buehler connected Metonae ' s story to that of the " Another Chance " , which initially featured in the West End Games adventure supplement , " Graveyard of Alderaan " , published in 1991 . One connection , to " Master Devwi ' s " Databank entry on the XJ - 2 airspeeder concerning Bail Organa ' s alias of " Org Banelli , " was cut in the editorial process . Further references were made to the " " series . The character was later mentioned in the article " Refresher Reading " , published in " Star Wars Insider 90 " .