Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps

The Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps was a diplomatic group from the planet Alderaan. Prior to the Tantive IV—a CR90 corvette used by the royal house of Alderaan—being assigned a mission to the planet Tatooine in 0 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas the corps assigned the protocol droid U-3PO to the droid pool of the corvette. U-3PO had secretly been altered by Imperial agents and acted as a sleeper agent for them onboard the ship.
==Behind the scenes==
In the current Star Wars canon, the Alderaanian Diplomatic Corps was mentioned in "The Rise of the Rebellion and the Battle of Yavin," a book published as part of the Star Wars Encyclopedia series by De Agostini on March 9, 2021. The corps originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned on a card in the 1995 A New Hope Limited set of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Organizations of Alderaan