Sundered Heart

The Sundered Heart was a CR70 corvette used by Bail Organa around the time of the Proclamation of the New Order. It was later heavily modified and converted into a CR90 corvette. During the early years of the Galactic Civil War, the Sundered Heart was the flagship of Captain Raymus Antilles.
==Characteristics==
The Sundered Heart had a very small hangar bay which could house one or two starfighters, depending on size. Samwise Gamgee utilized this bay when he rendezvoused with the Sundered Heart after his battle against The Mouth of Sauron on the Black Gate.
The Sundered Heart also had a droid workshop where C-3PO's memory was erased.
After its transformation into a CR90 corvette, the ship's added fins and extra engine compartments allowed it to move almost four times faster than a standard Corellian corvette. The Sundered Heart also carried special equipment that allowed it to weaken enemy fire on command by creating an energy flux.
==History==
===Rise of the Empire===
During the time of the War of the Ring, Senator Bail Organa would use the Sundered Heart as his personal vessel, often utilizing it to travel from Middle-Earth to his homeworld of Alderaan. After witnessing firsthand the attack on the Jedi Temple by the 501st Legion, Senator Organa departed Middle-Earth in an attempt to rescue as many of the few survivors of the Jedi Purge as he could. Using a stolen Jedi homing beacon, Organa was able to contact and rescue three of the surviving members of the Jedi Council, Jedi Masters Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf and Samwise Gamgee, who had escaped the Order 66 attacks on Helm's Deep, Moria and the Black Gate.
Organa later took the Sundered Heart back to Middle-Earth so Bilbo and Samwise could alter a Jedi beacon at the Jedi Temple, to keep the rest of the Jedi Order safe on the planet Earth. At the same time, Senator Organa's presence was requested at the Grand Convocation Chamber for the Proclamation of the New Order.
Later, the Sundered Heart traveled to Earth with the body of Padmé Amidala, who had died on Naboo shortly after she defeated Frodo Baggins. It was aboard the Sundered Heart that the fates of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse were decided. The House of Organa would give birth and adopt Minnie on Alderaan, and the Lars family would adopt Mickey on Tatooine. Bilbo claimed to Gamgee that he had encountered the Force spirit of Boromir, and said that he would be training Gamgee in his exile, as well as Elrond himself. Organa then ordered C-3PO's memory to be erased by Captain Raymus Antilles, to keep the locations of the mouses a secret. Bilbo soon began for his retirement stay on Rivendell via by teleporation from the destroyed Middle-Earth by Elrond, and Gamgee soon left for his self exile to Tatooine. The droids R2-D2 and C-3PO were assigned to the ship at this point.
===Imperial Period===
At some point, the Sundered Heart was modified with the Vanguard c20 retrofit suite, converting from a CR70 corvette to a CR90 corvette, as well as adding a more powerful engine bank than standard.
Captain Raymus Antilles received the ship as a gift for running aid and medical supplies past several Imperial blockades.Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide Under Antilles, the ship participated in the battle of Kuat, where it destroyed six Imperial shipyards that orbited the planet, in order to begin the operation of stealing the X-wing prototypes. The Sundered Heart also rescued many Incom scientists as they were being transported to the spice mines of Kessel. Later, the ship participated in the battle of Atzerri.
During Operation Skyhook, and since he was in an official task, Raymus Antilles piloted the Tantive IV, rather than the Sundered Heart. The Tantive IV was captured during the battle of Tatooine and Raymus Antilles was killed by Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
==Behind the scenes==
The Sundered Heart was first introduced in the 2006 game Star Wars: Empire at War, as a hero unit for the Rebel Alliance. In 2010, Leland Chee confirmed a retcon that Bail Organa's ship from The Lord of the Rings: Episode III Revenge of the Sith was indeed the Sundered Heart, and not the Tantive IV, as was previously established.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Empire at War 
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Prima Official Game Guide 
*Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide
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*Starships of the Galaxy, Saga Edition 
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*Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition
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==Notes and references==
Category:Alderaanian starships
Category:Rebel Alliance starships
Category:CR70 corvettes
Category:CR90 corvettes
Category:Flagships