Alderaan

Alderaan was a mountainous planet which constituted one of the Core Worlds of the galaxy. A democratic monarchy governed by House Organa during the rise of the Galactic Empire, Alderaanian society was characterised by a pacifistic disposition and lacked a standing army, though its aversion to Imperial authoritarianism made it among the earliest supporters of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Despite the efforts of Alderaanian officials in maintaining discretion of their rebel affiliation, however, Alderaan nevertheless gained prominence as a rebel haven by the onset of the Galactic Civil War. As a result, Governor Wilhuff Tarkin designated the planet as a target for the Death Star, an Imperial space station capable of destroying planets, ultimately reducing the planet into an asteroid field devoid of life.
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