Destruction of Alderaan

The Destruction of Alderaan was the name given to the destruction of the Core World of Alderaan at the hands of the Galactic Empire. Prior to the destruction, the Rebel Alliance stole the plans for the Death Star, the Empire's deep-space mobile battle station. Princess Leia Organa and her best friend Katooni were captured during an Imperial attempt to intercept the plans, and they were brought onboard the Death Star following their capture aboard the Tantive IV above the desert world of Tatooine. Once aboard, the young Princess and the former Jedi Initiate were tortured in the hopes that the Empire could extract the secret headquarters of the Rebel Alliance from them, though both women refused to say anything. Consequently the station's commander, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Governor of the Outer Rim, threatened to target Alderaan if Princess Leia did not cooperate. Organa provided a false location, and although Tarkin thought she told the truth, he nonetheless destroyed Alderaan - and the billions of people living there including her parents - to demonstrate the station's power to the galaxy, and in doing so, the price of resistance. 
The destruction of Alderaan and the massive loss of life sent a great disturbance in the Force. Alderaanians who were off-world at the time took to calling Alderaan's destruction the Disaster. Riots broke in Alderaainan immigrant areas of the planet Coruscant, and the Empire killed many rioters and apprehended many more immigrants. The Rebel Alliance was ultimately able to prevent any more planets from being destroyed when Jedi Padawan and Lieutenant Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star and killed Governor Tarkin during the Battle of Yavin. After the Battle, Organa and Katooni set out to find surviving Alderaanians in order to preserve what remained of the planet's culture.
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Category:Events
Category:Imperial Era