Homeworld Alderaan
Born 19 BBY, Polis Massa (2 days after Empire Day)
The following is an excerpt from the great public wookipedia:
“I would rather be a monster that believes in something, that would sacrifice everything to make the galaxy better, than be someone who sits on the sidelines and watches as if it has no consequences to them.“―Princess Leia Organa
Leia Organa, a Force-sensitive human female, was a princess of Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate, a leader of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, a member of the Galactic Senate, and general of the Resistance. Born alongside her twin brother, Luke Skywalker in the year 19 BBY as Leia Amidala Skywalker, she was the daughter of the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo. As a result of her father’s fall to the dark side of the Force, the Skywalker children were separated with Leia becoming the adopted daughter of Senator Bail Organa and his wife, Queen Breha Organa, who renamed her Princess Leia Organa. Raised with the values of her adoptive parents, Organa supported the principles of the Galactic Republic and opposed the rule of its successor, the Galactic Empire. Despite succeeding to her adoptive father’s post in the Imperial Senate, Organa worked in secret to undermine the Empire’s operations and was entrusted with the stolen plans to the Death Star, an Imperial superweapon capable of destroying entire planets. Although she was unable to prevent the annihilation of her adopted homeworld, the plans were ultimately delivered to the Rebel Alliance, resulting in the destruction of the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY.
Organa became a leading figure in the Alliance, participating in key events such as the Battle of Hoth in 3 ABY and the decisive Battle of Endor in 4 ABY. She also killed the Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, earning her the title of “Huttslayer.” With the deaths of Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice, Darth Vader, the biological father of Organa and her brother, the Empire was defeated at the Battle of Jakku and subsequently forced to capitulate to the New Republic in 5 ABY. Having achieved her lifelong goal to overthrow the Empire and restore freedom to the galaxy, Organa settled down in an effort to start a family with her husband, the smuggler-turned-Rebel, Han Solo. She gave birth to their son, Ben Solo, on the day that marked the end of the Galactic Civil War. However, like his mother, Ben was born inherently strong with the Force due to his biological connection to the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker. Due to the similarities between Ben and his grandfather, Organa placed her son in the custody of Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in the hope that Ben would not turn to the dark side as Vader once did.
As a senator of the New Republic, Organa opposed the Senate’s lack of response to the rise of the First Order, a successor of the Empire in all but name. Sidelined by a new generation of political leaders, Organa founded the Resistance to monitor the activities of the First Order. By then, Organa’s son had turned to the dark side and destroyed Skywalker’s efforts to fully restore the Jedi Order. Adopting the persona of Kylo Ren, the former Ben Solo became the apprentice of Supreme Leader Snoke, although his mother remained hopeful that the light side of the Force still existed within her son. It was at Organa’s request that her estranged husband attempt to bring Ren home, resulting in Han Solo’s death at the hands of their son. Ren’s parricidal actions caused Organa to lose faith in her son, believing he was indeed beyond the hope of redemption. At the same time, the First Order had risen with the intent of conquering the known galaxy in the wake of the Republic’s collapse, leaving the Resistance alone in its war against the Empire’s successor. Following the near-destruction of the Resistance at the Battle of Crait, Organa retreated from the First Order with a handful of survivors aboard her late husband’s starship, the Millennium Falcon.
