Alderaan

Alderaan is located within the Core Worlds.  In the sector and star system of the same name. During the years of the Galactic Republic it was ruled by Queen Breha Organa but her husband Senator Bail Organa was the planets representative.  It was later destroyed by the Death Stars superlaser under the order of Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin because of its links to the Rebel Alliance during the galactic Civil War.  One of the remaining survivors of its destruction was Princess Leia Organa who is the adopted child of the Queen and Senator   

 

Alderaan looks a fair bit like Earth from space. It is a blue and green sphere with a couple of patches of clouds.  Like earth it has vast oceans and grassy hills.  It has very few plains as it is a very mountainous planet.  Alderaan is given the nickname of “the planet of beauty” be the rest of the Galaxy because of this.  Places of such beauty here include the Cloadshape Falls and Isatabith Rain Forrest.      

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