

With the twins' father believed dead on Mustafar, Bail Organa wondered what the Jedi intended to do with Luke and Leia.

In her last feeble breaths, Amidala named her twins " Luke" and "Leia." The Senator died shortly after their birth, effectively orphaning Leia and her older twin brother. Due to Amidala's condition, the Polis Massan surgeons were nearly forced to remove the twins she was carrying, but the children were born just in time. Amidala had been brought in a panic to a hospital of the Polis Massa Base by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who had arranged rendezvous with Yoda, Grand Master of the Jedi Order, and Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan. Her heavily-pregnant mother, the Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala, had suffered a Force choke by her husband and Leia's father Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Knight who had fallen to the dark side of the Force. " Leia." ―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala Ī Human female, Leia was born on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa in 19 BBY, shortly after the start of the Great Jedi Purge and the formation of Palpatine's Galactic Empire. 6.1 Senator Leia Organa, Sith apprenticeīiography Early life ( 19– 1 BBY) Birth on Polis Massa.1.9.3 Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition.1.8 Second Galactic Civil War (40 ABY–41 ABY).1.4 Founding of the New Republic (4–8 ABY).1.3 Early Galactic Civil War (0 BBY–4 ABY).1.2.2 Mission to Ralltiir and the Battle of Kattada.1.2 Imperial Senate and involvement in the Rebellion (2–0 BBY).1.1.2 Adoption into the House of Organa.In the aftermath of Caedus' death, the Solos became the guardians of their granddaughter Allana, at the behest of her mother, Tenel Ka of Hapes, and remained two of the galaxy's most important figures, standing with the Jedi Order amidst the tensions that arose between it and the government of Chief of State Natasi Daala. However, it was their daughter Jaina who ended his life in a lightsaber duel that also concluded the war. Leia and Han became determined to destroy Caedus, feeling that their son was already dead. During this conflict, Leia's son Jacen turned to the dark side of the Force, becoming the Sith Lord Darth Caedus. This training would serve her well as the galaxy teetered on the edge of collapse into civil war once more during the Second Galactic Civil War, although it complicated her allegiance. She was partially trained by her brother Luke and later by Jedi Master Saba Sebatyne, who declared her a fully trained Knight at the end of the Swarm War. Years later, she was instrumental in the creation of the New Republic, and was elected to the position of Chief of State, serving twice in that office.ĭue to her powerful Force heritage, Leia, following her family's legacy, became a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order.

She had a forceful personality and bright intellect, having accomplished much in her youth: she was a strong proponent for the Rebel Alliance, the youngest Senator ever of the Galactic Empire at eighteen standard years of age, and a member of the Royal Family of Alderaan. Around the start of the Swarm War, Leia unknowingly became a grandmother through Jacen's daughter Allana. Later she married Han Solo, and became the mother of their three children: Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo. An accomplished Senator, Leia Organa was most famous for her strong leadership during the Galactic Civil War and other subsequent galactic conflicts, making her one of the galaxy's greatest heroes. The daughter of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Leia was the younger twin sister of Luke Skywalker, and, shortly after her birth, she became the adopted daughter of Bail Organa and Queen Breha of Alderaan, making her a Princess of Alderaan. Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Amidala Skywalker), a Force-sensitive Human female was at various stages of her life, a politician, revolutionary, and Jedi Knight of the New Jedi Order. Strong…her mother's blood flows through her." ―Yoda " But it is she who leads the battle, yes, hmm…Princess Leia Organa.
