Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
The wipeout of Alderaan was the first show of extragalactic nebula - castrate stakes inStar Wars , and the effect ’s tragic aftermath was devote a sentiency of decisiveness inStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker . Princess Leia was forced to watch her homeworld fell in an minute at the price of remaining fast to her rebel allies , leave alone any surviving Alderaanians disperse across the beetleweed . The Empire ’s show of force served as a ride call for many systems , and punishments were similarly dolled out to the worlds harboring Alderaanians and Reb sympathizer .
Though Leia was rosy enough to be off - world ( enduring even great threat as she witnessed the Death Star ’s might ) , her parents were among the 1000000000 killed . Queen Breha Organa came from a prospicient royal line of descent , unelected but still extremely respected by the denizen of Alderaan . Claudia Gray’sLeia , Princess of Alderaanexplains that Breha suffered a crippling hurt during her adolescence , making childbearing out of the question . It ’s for this reason that she and Bail Organa gayly welcome Leia into their family as her adopted successor , stay on a crease of royalty that would see its end inThe Rise of Skywalker .
The Alderaanian Royal Bloodline Died With Ben Solo
When Ben Solo became one with the Force inThe wage increase of Skywalker , his going marked the end of the Alderaanian Royal Family . It can be argued that he held the deed of conveyance of prince , being the son of Leia , and for a abbreviated time after her death would even be the authorisation bod for the Alderaanian mass . Had Ben survived Exegol , it ’s no trusted matter that he would attempt out his female parent ’s people , having terrorized the galaxy himself as Kylo Ren for years before . But Leia ’s demise had a noteworthy impact on Ben , serving as the catalyst for his return to the light .
Leia did little with her princess claim after Alderaan ’s demise , stick what she want through actions rather than status . Ben was much the same elbow room , though often for the bad , and being a prince through the Elder Houses is yet another part of his complicated legacy that would add unwanted expectations . For the strong majestic stock of Alderaan to decease so closely to dark is a tragedy , add together salt on the wound that the satellite ’s destruction already caused .
Alderaan’s Survivors Must Look Elsewhere For Leadership
Little has been established of the remnants of Alderaanian social club inStar Warscanon , though the subsister are for the most part known to be in disorderliness . Some survivors joined the Rebellion in the aftermath of the planet ’s destruction , look to Leia as their rightful drawing card . After the second Death Star was destroyed , a contingent of survivors plan establish a new home with the superweapon ’s debris , though the results have never been reveal . Claudia Gray’sBloodlinenotes that the regal family did fall down out of favor after Alderaan come across its destiny , and Leia herself cared piddling for the formality of being a princess .
In the 35 old age since their homeworld was turn into an asteroid field , the Alderaanians do n’t seem to have fully regrouped . The option of doing so under Leia is gone for good , and unless Ben Solo realise a miraculous restoration from the dead , the last member of the royal crime syndicate wo n’t be able to help , either . To move forward , Alderaanians will necessitate to elect new leadership , be it through tradition or a newfangled process . The once - proud society still has much to pop the question to the coltsfoot , even if their turn are few . Ben may have been a natural successor to his mother ’s people , butThe Rise of Skywalkerhas forced the survivor of Alderaan to begin anew .
