Alderaan is a fictional planet featured in the Star Wars franchise. It is blue-green in appearance, depicted as a terrestrial planet with humanoid inhabitants, and characterized by a peaceful culture. It is the home planet of Princess Leia Organa, one of the lead characters in the film series, as well as former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune. In the original 1977 film, Alderaan was destroyed by the Death Star's superlaser.
Mountain scenery in Grindelwald, Switzerland, used to depict Alderaan.
Composite image based on a shot of Lake Thun, depicting Alderaan.
Carrie Fisher, who played Alderaan's best-known inhabitant, Princess Leia Organa
Jimmy Smits, who played Alderaan royal and adoptive father of Leia, Bail Organa
Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character and one of the main characters in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the original Star Wars film in 1977, Leia is princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and an agent of the Rebel Alliance. She thwarts the sinister Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's cataclysmic superweapon, the Death Star. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler Han Solo. In Return of the Jedi (1983), Leia helps in the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker.
Promotional photo of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia for Star Wars (1977)
Hopi girl with "squash blossom" hairdo (1922)
Princess Leia's white gown from the original Star Wars film
Carrie Fisher reprised the role of Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.