Bail Organa
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| Bail Organa | |
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Senator Bail Organa |
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| Portrayed by | Jimmy Smits (films) Stephen Elliott (radio) |
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| Position | Senator of Alderaan |
| Homeworld | Alderaan |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation | Galactic Republic Delegation of 2000 Galactic Senate Rebel Alliance |
Bail Organa is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe, played by Jimmy Smits. Stephen Elliott provided the voice of Bail Organa in the 1980s radio dramas of the radio version of Episode IV: A New Hope.
Bail Prestor Organa is the Viceroy and Prince of the planet Alderaan, the husband of Queen Breha Organa, and Princess Leia Organa's adoptive father.
Organa is mentioned in the Expanded Universe many times. A scene involving him was scripted but cut from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
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[edit] In Films
[edit] Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Senator Organa seconded Queen Amidala of Naboo's vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum, paving the way for Senator Palpatine to become Supreme Chancellor. Note: This scene was filmed with a different actor but eventually cut. It is rumored to have been re-filmed during the filming of Episode III.
[edit] Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
Organa is a powerful member of the Galactic Senate in the waning days of the Old Republic. A member of the Loyalist Committee, he realizes early on that the Separatists are a serious threat, and are going down a path that could only lead to war. He reluctantly approves of granting vast emergency powers to Chancellor Palpatine.
[edit] Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Organa is very concerned about the changes in the Republic as the war wears on, particularly Palpatine's almost nonstop grab for power. However, he keeps his own counsel and dares not voice his concerns publicly, given Palpatine's wide popularity.
By the time of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Organa is convinced that Palpatine has no intention of returning his emergency powers at the war's end as promised. He holds secret meetings with other concerned Senators, such as Mon Mothma of Chandrila and Fang Zar of Sern Prime, who now believe the Chancellor has designs on seizing total control of the galaxy. When Palpatine remakes the Republic into the totalitarian Galactic Empire, Organa cofounds a secret resistance organization that would evolve into the Rebel Alliance.
In the aforementioned film, he witnesses the slaughter of a young Jedi Padawan by clone troopers outside the Jedi Temple at the start of the Great Jedi Purge. After that, he immediately begins searching for surviving Jedi. He rescues Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. In the meantime, his ship (the Tantive IV) has received a message from the Jedi Temple, which orders all Jedi to return to the planet Coruscant, as the Clone Wars are over.
He is also a close friend of Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Leia's birth mother. After Padmé's death, he adopts Leia to protect her from her father, Anakin Skywalker, who has become the Sith lord Darth Vader and had helped Palpatine exterminate the Jedi. Bail and his wife, Breha, had been looking to adopt a child, and he came to raise and love young Leia as their own.
[edit] Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Bail Organa does not appear in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, nor is he mentioned by name. The film does establish, however, that Leia's adoptive father is secretly helping the Rebel Alliance, and that he was allied with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Clone Wars.
He is presumably killed when Alderaan is destroyed by the Death Star. Scenes involving the destruction of Alderaan and Organa's death have been rumored to have been filmed during filming for Episode III.
[edit] Expanded Universe
Bail Organa is a prominent supporting character in the series' "Expanded Universe" of novels and comic books. In the Star Wars: Republic and Star Wars: Clone Wars comic book series, he leads the resistance in the Senate to Palpatine's growing absolutism, and occasionally participates in adventures with the Jedi. He is also featured in the novels The Paradise Snare and Cloak of Deception.
[edit] Confusion over Identity
In Episode I, Captain Panaka mentions a Bail Antilles as the representative from Alderaan, thus raising confusion as to whether or not this is supposed to be the same character.
The official site clarifies this issue somewhat, stating that Bail Antilles and Bail Organa were both slated to appear in The Phantom Menace, but Organa's footage was excised.[1] In the screenplay, Bail Organa seconds the motion of no confidence in Chancellor Finis Valorum's leadership, and Bail Antilles is nominated to succeed as Chancellor. [2]Both were intended as two separate characters. Nevertheless, because his scene was cut, Bail Organa was recast for Attack of the Clones.[3]
The Expanded Universe uses the appearance of the actor who played Organa in the cut scene, Adrian Dunbar,[4]to represent Bail Antilles.
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[edit] External links
- Bail Organa in the Star Wars Databank
- Bail Organa on Wookieepedia, a Wikia wiki
- Holonet News - Bail Organa and Bail Antilles attend the retirement of fellow Senator Horox Ryyder
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