Bail Organa

Bail Organa is truly one of the great unsung heroes in Star Wars. Brought to life on screen by Jimmy Smitz, Senator Organa is the adoptive father to Princess Leia herself. He's also Regent of Alderaan, friend to Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. As co-conspirator and ally to Padmé Amidala, Bail is one of the founders of the Rebel Alliance. He represents a politician trying to achieve change from within the system, as opposed to burning it all down. He is one of the unique and brave characters without Force-sensitivity Star Wars as he maintains an external loyalty to the Republic-turned-Empire, while secretly fighting for good in the Rebel Alliance. If you were excited to have him return for Rogue One, you’ll love these books.

While the majority of Bail Organa screen time is in Clone Wars and Rebels, he cértainly gets some standout moments in the Expanded Universe. Of course, you can't go wrong with Matthew Stover's masterpiece of a novelization in Revenge of the Sith. He plays a pivotal role in Claudia Gray’s Bloodline, revealing Leia’s true parentage via hologram long after his death. Gray’s Leia YA novel is about her becoming a part of the Rebel Alliance alongside her father while still living at home on Alderaan. It shows him as a father torn between his commitment to his family and his conscience to save the galaxy from tyranny. Perhaps his best Legends appearance is Clone Wars: Wild Space, where he first forges his friendship with Obi-Wan while stranded on a Seperatist planet. A standout comic is Republic 61: Dead Ends, collected in the Legends Epic Collection Vol. 2, where his ship is hijacked by pirates. He is seen alongside his wife Breha in the final moments of Alderaan before its destruction by the Death Star in “Eclipse,” a short story in From a Certain Point of View, written by Madeleine Roux.