Ogana Major

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Ogana Major, or Ogana, was a huge blue Planet in the Kessil system. It was orbited by five moons, including the Fourth Moon of Ogana.^[1]

It was the homeworld of The Starkiller, and was destroyed by the Galactic Empire before Luke Starkiller could reach it.^[2]

It was a desert world, above which Princess Leia was captured by the Empire.^[3]

Behind the scenes

"Ogana" replaced Utapau in the first draft of the script for A New Hope.^[1] In the second draft, Ogana Major was the name for what would become the planet Alderaan.^[2] It became known as "Organa" in the synopsis of the third draft and again stood in for the future Tatooine.^[3] In the third draft, Organa Major had the role that Ogana Major had in the second draft and was Leia's homeworld. Additionally, Organa was Leia's surname in the third draft^[4] and all subsequent drafts. In the fourth draft and all subsequent drafts, the planet called Organa Major in the third draft was called Alderaan.^[5]

Sources

• The Star Wars first draft (as Ogana)
• Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars (Mentioned only)
• The Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Starkiller (Mentioned only) (as Organa Major)
• Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
• Alderaan in the Databank (original site is defunct) (behind the scenes section)

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