The battle of Alderaan

Maybe Alderaan went all peaceful after the Clone Wars not because of involvement in the Clone Wars themselves but because they'd heard news, after the wars ended, of the devastation caused on other worlds. Maybe this told them that violence and weapons weren't for them and then they went all peaceful after the end of the war.

Could be..... So you think the devastation was not on Alderaan but the visuals were enough to convince them to lay down there arms?

"alderaan is a peaceful planet, we have no weapons"

Originally posted by jedijunky1138
If Alderaan was always pacifist and had no weapons then why in one of the earlier web docs do we see blasters for (and I quote) " The Alderaan crew"?

They talked about the crew for the Alderaan cruiser, Tantive IV (sounds familiar??). And then it's a whole other story. This shuttle delivers Yoda to Dagobah, Obi to Tatooine and Bail, the twins, the droids and... JarJar(----> hench: we need blasters!!)

Originally posted by jedijunky1138
If Alderaan was always pacifist and had no weapons then why in one of the earlier web docs do we see blasters for (and I quote) " The Alderaan crew"? They are supposed to have no weapons. However Ush, this thing about the theory starting during the development of TPM is wrong. This book that I have is copyrighted 1994 this is well before TPM's development. But hey.... It is EU none the less.

Well that's odd... what with them not knowing what the wars were at the time... well, as a direct spiece of plot speculation it started at the TPM time anyway.

As for them being armed- well, Leia was armed in the OT as well, as was her crew. Pacifist or otherwise, needs must...

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wait im pretty sure that the clone wars idea was thought up before ep.4 i can remember ben talking to luke about the jedi and the clone wars if thats what you ment.

I don't think Leia meant that nobody in the entire planet has any type of guns or weapons, that'd be ridiculous. I'm nearly certain she meant that they don't have an active army, a massive war fund or anything like that. By having no weapons, she means that they are not a planet that goes to war, not that no traces of weapons can be found on the planet.

"The battle of Alderaan..."

.....where padme dies?

This C + P job is from the Alderaan StarWars Databank expanded universe...

The planet had no weapons or military force, but it wasn't always so. During the Clone Wars, violence and warfare almost destroyed Alderaan. As a result, Viceroy and First Chairman Bail Organa outlawed all weapons, and declared a state of peace. This period of regrowth was spectacular, and Alderaan was renowned for its beauty, hailed as the "Bright Center of the Universe."

So now you know.

Originally posted by Cheesiness
This C + P job is from the Alderaan StarWars Databank expanded universe...

The planet had no weapons or military force, but it wasn't always so. During the Clone Wars, violence and warfare almost destroyed Alderaan. As a result, Viceroy and First Chairman Bail Organa outlawed all weapons, and declared a state of peace. This period of regrowth was spectacular, and Alderaan was renowned for its beauty, hailed as the "Bright Center of the Universe."

So now you know.

You'll note the words 'expanded universe' in there....