Cantham House was the private estate of Bail Organa on Coruscant. A penthouse suite independent from the rest of its building, it contained a few bedrooms, a great room, and a crescent-shaped balcony that looked out on a wide swath of the cityscape. By either senatorial or royal standards, it was considered relatively modest.[3] The roof of Cantham House was protected from high winds by large glass slabs that had scenes of Alderaanian mountains etched into them.[4]
During a soirée Organa hosted in[4] 22 BBY[5] on the roof of Cantham House the disguised handmaiden Sabé saw Alderaanian plants and pieces of art that incorporated wind or water she noted that it must have cost a fortune but Alderaan had been a member of the Galactic Republic for a very long time.[4]
Toward the end of the Clone Wars, Organa and his fellow senators Mon Mothma and Padmé Amidala organized meetings at Cantham House[1] to discuss the Petition of 2,000, a set of demands by the Delegation of 2,000 group of representatives who were concerned with the state of democracy in the Galactic Republic[6] that included Sheev Palpatine's relinquishment of his wartime emergency powers as the Supreme Chancellor. However, Palpatine refused to let go of his powers at the end of the war and further declared himself Emperor of the Galactic Empire succeeding the Republic.[1]
In 3 BBY,[7] when Organa's adopted daughter Leia Organa joined the Apprentice Legislature she stayed in Cantham House rather than a dorm like the rest of her fellow Apprentice Legislators.[3]
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, after Mothma condemned Palpatine for his actions during the Ghorman Massacre, the Imperial Security Bureau arrived at Cantham House to interview Leia Organa and several other individuals due to suspicions the Bureau had about them.[6]
Appearances[]
- Queen's Hope
- Queen's Hope audiobook
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Pursuit of Peace" (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (In deleted scene(s))
- Leia, Princess of Alderaan
- Leia, Princess of Alderaan audiobook
- Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide (First identified as Cantham House)
- Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- Star Wars: Dawn of Rebellion: The Visual Guide
- Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire (Picture only)
- Bail Organa in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Galactic Senate in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Mon Mothma in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
- Rebel Alliance in the Databank (backup link) (Picture only)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Pursuit of Peace"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Leia, Princess of Alderaan
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Queen's Hope
- ↑ Queen's Hope is set ten years after the Battle of Naboo, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 32 BBY. Therefore, Queen's Hope and the soirée must be set in 22 BBY.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Rebel Files
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas places Leia Organa's birth in 19 BBY. The events of Leia, Princess of Alderaan commence just after Organa's sixteenth birthday, which places the events of the novel in 3 BBY.