Bornae

"Bornae. So young."

―Jora Astane mourns Bornae's death^[1]

Bornae was a young, fair-skinned, human from the planet Alderaan. They lived in the Alderaan Enclave on the planet Sullust following their homeworld's destruction by the Galactic Empire.^[1] In 0 ABY,^[2] shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan visited the conclave as part of an effort to rescue surviving Alderaanians from the Empire. Not long after her arrival, Imperial stormtroopers attacked the enclave and Bornae was killed during the fighting. After the Alderaanians managed to defeat the Imperials, Preserver Jora Astane, the head of the enclave, found Bornae's body and mourned their death, which Organa offered her condolences over.^[1]

Behind the scenes

Bornae appeared as a corpse in the third issue of the 2015 comic miniseries Star Wars: Princess Leia. The issue was written by Mark Waid, illustrated by Terry Dodson, and published by Marvel Comics^[1] on April 29, 2015.^[3]

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