adywan said:RoccondilRinon said:I just found this thread and have to say I love the idea of removing references to Naboo and calling the planet Alderaan. If it can be pulled off, it should be done.
But you would have to remove the end battle from TPM totally for a start. Remember Leia says "Alderaan is peaceful, we have no weapons" yet the Gungans do and Naboo have starfighters. Then there's the matter of Bail organa. Now in the PT a senator represents the planet. Palpatine is senator for Naboo then becomes chancellor and Padme then takes his place, but Bail is also a senator. There are just too many things that would need to be changed to make Naboo into Alderaan without making the PT even more conflicting with the OT than it is already
Leia does say "Alderaan is peaceful" but not pacifist.
It would be understandable if it had a small defence force of short range fighters and a standing defensive army but not enough to mount an offensive attack on anybody else.
Also Leia is speaking after the rise of the Empire where such force may have been outlawed but may have been in existence during the time of the Old Republic .
Either way it's largely academic as Leia isn't being honest.
Alderaan is a key supporter of the heavily armed Rebel Alliance, her own ship has weapons and the crew too can be armed to defend the ship ( all be it in a limited capacity when facing the might of an Imperial Star Destroyer).
She's really saying that Alderaan isn't heavily armed or openly rebelling against the Empire (even if they have some weapons and are secretly rebelling against the Empire).
She follows this dissemblance with an out and out lie about the location of the Rebel base.
So her words aren't a serious impediment for merging both planets into one the only objection that really counts is the tastes and decisions of any editors considering the idea.
Even the multiple representative problem isn't a real obstacle, as I posted earlier the British monarch represents UK in some capacities while the Prime Minister represents the UK in others.
Padme could be the constitutional head of state as Queen (later replaced by Viceroy Bail Organa when she steps down), while Senator Palpatine/ Senator Amidala could be the elected representative in the Senate. When the Republican Senate becomes the Imperial Senate Bail could still be the head of state and his daughter could the elected representative. Each of the Senate pods held several people so this structure could have been similar in all the represented worlds.
So it's more up to you and other editors if you want to run with the idea, there is nothing in OT that really gets in the way of implementing this change but as these are your edits you may not wish to go down that route.