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A Royal Award Ceremony, also referred to as the Yavin Ceremony, was held within the ruins of the Great Temple on Yavin 4 | Yavin IVPlanet |
following the Battle of Yavin | Battle of YavinEventGalactic Civil War |
. During this ceremony, Leia Organa | Leia Organa Solo(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
, Princess of Alderaan | AlderaanPlanet |
, honored Luke Skywalker | Luke Skywalker(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
, Han Solo | Han Solo(Human)CharacterMajor Characters |
and Chewbacca | Chewbacca(Wookiee)CharacterMajor Characters |
for their heroic roles in destroying the first Death Star | Death StarStarshipSpace Stations |
. In front of hundreds of troops | Rebel Honor Guard(Rebel Alliance)OrganizationRebel Alliance |
and technicians, the heroes were awarded the Medal of Bravery, the highest decoration for military valor given by the Alliance to Restore the Republic. C-3PO | C-3PO(3PO-series Protocol Droid)CharacterDroids |
and R2-D2 | R2-D2(R2-series Astromech Droid)CharacterDroids |
, the droid partners that carried the Death Star plans from Tatooine | TatooinePlanet |
to Yavin, also received honors during the ceremony, being placed on the podium on the side of the Princess. The awarding ceremony was followed by a series of speeches from Alliance officials, and then a feast, during which many toasts were drunk in honor of the new heroes, and Chewbacca was awarded his own gold medal. Years after the victory at Yavin, when a New Republic had been founded, those who originally attended the ceremony retained fond memories of it, as the crowning event of the Alliance.Read more... |
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A New Hope(MOVIE)
