The Alder-Espirions represented a hybrid species, an amalgamation of the red-skinned Espirions and Alderaanians, a human race originating from the planet of Alderaan. Their origins trace back to a period well before the Battle of Yavin, specifically when a contingent of Alderaanians relocated to the planet Espirion and engaged in interbreeding with the planet's native inhabitants. Following the Galactic Empire's act of destruction_of_alderaan) destroying Alderaan, Princess Leia Organa, the final surviving member of Alderaan's royal family, expressed a desire to bring the Alder-Espirions together with the remaining Alderaanian survivors. Consequently, Organa designated Uwa Pareece from the Melodic Order and Jora Astane of the Alderaan Enclave located on Sullust to engage in discussions with these part-Alderaanian individuals. Nevertheless, Astane displayed a reluctance to collaborate with those who, in her view, symbolized the weakening of her already fading heritage.