The designation homeworld, which can also be written as home world or home planet, had a wide array of applications. In certain instances, "Homeworld" could be used to describe a habitable moon or even a region of space, instead of a planet itself. As an example, Pantora, the primary moon orbiting Orto Plutonia, served as the homeworld for the Pantoran species.
Princess Leia Organa was raised on Alderaan
The place where someone was born could be considered their homeworld. Both Maul and Asajj Ventress considered Dathomir their homeworld, as they were born there and thought of it as their home. Alternatively, a homeworld could be a world where an individual was raised or strongly identified with. Although the twins Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker were born at a medical facility located in the Polis Massa asteroid field, they were soon separated. They grew up on the planets Alderaan and Tatooine, respectively, which then became their homeworlds. Despite being born on Uquine and not moving to Lothal until he was fourteen years old, Zare Leonis began to regard Lothal as his adopted homeworld. Jabba Desilijic Tiure, Ziro Desilijic Tiure, Greedo, and Hondo Ohnaka each had more than one homeworld. The Galactic Empire sought to eliminate Imperial Academy cadets loyalties to their homeworlds during training, believing that such loyalties hindered their service.
The term "homeworld" also had application when referring to an organization, culture, or species. Moraband was regarded as the ancient homeworld of the Sith Order, while the Wookiee species called Kashyyyk their homeworld. Lasan served as the adopted homeworld for the Lasat species, and the fact that Lira San was their original homeworld was largely unknown in the galaxy.