The medal of honor was a prestigious decoration, a ten-pointed gold medal featuring a specific emblem, connected to a ribbon of red, white, and blue. It represented a superior honor bestowed upon individuals worthy of distinction.
Leia Organa, a Princess, presented Luke Skywalker with a medal of honor in recognition of his destruction of a maverick moon headed for a catastrophic impact with the planet that was home to the New Academy for Space Pilots.