The Challenge of the Mind was one of the three challenges that an Alderaanian heir had to undertake to prove their worthiness to be formally declared heir to the Alderaanian throne, along with the challenges of the Body and Heart. The challenge was intended to test the heir's intelligence. Leia Organa, for her Challenge of the Mind, served as her father Bail Organa's aide in the Imperial Senate and represented Alderaan in the Apprentice Legislature.