"I don't think I ever knew extensive detail. She told me that Alderaan was destroyed as soon as she arrived. She was... so shaken, to see me. I don't think she could have kept it from me." Maybe from someone else. But he would have known. Those were his own tricks that she relied on.

"The Empire built... will build" It was hard, when you were dealing with timelines like these. "A weapon. That could destroy a planet."

And that was the hard part. His own death he's prepared for for so long. But not Alderaan. Never Alderaan. "They made her watch."