Leia heard the sounds of generators powering up, but kept her stunned eyes on the viewscreen. Even from space, Alderaan was lushly beautiful, its grassy plains making the world resemble an emerald amidst the stars. Before Leia became a Senator, she had spent most of her youth on the green world. She knew its geography so well that she could - from her perspective on the Death Star - pinpoint the capital, Aldera, where she’d grown up … where her father still lived.
After the battle of Scarif, in which the plans for the Death Star had been stolen, Bail Organa had returned home to tell his people that war was coming … but his warning would come too late.
She wondered what time it was, if he was in their home right now.
Father, I’m so sorry.
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This is crazy.