Yeah, I've considered a few inserts - the planet surface, ships trying to get away, and even cutting inside one of the ships to see an older Bail Organa being whisked away - and although I'd love to see most of these, I just feel they interrupt the momentum. So I'm most probably going to stick with just the extended destruction from the shockwave.

Besides, we might have found a pretty organic way of including some Alderaan footage, including a shot of a young Leia and Bail Organa on the balcony of the palace looking over the landscape, without it interrupting anything. And it also hints at Leia being Force-perceptive, which I like. It involves her in her prison cell dreaming or thinking about Alderaan, trying to think of something pleasant. But as she thinks about it, the Death Star intrudes into her dream/daydream, and then we cut to the Death Star having arrived at Alderaan.

I know, that is some mighty tinkering, but as an experiment I think it's worth trying. And it hints at Leia's Force sensitivity, but only if you know she is, which I really like.