"Good. I have every confidence you'll win this game," he said pleasantly. No one in the Rebel Alliance or Resistance had spent any significant time with him, he was sure that little things would go unnoticed.

"And why was the New Republic destroyed?" He had to make sure Ash knew this information backward and forwards. It was more than memorizing facts and dates, he wanted to make sure Ash could convey his own attitudes and repeat the correct vocabulary.