[Not for the first time, Han finds himself missing Leia, or Luke. One of them could explain the Empire better than he could—Leia especially, for her experience in the Imperial Senate. Han himself doesn't dwell on his own previous experience with the Empire, tries not to.
He shrugs.]
It's the kind of Empire that'd blow up a planet, to get its way.
[It's simple and short, but there's a heavy note to it that says he was there—for the aftermath, at least, for those moments of sheer confusion and disbelief when the Falcon jumped into realspace to find an asteroid belt where Alderaan used to be.]
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He shrugs.]
It's the kind of Empire that'd blow up a planet, to get its way.
[It's simple and short, but there's a heavy note to it that says he was there—for the aftermath, at least, for those moments of sheer confusion and disbelief when the Falcon jumped into realspace to find an asteroid belt where Alderaan used to be.]