[ It wasn't fine. It was obviously not fine, and Poe found himself actually feeling sorry he had to deliver that information.
He wasn't sorry for the loss of the Empire. He couldn't be.
But he could be sorry for Akobi and for 622 losing their way of life. Their homes.
He could feel sorry for that. ]
Well - slightly long story. In the final weeks of the Galactic Civil War, some of the Imperial forces fled - out into the Unknown Regions. I think the idea had been to regroup, strike back, but. Didn't happen.
Instead, they met something else, out there.
[ His frown deepened. ]
Someone else. A man - a being, anyway - named Snoke. Honestly I don't even know what he is, or why, but he took the wisps of Imperial Forces and turned them into his own private army. They call him the Supreme Leader. Hux - the man who told 622 he was the emperor? - he's one of his Generals. Built weapons for him. Big ones.
They might have some of the same genes that made the Empire, but... they aren't the same thing. [ He paused, looking conflicted. How much more should he even say?
In the end, he had to continue. He couldn't meet Akobi's eyes while he spoke, but that wasn't because of Akobi. ]
... We went to war with them. A day before I got ported here. When they destroyed the entire Hosnian system. Billions of Civilians. The entire senate. Almost the entire fleet.
[ Poe had been here for over a year, and he still wasn't over it. Could barely spend ten minutes thinking about it. It was too great a loss for him to process. ]
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He wasn't sorry for the loss of the Empire. He couldn't be.
But he could be sorry for Akobi and for 622 losing their way of life. Their homes.
He could feel sorry for that. ]
Well - slightly long story. In the final weeks of the Galactic Civil War, some of the Imperial forces fled - out into the Unknown Regions. I think the idea had been to regroup, strike back, but. Didn't happen.
Instead, they met something else, out there.
[ His frown deepened. ]
Someone else. A man - a being, anyway - named Snoke. Honestly I don't even know what he is, or why, but he took the wisps of Imperial Forces and turned them into his own private army. They call him the Supreme Leader. Hux - the man who told 622 he was the emperor? - he's one of his Generals. Built weapons for him. Big ones.
They might have some of the same genes that made the Empire, but... they aren't the same thing. [ He paused, looking conflicted. How much more should he even say?
In the end, he had to continue. He couldn't meet Akobi's eyes while he spoke, but that wasn't because of Akobi. ]
... We went to war with them. A day before I got ported here. When they destroyed the entire Hosnian system. Billions of Civilians. The entire senate. Almost the entire fleet.
[ Poe had been here for over a year, and he still wasn't over it. Could barely spend ten minutes thinking about it. It was too great a loss for him to process. ]
They aren't - it's not the same.