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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 9743505" data-attributes="member: 710">Maybe, but it might still have delayed things - whether that would ultimately be in the Emperor's favor or in the Rebellion's, is anyone's guess, of course, the specific events of the movies might not happen, but it might still be similar. Lonnie probably still has access to Deidra's codes and Deidra probably still scavenges details on the death, Galen Erzo might still request a pilot to send message about the Death Star to the Rebellion, maybe there are other potential sources in the extra time it takes.I don't think it's coincidence that the Empire dismantles the Senates when the Death Star is going for its first mission - he probably knew he only wanted to take that step with the Death Star to threaten compliance, even more so if he could also destroy the Rebel Alliance leadership, ensuring that there would be no Rebellion to join, his enemies would need to start over under the watchful eye of imperial governeurs. I suppose he would have contingency plans, but they are Plan B for a reason - they involve more risk.He ends up with no Senate but also no Death Star, and eventually, that leads to the downfall of the Empire, so very likely dismantling the Senate to enable finishing the Death Star (which still seems to take a year after Ghorman is mined) is a risky move,.</blockquote>