It was night on Eadu. Galen Erso
was sitting in his laboratory. It was quiet in the facility, too quiet
for his taste. When the night came, so did the memories. Memories of
his former life. Memories of his family. Memories of his wife Lyra,
murdered by the Empire, and memories of Jyn, his daughter, who had
disappeared since Krennic came to Lah’mu
Galen clenched his fist. Orson Krennic, the man he once called his
friend. He realized too late that this man was never a friend. Krennic
had used him for his own plans. He was still using him like a tool.
When the truth came to Galen, he managed to escape and hide with his
family on Lah’mu. Until the day Krennic found them.
Now he was a hero of the Empire, which meant nothing more than being a prisoner.
They used his research to develop a superweapon, a weapon that could
destroy entire planets. They called it the Death Star, a name that
really fitted. How many deaths had he already caused? Not just his
wife, there were many more. Scientists who had disappeared or fallen
victim to an accident when they refused to stay in the weapons research
program.
He had to end it once and for all.
Galen had built a flaw into the weapon. A flaw that only he knew
existed. A hit near this flaw would cause the entire battle station to
explode.
He had wondered how he could inform the Alliance about this flaw. And one day a plan came to him.
He had befriended a young Imperial freighter pilot named Bodhi Rook.
The young man came from Jedha, a moon where the Empire was plundering
the kyber crystals of the ancient Jedi temple. Galen learned from Bodhi
that Saw Gerrera, an old friend of the Erso family, had founded a rebel
cell there. Perhaps Jyn was still with him, and perhaps Saw could
deliver his message to the Alliance.
That day, he had asked Bodhi to be his messenger. He had told him that
he could make things right if he was brave enough. Galen was well aware
that it was treason to ask an Imperial pilot to desert and make contact
with the so called rebels.
But he owed the Empire nothing. He wanted the Empire to pay for what it
had done to him and his family. Galen Erso wanted revenge.
Determined, he rose from his seat and went into the hologram chamber.
There he activated the device and began recording. He knew that this
was the only way to pay for his sins and get revenge.