Princess Leia stands before her home planet as projected from a viewscreen. 
  
 
Peaceful, so peaceful, she lies.
My home, my Alderaan - 
what will [bad word] of you
my world? 
   
 Where are the rebels -
your friends?
And where's their hidden base?
Tell me now, or say goodbye to
your home. 
   
 I beg of you... 
   
 Where is the base? 
   
 ...Don't blow it up! 
   
 
Then look in my face
and tell me now
where they have gone and
spare the life of your
home, Alderaan. 
   
 They're on Dantooine.
That is where they are. 
   
 You may fire when ready. 
   
 What? No! 
   
  
powerful beam is fired from the station and Alderaan is destroyed.

At that same moment aboard the Falcon, Ben is disturbed. 
   
 
I felt a rift in the Force.
I heard a people cry.
Now it's gone - so we must go on.