Thranduil was an isolationist and did not care if the foul creatures were driven into other territories: "Other lands are not my concern.He had been brought in a spaceship pod (hidden under the floor in the barn) from another world, accompanied by a strange metallic item, imprinted with a shield-like shape marked with an "S" (the Command Key): "You""re he answer to ""Are we alone in the universe?""." He singles out the division which produces "the lowest rate of return" - the News Division - "with its 98 million dollar budget and its average annual deficit of 32 million.Soon after, when the Princess resisted the torture, Tarkin ordered their course set for Alderaan.Meanwhile, Luke returned to the sandcrawler, where he told Ben that he would accompany him to Alderaan: "I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.