[ Her reaction has Poe mentally backtracking a few steps, and yeah, maybe he should have clarified that a bit first, because as far as she knows, she's talking to some Rebellion Commander who considers her father a war criminal and her and Captain Andor as insubordinate at best, and traitors at worst, while that couldn't be farther from the truth. He's quick to shake his head, grimacing briefly. ]

No, no, I didn't mean it like that. I know all about what he did. Without him, and you, there wouldn't be a Resistance at all.

[ Both of his parents would have died before he was even a thought, and the planet he called home would have been turned to dust. Not to mention the fate that the rest of the galaxy would faced if the Empire had crushed the Rebellion then and there. It wasn't the only pivotal moment, there were countless more he's heard in stories from the war, but it was a big one.

It might be easier to just tell her, even though it's probably going to be hard for her to understand. It's not exactly easy for him either. ]

This mission you're talking about, where I'm from that happened a couple of years before I was even born.