Held captive in the Death Star, Princess Leia is interrogated by Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin. Leia is ordered to reveal the location of the secret Rebel base or see her home planet of Alderaan destroyed. Remaining true to the Rebellion, she witnesses the planet's destruction rather than give up the information. While awaiting her fate, she is rescued by an unlikely group of heroes and makes a dramatic escape from the Imperial space station.