"Pale Blue Dot is to human endeavour what the Death Star’s laser was to Alderaan." The Death Star’s laser well-known relation to Alderaan is that it destroyed

"Pale Blue Dot is to human endeavour what the Death Star’s laser was to Alderaan." The Death Star’s laser well-known relation to Alderaan is that it destroyed Alderaan. Did the author think this analogy through ?