>>116151809In Rogue One, he cucked Director Krennic out of the Death Star project after the Jedha test confirmed it was viable. Literally killed the man with his own weapon.
In ANH, he died aboard the Death Star, refusing to evacuate "in [their] moment of triumph" as it was about to fire on the Rebel base on Yavin IV.
Rebels actually did a reference to that moment in their S1 finale, where he almost doesn't want to leave his Star Destroyer after the Grinky vs Kanan and Ezra fight causes major damage to the engines.