Yeah. Maybe he didn't know it had been destroyed until arriving.

[ Nobody remembers you, Krennic. Get wreckt. ]

When I said he was a part of the project, I mean. He built it. He saw my uniform, we talked and - well, he was angry about all the rebels here. When I told him I didn't think it was a wise move to try and start anything with them, he thought it made me a traitor and demanded an explanation.

[ Which he is. He's not gonna come out and say if that's true or not. ]

You saw how that went.