"Before my imprisonment that is where I was headed," he said simply before heading up the ramp of the ship. "I assume you know the way."

He'll let Ben fly. He still has a lot of thinking to do. He has no army, little knowledge of the current state things beyond what the holorecords show.

Not to mention the reconditioning done to his mind, though with the Empress dead he probably has little to worry about there. It does haunt him. He should take care of it before facing the new Sith Emperor just in case.

He will not be someone's slave or serve anyone by force. That went against everything he believed in.