The Death Stars, the Galactic Empire's ultimate terror weapons, were battle stations several hundred kilometers in diameter and mounting a directed energy superlaser capable of completely destroying a planet with a single shot along with 15,000 lasers, ion, turbolasers batteries, and heavy turbolasers in all plus an additional 768 tractor beam emplacements. The first Death Star fires its superlaser. It boasts a Prime Weapon capable of destroying entire planets." ― Bail Organa, Tion and Leia Organa - Listen ( file info) And it possesses firepower unequaled in the history of warfare." Leia: " And this, this flying pillbox is going to make you a member of the Imperial elite?" Tion: " More than a pillbox, Princess. It's colossal, the size of a class-four moon. This is a machine of war such as the universe has never known. Following their destruction, other planet-devastating superweapons followed, including the Galaxy Gun, the Darksaber, the Sun Crusher, and the World Devastators.īail: " Surely there's nothing new about a space fortress." Tion: " I don't mean a mere orbital gun platform, Your Majesty. At some point after the second's destruction, the Rebel Alliance also attacked and destroyed a third mock Death Star. Prior to the second Death Star being built, the Galactic Empire tested out a planetary superlaser for protecting its installations on the planet of Dubrillion. The first Death Star was destroyed by Luke Skywalker, with the help of Han Solo, and the second Death Star was destroyed by Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian. In addition, a scaled-down version, the Tarkin, and a Hutt knockoff, the Darksaber, would be created by the Empire and Durga the Hutt, respectively.īoth Death Stars were destroyed by the Rebel Alliance shortly after they became operational. One Death Star was completely built by the Empire, with a second and third one never reaching full completion, as well as a prototype being in existence.
In most instances, a Death Star was to be commanded by a Moff.
The Death Star was designed to allow Emperor Palpatine to more directly control the Galactic Empire through fear.
The Death Star, whose concept had been explored even before the Clone Wars, was the first in a long series of superweapons developed to execute the Tarkin Doctrine.
The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force." ― Darth Vader Ī Death Star was a moon-sized Imperial military battlestation armed with a planet-destroying superlaser. " Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed.
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