Who controls the Death Star?

The Death Star is first used to destroy Jedha City, both as a response to a violent insurgency on the planet and as a display of the Death Star's operational status. Tarkin assumes control over the Death Star while Krennic investigates security breaches in the design project.

Who commands the Death Star?

Introduced in the first film in the original Star Wars trilogy, Governor Tarkin is the Grand Moff of the Galactic Empire and commander of the Death Star.

Who is the Lord of the Death Star?

Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious.

Who created the Death Star?

A brilliant scientist, Galen Erso was coerced into using kyber crystals to enhance energy yields – work his friend Orson Krennic then weaponized to create the Death Star's superlaser. Galen fled to remote Lah'mu with his family, but Krennic tracked him down and forced him to resume his work.

Where does the Death Star get its power from?

The Death Star's superlaser was powered by a hypermatter reactor, which would generate the destructive reaction that was then focused through eight giant kyber crystals. Once the reaction was focused through the crystals, eight smaller lasers would spout from the focusing lens of the Death Star.

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What is more powerful than the Death Star?

World Devastators were a weapon so powerful, so to be feared, that even Admiral Ackbar described them as “The greatest scourge the galaxy has ever seen. Far more lethal than the Death Star.” The World Devastators would land on the surface of a planet and systematically tear the planet apart from beneath.

Who made the Death Star weakness?

It is subsequently revealed that Galen discreetly sabotaged the design by building a vulnerability into the reactor. After the Death Star plans are stolen from the Scarif vault, Tarkin fires the Death Star's superlaser on the base, killing Krennic, as well as Jyn Erso and her small band of rebels.

How many Death Stars are there?

So let's start with the simple fact that over the years, there have been not two Death Stars, but a total of four, and some of them have some wonky history.

How much would the Death Star cost?

According to the US government (no really, the US government), the first Death Star would have cost $852 quadrillion, 11,000 times the gross world product which is suspected to be in the region of $77 trillion.

Why did the Death Star have a weakness?

The Death Star's most famous weakness was its thermal exhaust port, but Star Wars has hinted the battle-station had another critical weakness that would have become clear over years. Emperor Palpatine intended the Death Star to be almost invincible, but he had not factored in Galen Erso's sabotage.

Why did the Death Star have a hole?

An exhaust port on the first Death Star. A thermal exhaust port was an outlet for dissipating the excess heat produced by the large energy reactors used on board starships and space stations or in certain ground-based structures.

How many Death Stars were destroyed?

Both Death Stars were destroyed by the Rebel Alliance shortly after they became operational. 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.

How long would it take to build the Death Star?

Creating and transporting the steel required, they also note, could take as long as 860,000 years and would likely leave the planet so polluted that everyone on Earth would have no choice but to fight for a spot onboard the spacecraft.

Were there 2 Death Stars?

The first Death Star was destroyed at the end of that film, due to the Rebel Alliance capitalizing on a structural weakness. It was replaced by a second Death Star, which was destroyed at the end of 1983's Return Of The Jedi after the Rebel Alliance capitalized on a structural weakness.

Who fired the first Death Star?

Graneet died when the first Death Star was destroyed by Luke Skywalker during the Battle of Yavin. When given the order to fire the superlaser at the rebel base on Yavin 4, Graneet froze, wracked with guilt and wishing desperately for something to save him from his dreadful duty.

Who survived the first Death Star?

A talented young rebel pilot from Corellia, Wedge Antilles survived the attack on the first Death Star to become a respected veteran of Rogue Squadron.

How far could the Death Star shoot?

The power of the first Death Star's superlaser was estimated to have been more than 2.4×10³² watts, with an optimum range of 2,000,000 kilometers and a working range of 420,000,000 kilometers. Powerful enough to destroy a terrestrial planet, it was the most powerful energy weapon ever built at the time.

Is the Death Star 2 bigger than the Death Star?

The Death Star II was the second Death Star battlestation to be constructed by the Galactic Empire. It was significantly larger than its predecessor, measuring 160 kilometers in diameter, and was built after the destruction of the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin.

Could the Death Star destroy Earth?

Alderaan and Earth are very similar, so we'll look at what it would take for the Death Star to destroy Earth. For that, the Death Star would have to overpower the forces that hold the planet together—in this case, gravity. The gravitational binding energy of Earth is 2.24*10^32 Joules (that's 240 followed by 32 zeros).

Is the Death Star bigger than Texas?

So, our answer is yes, Texas is bigger than Starkiller Base and both versions of the Death Star — if you're looking at them in two dimensions. If you want to talk surface area, the comparison is a whole different story.

What is the largest dying star?

Scientists now possess the most detailed image yet of a dying giant: VY Canis Majoris, quite possibly the largest star in our galaxy.

Can the Death Star jump to hyperspace?

The Death Star has sublight and hyperdrive engines. The sublight engines are what allow it to move within star systems. The hyperdrive lets it travel through hyper space and travel between systems.

Why did the Death Star 2 have a hole?

The holes were purportedly for ventilation, so when Luke Skywalker was able to exploit them so catastrophically in the original “Star Wars,” fans speculated: Was there not a better way?

Why is the second Death Star broken?

Lando and Wedge Antilles (in an X-wing) both flew inside the superstructure, knocking out its main reactor and finally destroying Death Star II. Large pieces of the second Death Star landed in the oceans of the moon Kef Bir, poisoning the waters around them.

Did Vader know Death Star flaw?

Star Wars confirms Darth Vader knew how to destroy the Death Star before Rogue One. Ever since A New Hope premiered in 1977, the Death Star's weakness has been one of the film's most-discussed talking points.