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.

Why was the Death Star so weak in Rogue One?

It wasn't until 2016's Rogue One when an official, in-canon explanation was given: Galen Erso sabotaged the Death Star during its development. Even with Galen's assist, blowing up the Death Star wasn't an easy task.

Why does the second Death Star look unfinished?

Yeah, construction wasn't finished yet. That's not a fault. Its just a huge thing that should have taken decades to build even using the resources of many planets that had been torn apart to build it. But its unfinished look was also part of Palpatine's plan to lure the Rebellion into attacking it.

What is the circle on the Death Star?

The Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser was the type of superlaser used on the Death Stars.

How wide was the Death Star hole?

Various sources state that the first Death Star has a diameter of between 140 and 160 kilometers. There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers.

The Thermal Exhaust Port Was NEVER a Problem

Why is the second Death Star bigger?

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.

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.

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.

What can destroy a Death Star?

It was discovered that a proton torpedo, shot precisely into a small exhaust port, could trigger a reaction that would destroy the Death Star.

What is bigger Starkiller or Death Star?

The surface area of Starkiller Base, using Wookieepedia's diameter measurement, is about 528,102 square miles. The first Death Star's surface area would be about 30,791 square miles; Death Star II would be 48,305 square miles. So in that contest, Starkiller Base blows up Texas.

Why did Palpatine build the Death Star?

The Death Star was designed to allow Emperor Palpatine to more directly control the Galactic Empire through fear. In most instances, a Death Star was to be commanded by a Moff.

Can the Death Star jump to hyperspace?

But what made the Death Star particularly menacing was its ability to travel through hyperspace. Not only was it equipped with destructive armaments, it could pursue its prey with those armaments.

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.

How long would it take to build the Death Star?

The first Death Star is said to have taken around 20 years to build, meaning construction would be finalized around 2BBY - which would make sense, as this would be two years before its first test run on the planet Jedha, and three years after Andor season 1.

Why was it so easy to destroy the Death Star?

Fans have long mocked the Death Star's one weakness: the infamous exhaust port that's right below the main port. A small one-man fighter can fly through the trench, fire proton torpedoes at the target, and set off a chain reaction.

Was there a third Death Star?

The Death Star III, also known as the third Death Star, was a mock Death Star battle station created from an incomplete worldcraft by the Kaarenth Dissension.

Who built the first 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.

What creature was on the Death Star?

After Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca rescued Princess Leia from her cell on the Death Star, they sought safety in one of the battle station's trash compactors. It was a perilous refuge: the garbage masher was home to a tentacled carnivore known as a dianoga.

Was the Death Star a mistake?

The Death Star Was Palpatine's Second Huge Mistake. According to experts, the Empire was in great shape before making a ludicrous, predictably disastrous blunder.

How was the Death Star kept secret?

Following the fall of the Empire, the Death Star Plans were kept by the New Republic in a secure computer system on Coruscant.

Do they rebuild the Death Star?

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.

Did anyone survive Rogue 1?

No members of Rogue One survived the blast.

Who stole the first Death Star plans?

The plans contain the Death Star's entire design history, including the flaw introduced into its reactor system. Stolen by Jyn Erso, they are beamed to the Profundity, copied and hidden in the memory systems of a humble astromech droid.

Is the Death Star more powerful than Starkiller base?

Starkiller Base Was More Destructive

The Death Star was capable of obliterating an entire planet in one shot, but that destructive power paled in comparison to what Starkiller Base could do.

Is there a Kyber Crystal in the Death Star?

Death Stars

The first and second Death Star battle stations built by the Empire employed a powerful superlaser weapon fueled by massive kyber crystals.