Approximately thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star, the primary base of the First Order—Starkiller Base—harbored a superweapon built into the planet's crust that was capable of destroying entire star systems, as demonstrated during the Hosnian Cataclysm.

The Death Star is a fictional space station and superweapon featured in the Star Wars space-opera franchise. Constructed by the autocratic Galactic Empire, the Death Star is capable of obliterating entire planets, and serves to enforce the Empire's reign of terror.

Mar 21, 2011 · The DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, also designated as the DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station, referred to as the Ultimate Weapon in early development stages, later known as the Death Star I or the First Death Star, often simply referred to as the Death Star, and codenamed Stardust, was a...

Each of the Empire’s Death Stars was built around a terrifying weapon – a superlaser array capable of destroying a planet. According to legend, the ancient Sith used massive kyber crystals to create superweapons; during the Clone Wars, the Geonosians revived the superlaser design.

The Death Star was the Empire’s ultimate weapon: a moon-sized space station with the ability to destroy an entire planet. But the Emperor and Imperial officers like Grand Moff Tarkin underestimated the tenacity of the Rebel Alliance, who refused to …

In AoTC, we get a look at the internal mechanics of the prime weapon of the Death Star. The weapon appears to be roughly conical in shape, extending from the ~36.25 kilometer dish down to the reactor itself, 60 kilometers beneath the surface (see the Death Star scaling page ).

The Death Star was a super weapon built in utmost secrecy by the Galactic Empire for the express purpose of destroying planets and enforcing the Empire's will across the galaxy. The code name of the project was “Stardust,” and was spearheaded largely by Director Orson Krennic of Advanced Weapons...

The Death Star, known officially as the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, also known as the Death Star I, the First Death Star, Project Stardust internally, and simply the Ultimate Weapon in early development stages, was a moon-sized, deep-spacemobile battle station constructed by the Galactic Empire.

A Death Star is a fictional moon-sized[1] space station and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe created by George Lucas. It is capable of destroying an entire planet with its powerful superlaser.

The Death Star's main purpose is to function as a mobile platform for its main weapon - the Superlaser. The Death Star's structure is basically an enormous housing for the Superlaser and the reactor that powers it.