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.

A Death Star was a gargantuan space station armed with a planet-destroying superlaser powered by kyber crystals.

In this article HowStuffWorks will look at the Death Star inside and out, examine the fascinating history behind this powerful military and political tool, discover other incarnations of the Death Star and learn about what really happens when you blow up a planet.

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...

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 …

Death Star is a Star Wars Legends novel written by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry. It was first published in hardcover by Del Rey on October 16, 2007, and a paperback edition was published in 2008. It focuses on an ensemble cast of Death Star crew members, and …

The Death Star is a fictional moon -sized space station and superweapon. It was invented for the Star Wars movies. It was a huge spherical space station which fired a ray of energy which could destroy a planet. The details of the Death Star changed between different models during production of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

The DS-1 Death Star Mobile Battle Station (more commonly known as the Death Star or by its codename Project Stardust) is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon that appears in the Star Wars universe.

Aug 17, 2021 · First seen in Star Wars: A New Hope, the Death Star was a massive battle station, roughly the size of a small moon, and most notably (and terrifyingly) had the power to destroy planets with its superlaser. Construction on the Death Star …