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The second Death Star appears in Return of the Jedi, and a similar superweapon, Starkiller Base, appears in The Force Awakens. Both the original and second Death Star were moon-sized and designed for massive power-projection capabilities, capable of destroying an entire planet with a 6.2x10 32 J/s power output blast from their superlasers. [15]
Eclipse-class dreadnought (EU): A Super Star Destroyer armed with a less-powerful version of the Death Star superlaser. Naga Sadow: The Sith Lord Naga Sadow was capable of using ancient Sith sorcery to manipulate solar flares. His immense power with this ability was used to turn the Denarii Nova into a supernova, effectively destroying the ...
A small Lego model of the Tantive IV is included with the Ultimate Collector series 3,000-piece Star Destroyer which, at the time of its 2002 release was Lego's largest set. [20] Lego 's 1,700-piece Ultimate Collector series blockade runner model, released in 2001, was the first set to include dark red bricks. [ 21 ]
Mimas is often compared to the Death Star from the Star Wars franchise because of its large Herschel Crater, which resembles the hollowed-out shape of the fictional space station’s laser weapon.
In an event that sounds more like an episode of 'Star Wars' than one of reality, scientists have discovered evidence of a death star literally ripping a planet apart with its gravity.
Saturn's moon Mimas is known for its uncanny resemblance to the dreaded Death Star in the original "Star Wars" movie. Astronomers said on Wednesday that data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft ...
The most famous example is the Death Star from the original Star Wars film. A giant battle station which is said to be 160 km (99 mi) in diameter, it was built in secret over a twenty-year period and operated with a crew of over one million. [106] [107] The Death Star II which appears in Return of the Jedi is even larger at 200 km (120 mi) in ...
The Tantive IV is intercepted by Darth Vader's Star Destroyer above Tatooine. Before being captured, Princess Leia Organa entrusts the Death Star plans to the droid R2-D2, who escapes aboard an escape pod accompanied by C-3PO. On the desert planet, the two droids are captured by Jawas who sell them to the farmer Owen Lars.