As I recall, there is also more on this in the expanded universe; the Death Star that we eventually see was the result of a fairly substantial evolution.

According to franchise creator George Lucas, his initial outline for the Star Wars saga did not feature the Death Star in the portion that would be adapted as the first film. When he set to creating the first act of this outline as a feature, he borrowed the Death Star concept from the third act. [1] LEGO Death Star 10188 & 10143". Star Wars Cargo Bay. Lucasfilm. Archived from the original on September 9, 2007 . Retrieved September 9, 2007. Young, Kelly (February 11, 2005). "Saturn's moon is Death Star's twin". New Scientist. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014 . Retrieved August 21, 2008. Saturn's diminutive moon, Mimas, poses as the Death Star— the planet-destroying space station from the movie Star Wars— in an image recently captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. In 1981, following the Voyager spacecraft's flight past Saturn, scientists noticed a resemblance between one of the planet's moons, Mimas, and the Death Star. [69] Additionally, a few astronomers [ who?] sometimes use the term "Death Star" to describe Nemesis, a hypothetical star postulated in 1984 to be responsible for gravitationally forcing comets and asteroids from the Oort cloud toward Earth. [70] Merchandise [ edit ]

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This day will be long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobie and it will see the end of the rebellion." George Lucas commentary, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, dir. George Lucas, (DVD, 20th Century Fox, 2004). Event occurs at 3. The first Death Star's hangars contain assault shuttles, blastboats, Strike cruisers, land vehicles, support ships, and 7,293 TIE fighters. [45] It is also protected by 10,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,600 ion cannons, and at least 768 tractor beam projectors. [45] Various sources state that the first Death Star has a diameter of between 140 and 160 kilometers. [46] [47] [48] There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers. [49] [50] DS-X Prototype Battle Station [ edit ]

Given that the reactor was deep inside, we could well have been seeing the ports the Ion drives used, and never realized it. In most space vehicles that we see, the source of the propulsion is visible as it's close to where it's being emitted, and we see the burning / glow / whatever -- In the Death Star, the Reactor was deep inside. I believe the Ion output ports were inside that trench along the middle. Luceno, James (November 15, 2016). Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel. Del Rey Books. ISBN 978-0-345-51149-2. Kevin Yeoman (December 19, 2016). "How the Original Death Star Model Nearly Ended Up in the Trash". ScreenRant . Retrieved November 14, 2019. When choosing a ceiling light, the first question you need to answer is what it’s going to be used for.Roxanne Palmer (January 15, 2013). "White House Rejects Death Star Petition: Doomsday Devices US Could Build Instead". International Business Times. A ground assault team led by Han Solo with the help of the Endor-native Ewoks successfully manages to disable the shield generator, allowing Rebel pilots Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian to fly into the station (using Han's Millennium Falcon) and fire on its reactor, destroying the station in another catastrophic explosion. [28]

a b Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ( Blu-ray). Los Angeles, California: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. December 20, 2019. Thus breaking free of the gravity of Endor's Moon, for example would be no problem. Just artificially generate a much more intense gravity field pulling the Death Star away from Endor's Moon. Rogue One Prequel Book Reveals Secret Origins of the Death Star". MovieWeb.com. September 1, 2016 . Retrieved September 21, 2016. The Technical Companion says: "Finally, the surface was riddled with thermal exhaust ports, heat sinks, sublight thrusters, hyperdrive thrusters ... " Sansweet, Stephen J. (1998). Star Wars Encyclopedia (1sted.). New York: Ballantine. p.70. ISBN 0-345-40227-8. OCLC 36960986.In the novels of the Bridge Trilogy, the San Francisco Police Department admonishes its officers to stop referring to their surveillance satellite as the "Death Star". What? How old is that? Didn't the Fourth Galactic Empire end five thousand years ago? Why would such an ancient weapon show up now?" Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, with assistance from the Geonosians, had plotted to build the first dreaded Death Star -- a weapon unlike anything the galaxy had ever seen. Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, had his apprentice Darth Tyranus (also known as Count Dooku) deliver the plans from Geonosis to Coruscant at the start of the Clone Wars. In the 1987 Star Wars parody film Spaceballs, the Spaceballs use a spacecraft called "Spaceball I", which can change shape into "Mega Maid", resembling a woman with a vacuum cleaner. A reference to the Death Star destroying Alderaan, the Mega Maid is used to drain Druidia's atmosphere of fresh air. [64] TheForce.Net - Jedi Council - Interviews | Curtis Saxton". www.theforce.net . Retrieved August 1, 2020.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Story Reel: A Death on Utapau - Star Wars: The Clone Wars" . Retrieved October 22, 2016. Slavicsek, Bill (1994). A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (rev. and expandeded.). Ballantine Books. p.120. ISBN 9780345386250.The Death Star strategy was the name Enron gave to one of their fraudulent business practices for manipulating California's energy market. [63] Make sure to press the tape down well before painting to avoid leaks and blotches. But even if you have some slight uneven lines — the end result will be great. TheDeathStarhas so many little bits and dots, it will look like you wanted it this way 😉 Alexandra August (January 2, 2017). "15 Reasons Spaceballs Is Better Than Star War". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved May 2, 2021. White, Brett (August 2, 2018). " 'Clerks' Changed the Way We Talk About Pop Culture with Its Iconic 'Star Wars' Convo". Decider . Retrieved September 13, 2019. Lucas, George (Director) (May 19, 2005). Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. 20th Century Fox.