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Also known as DS-1 Orbital Battle Station

fictional space station used as a superweapon by the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars universe

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First appearance
Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker (1976 novelization) Star Wars (1977 film)
Created by
George Lucas
Designed by
Colin Cantwell
Affiliation
Galactic Empire
Launched
n/a, constructed in space.
Combat vehicles
TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers
Class
Orbital battle station, Weapon of mass destruction
Armaments
Superlaser
Defenses
Turbolasers, Laser cannons, Tractor beams, and Ion cannons
Maximum speed
Faster than light speed
Propulsion
Imperial Hyperdrive
Power
Able to destroy a planet with one shot of the superlaser
Width
160 km (99 mi) (Death Star I); 200 km (120 mi) (Death Star II)

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The Death Star is a fictional massive 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. It appears as a hundreds of kilometers wide mobile space station that has the shape of a spherical moon or planetoid.

Appearing in the original film Star Wars (1977), the Death Star serves as the central plot point and setting for the film, and is destroyed in an assault by the Rebel Alliance during the climax of the film, with the prequel film Rogue One (2016) and the television series Andor (2022–2025) exploring its construction. A larger second Death Star is being built in the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983), featuring substantially improved capabilities compared to its predecessor, before it is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance while under construction.

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