The first Death Star requires significant time to fully recharge its superlaser, and it is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance by taking advantage of its one weakness: an exhaust port which, when hit with a precise shot, triggers a chain reaction throughout the station's entire infrastructure. Both Death Stars were built by the Galactic Empire to strengthen its control over the galaxy, and they are armed with kyber crystal–powered superlasers, which can destroy entire planets.
The second Death Star appears in Return of the Jedi, and is significantly larger at 200 kilometres (120 mi) in diameter and, although unfinished, is technologically more advanced than its predecessor. The first version, which appears in the original 1977 film Star Wars, is stated to be more than 160 kilometers (99 mi) in diameter, and is crewed by an estimated 1.7 million military personnel and 400,000 droids. The Death Star is a fictional mobile space station and galactic superweapon featured in the Star Wars space-opera franchise.
Turbolasers, Laser cannons, Tractor beams, and Ion cannonsĪble to destroy a planet with one shot of the superlaser.ġ20 km (Death Star I) 160 km to 900 km (Death Star II, varies depending on source and not mentioned in films)
