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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. Appearing in the original 1977 film Star Wars, 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 2016 prequel film Rogue One and the 2022 television series Andor exploring its construction. A larger second Death Star is being built in the events of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi, featuring substantially improved capabilities compared to its predecessor, before it is destroyed by the Rebel Alliance while under construction.
| Death Star | |
|---|---|
 Original Death Star | |
| First appearance |
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| Created by | George Lucas |
| Designed by | Colin Cantwell |
| Information | |
| Affiliation | Galactic Empire |
| Launched | n/a, constructed in space. |
| Combat vehicles | TIE Fighters and TIE Bombers |
| General characteristics | |
| Class | Orbital Battle Station |
| 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) |
Since its first appearance, the Death Star has become a cultural icon and a widely recognized element of the Star Wars franchise. It inspired numerous similar superweapons in fiction as well as in other Star Wars works. The 2015 film The Force Awakens introduces Starkiller Base, a planet (Ilum) converted by the First Order into a Death Star-like superweapon. While more powerful and technologically advanced than both Death Stars, it is also destroyed by the Resistance. The 2019 film The Rise of Skywalker introduces the Final Order, a massive fleet of Xyston-class Star Destroyers built by the Sith Eternal, individual warships each carrying "planet-killing" weapons; the film also features the remains of the second Death Star, on the ocean moon of Kef Bir.
English
Etymology
From death + star: star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media.
Pronunciation
Noun
death star (plural death stars)
- (slang, colloquial, Canada, US, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite (used by the cable television provider industry, to describe their competitors and the effect they would have in decimating the cable industry, prior to the introduction of digital satellite television and the three-foot dish revolution)
Synonyms
- DBS, direct broadcast
