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Why was there an exhaust port on the Death Star?
Thermal exhaust ports were shafts which vented heat from reactor cores. Famously, the Death Star space station had two such ports, a main port and a smaller one which led directly to its reactor, which had been deliberately designed by Galen Erso as an act of sabotage to give the station a critical vulnerability.
How was the second Death Star built so quickly?
The Imps literally carved a tunnel through hyperspace, from the Core to Endor. Whilst it took hours or even days to transport building materials through hyperspace to get to Geonosis, it took far less time with the direct route made by the Empire.
How did they build the Death Star?
The Death Star’s superlaser derived power directly from the hypermatter reactor. Its faceted amplification crystal combined the destructive power of eight separate tributary beams into one single blast with the intensity of a stellar core.
How small is the exhaust port on the Death Star?
The target area is only two meters wide. It’s a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system.” Such were the words of General Jan Dodonna during his briefing for the attack on the first Death Star.
What exactly is a Death Star?
A Death Star was a gargantuan space station armed with a planet -destroying superlaser. This article is a stub about a space station. You can help Wookieepedia by expanding it.
What happened to the Death Star II?
During the Battle of Endor, the Death Star II’s energy shield was destroyed and the Rebels used the unfinished superstructure of the battle station against it, destroying the weapon as they had its predecessor. Trapped in the Death Star! The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (Mentioned only)
Why did Palpatine build the Death Star?
The Death Star, whose concept had been explored even before the Clone Wars, was the first in a long series of superweapons developed to execute the Tarkin Doctrine. The Death Star was designed to allow Emperor Palpatine to more directly control the Galactic Empire through fear.
What was inside the Death Star in Star Wars?
Within its cavernous interior were legions of Imperial troops and fightercraft, as well as all manner of detention blocks and interrogation cells. In a brutal display of the Death Star’s power, Grand Moff Tarkin, one the Empire’s preeminent governors, targeted its prime weapon at the peaceful world of Alderaan.