Editing Death Star (section)

===Expanded Universe===
Both Death Stars and similar superweapons appear throughout the non-canonical [[Star Wars expanded to other media|''Star Wars'' Legends]] continuity.
[[National Public Radio]]'s [[Star Wars (radio series)|''Star Wars'' adaptation]] (1981) portrays Leia (Ann Sachs) and [[Bail Organa]]'s ([[Stephen Elliott (actor)|Stephen Elliott]]) discovery of the Death Star's existence and how Leia obtained its schematics. The [[Star Wars (1983 video game)|1983 ''Star Wars'' arcade game]] and numerous [[LucasArts]] titles recreate the films' attacks on the Death Stars.

[[Kevin J. Anderson]]'s [[Jedi Academy trilogy|''Jedi Academy'' trilogy]] (1994) introduces the Maw Cluster of [[black hole]]s that protect a laboratory where the DS-X Prototype Battle Station was built (consisting of the superstructure, power core, and superlaser).<ref>{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Kevin J.|title=Jedi Search|year=1994|isbn=0-553-29798-8|page=271|publisher=Random House Worlds |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSbTCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA271}}</ref> The first level of LucasArts' ''[[Dark Forces]]'' (1995) gives mercenary [[Kyle Katarn]] the role of stealing the plans that are subsequently given to Leia. [[Steve Perry (author)|Steve Perry]]'s novel ''[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|Shadows of the Empire]]'' (1996) describes a mission that leads to the Rebels learning of the second Death Star's existence, and that mission is playable in LucasArts' ''[[X-Wing Alliance]]'' [[Space flight simulation game|space flight simulator]] (1999). The Death Star itself is a controllable weapon for the Empire in the ''[[Star Wars: Rebellion (video game)|Rebellion]]'' (1998) and ''[[Empire at War]]'' (2006) strategy game.{{efn|In ''Empire at War'', if the Imperial fleet defending the Death Star is defeated and the hero unit of Red Squadron is present, the Death Star will be destroyed.}} In ''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 video game)|Battlefront II]]''  (2005), the player participates in a mission to secure crystals used in the Death Star's superlaser.<ref name="battlefront-ii-2005">{{cite video game |title=[[Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 video game)|Star Wars: Battlefront II]] |developer=Pandemic Studios|publisher=LucasArts |date=November 1, 2005 |level=Fall of the Old Republic - 501st Journal - Mygeeto: Amongst the Ruins|quote=What Ki-Adi-Mundi didn't know, however, was that our unit of the 501st was really after an experimental Mygeetan power source, that the Chancellor [Palpatine] wanted for his superlaser.}}</ref> Another mission in the game tasks the player with acting as a [[Imperial stormtrooper|stormtrooper]] or Darth Vader in an attempt to recover the plans and capture Leia.<ref name="battlefront-ii-2005-leia">{{cite video game |title=[[Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005 video game)|Star Wars: Battlefront II]] |developer=Pandemic Studios|publisher=LucasArts |date=November 1, 2005 |level=Rise of the Empire - 501st Journal - Tantive IV: Recovering the Plans|quote=Vader concluded that the stolen plans have been given to Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. [...We] boarded the ship, the Tantive IV over Tatooine, began looking for the plans, and waited for Lord Vader's arrival.}}</ref> The first Death Star under construction acts as the final stage in the video game ''[[The Force Unleashed]]'' (2008).<ref name="the-force-unleashed">{{cite video game |title=[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]] |developer=LucasArts |date=September 16, 2008}}</ref>

The first Death Star's construction is the subject of [[Michael Reaves]] and Steve Perry's novel ''Death Star'' (2007),<ref>{{cite news |last=Stuever |first=Hank |date=November 11, 2007 |title='I've always thought that Luke felt pretty bad for a few days after it was over.': Good Morning, Mr. Vader! Author Michael Reaves Ponders the Death Star as a Truly Hostile Workplace |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110900610.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111132656/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/09/AR2007110900610.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which depicts the many politics and hidden agendas behind the massive project, from its construction up until its final destruction.

The first Death Star's hangars contain assault shuttles, blastboats, Strike cruisers, land vehicles, support ships, and 7,293 [[TIE fighter]]s.<ref name="dstc">{{cite book|title=Death Star Technical Companion|publisher=[[West End Games]]|first=Bill|last=Slavicsek|date=June 1, 1991}}</ref> It is also protected by 10,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,600 [[ion cannon]]s, and at least 768 tractor beam projectors.<ref name="dstc" /> Various sources state that the first Death Star has a [[diameter]] of between 140 and 160 kilometers.<ref name="dseu">{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/databank/location/deathstar/?id=eu|title=Death Star (Expanded Universe)|work=Star Wars Databank|publisher=[[Lucasfilm]]|access-date=August 9, 2007|archive-date=September 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912091937/http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/deathstar/?id=eu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57380925-1/finally-a-cost-estimate-for-building-a-real-death-star/|title=Finally, a cost estimate for building a real Death Star|last=Mack|first=Eric|date=February 19, 2012|work=[[CNET]]|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-date=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913021151/http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57380925-1/finally-a-cost-estimate-for-building-a-real-death-star/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episodes IV, V & VI: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and Spacecraft|first=David|last=Reynolds|isbn=0-7894-3480-6|publisher=DK Children|date=October 5, 1998}}</ref> There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Slavicsek |first=Bill |author-link1=Bill Slavicsek |title=A Guide to the Star Wars Universe |date=1994 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=9780345386250 |edition=rev. and expanded |page=120}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Inside the Worlds of Star Wars, Episodes IV, V, & VI: The Complete Guide to the Incredible Locations|publisher=DK Children|date=August 16, 2004|isbn=0-7566-0307-2}}{{page needed|date=April 2020}}</ref>

====DS-X Prototype Battle Station====
In the ''Legends'' works ''Death Star'' (2007), ''[[Dark Empire II]]'', ''Jedi Search'' and ''[[Champions of the Force]]'', an experimental Death Star prototype, '''DS-X''' (a durasteel frame surrounding a reactor core, superlaser, engines and a control room) was conceived by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin as a test bed for the first Death Star. It was constructed by Bevel Lemelisk and his engineers at the Empire's secret Maw Installation. The prototype measured 120 kilometers in diameter. Its superlaser was only powerful enough to destroy a planet's core, rendering it an uninhabitable "dead planet". The targeting system on the prototype was never calibrated and the superlaser was inefficient, leaving the weapon's batteries drained - Engineers in the control room claimed it would take 10-15 minutes to recharge batteries after the first shot was fired. The prototype had no interior except a slave-linked control room, hyperdrive engines and other components; the station operated with skeleton-crew of 75 personnel.  The prototype was later destroyed when it was drawn into the black holes surrounding the Maw cluster itself.

====Death Star III====
In the Disney attraction ''[[Star Tours – The Adventures Continue]]'', guests can travel inside an incomplete Death Star during one of the randomized ride sequences. In the original Star Tours, a '''''Death Star III''''' is seen and destroyed during the ride sequence by the New Republic. [[Leland Chee]] originally created the third Death Star to explain why a Death Star is present on the ''[[Star Tours]]'' ride when both of the stations in the film were destroyed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/convenient-daily-departures-the-history-of-star-tours|title=Convenient Daily Departures: The History of Star Tours - StarWars.com|date=August 22, 2013|access-date=October 22, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301165134/https://www.starwars.com/news/convenient-daily-departures-the-history-of-star-tours|url-status=live}}</ref> The station being built near the Forest Moon of Endor like the second Death Star before. It is similar to an original concept for ''Return of the Jedi'', where two Death Stars would have been built near Had Abbadon (then the Imperial capital world). The ''Habitation'' spheres, based on the Imperials' spurious claims that they were designed strictly for peaceful purposes, were suggested by some fans to have been the origin for the Death Star III. This was later revealed to be the case in Part 2 of the StarWars.com Blog series ''The Imperial Warlords: Despoilers of an Empire''. In the Expanded Universe game ''[[Star Wars: Tiny Death Star]]'', a random HoloNet entry states that one of the residents of the Death Star is simply staying there until he can afford to stay at the third Death Star.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

====Other superweapons====
In the original Marvel [[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|''Star Wars'' comic series]] (1977–1986), a superweapon called "The Tarkin" is built. It is described as being similar to the Death Star but with more energy. Darth Vader commands it and Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, {{nowrap|C-3PO}}, and R2-D2 sabotage it with Lando's help. It is finally destroyed by an Imperial officer attempting to use an ionic weapon to both attack the escaping Rebels and assassinate Vader. Later in the series, a nihilistic group attempts to use a weapon to dislodge a planet from its orbit and cause others to do the same in a chain reaction, thereby destroying the entire universe.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759178840|title=Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... Vol. 5|publisher=Dark Horse Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1-59582-801-9|edition=1st|location=Milwaukie, OR|pages=45, 47|oclc=759178840|access-date=May 31, 2021|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612173417/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759178840|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the ''[[Dark Empire]]'' comic series (1991–95), the reborn Emperor Palpatine's flagships ''Eclipse'' and ''Eclipse II'' Super Star Destroyers (Star Dreadnoughts) have a miniaturized version of the Death Star superlaser.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TheForce.Net - Jedi Council - Interviews {{!}} Curtis Saxton|url=https://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/saxton.asp|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=www.theforce.net|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801162018/https://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/saxton.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> The first ''Eclipse'' was under construction at the time of the Emperor's death at Endor; shortly thereafter, it was briefly captured by pirates, who quickly abandoned it as an obvious target for the Rebels. The vessel was retrieved by remnants of the Empire and completed, and later served as the flagship of the resurrected Palpatine. It was destroyed by a Force storm enhanced by Luke and Leia, who had been brought aboard by the Emperor in hopes that they could be converted to the dark side. The ''Eclipse II'' was mostly identical to its predecessor save for a handful of visual changes, and fulfilled the same purpose. It was later destroyed when an errant projectile from the destroyed Galaxy Gun, another superweapon developed under the returned Palpatine, fell onto the ship and caused a massive explosion that destroyed not only the ship and its accompanying fleet, but also the nearby Imperial citadel of [[Byss]].

In Kevin J. Anderson's novel ''[[Darksaber (novel)|Darksaber]]'' (1995), Death Star designer Bevel Lemelisk is recruited by the Hutts to build a superlaser weapon. Due to their refusal to sufficiently fund and supply the project, the resultant 'superweapon' is quickly destroyed by a combination of the tumultuous Hoth asteroid field in which it was built and the efforts of the New Republic. Lemelisk is captured and incarcerated by the Republic, and is later executed for his hand in the design and construction of Imperial superweapons.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sansweet|first=Stephen J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36960986|title=Star Wars Encyclopedia|publisher=Ballantine|year=1998|isbn=0-345-40227-8|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=66–67, 177|oclc=36960986}}</ref>

The novel ''[[Children of the Jedi]]'' (1995) involves the return of ''Eye of Palpatine'', a "colossal, asteroid-shaped" super dreadnaught constructed at the behest of Emperor Palpatine during the second year of the Galactic Civil War. The Imperials lose control of the ''Eye'' when a Jedi uses the Force to hijack the main computer with their spirits.