Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser
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| Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser | |
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Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser |
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2.4*1032W to 1*1038W[source?] |
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The Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser was the type of superlaser used on the Death Stars.
The first Death Star's superlaser had eight tributary beams arranged in a circle around the concave dish. The second Death Star's superlaser had nine tributary beams, eight arranged around the concave dish in an octagonal array encompassed by a circle and the other one in the middle. These tributary beams would then combine to form the main superlaser by the usage of an invisible forcefield in the shape of a cone.
Originally, the Death Star's superlaser could only fire at planets and required at least 24 hours to recharge the superlaser.[source?] By the time the Death Star II was built, the superlaser was able to fire on large capital ships and required a lower recharge time.
[edit] Appearances
- Death Star (novel)
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Non-canonical appearance)
- Blue Harvest (Family Guy episode) (Non-canonical appearance)
- Star Wars: Rebellion
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
