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- "Without the weapon itself, our project is nothing more than a very costly artificial planetoid."
- ―Mas Amedda
The superlaser was the primary weapon of the Death Star, a powerful laser weapon. It was powered by eight kyber crystals which would combine into a single focused blast of incredible power, capable of destroying an entire planet[2]. It was employed on both the original Death Star and the second one; used both to destroy the planet Alderaan, as well as several Rebel capital ships at the Battle of Endor. The superlaser was first tested by Orson Krennic, but only on a city scale rather than planetary scale, on the main city of Jedha: Jedha City. The superlaser was again used by Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin on the high-security data bank on the planet Scarif on a regional scale, in order to protect the Death Star plans being stolen by Rogue One. Despite Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin's failure to protect the Death Star plans, he was successful in killing the entire squad, including Jyn Erso.
Appearances
- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (Appears in hologram)
- Catalyst
Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ghosts of Mortis" (Vision to Anakin Skywalker)- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novel
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
- Escape from Darth Vader (Appears in hologram and final-page illustration only)
- Star Wars: Battle Pod
- Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- "The Levers of Power"—The Rise of the Empire
- Aftermath (In flashback(s))
- All Creatures Great and Small
Sources
- Death Star in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link (locations/deathstar) not verified!)
- Death Star II in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link (locations/deathstarii) not verified!)
- Princess Leia Organa in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link (characters/princessleiaorgana) not verified!) (Indirect mention only)
- Tarkin in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; backup link)
- Star Wars in 100 Scenes
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide
- Alderaan in the Databank (backup link)
- Imperial Star Destroyer biography gallery on StarWars.com (backup link (Imperial-Star-Destroyer-Biography-gallery) not verified!); image #14 (of 15)
- Death Star Superlaser in the Databank (backup link)
- Rebel Alliance history gallery in the Databank (backup link (rebel-alliance-history-gallery) not verified!); image #6 (of 16)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Death Star Superlaser in the Databank (backup link)
- ↑ Rebels Recon #6: Inside "Out of Darkness" on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
