Death Star I

This article details a subject that falls under the Legends brand.The subject of this article appeared in the Rise of the Empire era.The subject of this article appeared in the Rebellion era.

Death Star
Production information
Manufacturer	Imperial Department of Military Research
Model	DS-Orbital Battle Station
Class	Deep-space mobile battlestation
Technical specifications
Length	100,000 m
Width	100,000 m
Height/depth	100,000 m
Location information
Usage
Role(s)	Battlestation Battleship (Dreadnought) Carrier
Affiliation	Galactic Empire
Commander(s)	Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin
Aliases	Death Star

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"This station is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it."

―Admiral Motti

The DS-Orbital Battle Station, known unofficially but more commonly as the Death Star was a massive Imperial battlestation with a diameter of 100,000 meters designed to enforce law and order throughout the Empire.

History

Imperial construction

"I guess this explains what the Empire wants with all those Wookiee slaves, the scum you’d usually find in an Imperial prison couldn’t build that monster. Not in a thousand years."

―Ben Kenobi upon seeing the Death Star for the first time

Even before the Death Star became fully operational, its detention blocks began to fill with detainees. Political troublemakers, Rebel insurgents, and dangerous pirate forces, as well as myriad other enemies of the Empire, were made to quietly "disappear" from public view within the enormous prisons of the incomplete battle station.