Can the Death Star jump to hyperspace?

Obviously the Death Star must have hyperdrive capability in order to be an effective weapon in a galactic civil war. The only clue as to the Death Star's speed of jumping into hyperspace is Vader's statement.
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Is the Death Star hyperspace capable?

In order for the Death Star to be a deadly threat, it needed to be mobile. Using linked banks of 123 hyperdrive field generators tied into a single navigational matrix, the Death Star could travel across the galaxy at superluminal velocities.
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Can the Death Star Go Lightspeed?

Almost every ship (excluding speeders and small fighters) in the Star Wars universe can travel at light speed. As far as I'm aware most space stations can't (Bespin certainly doesn't seem to). The Death Star is shown to move very slowly (at least it gives them plenty of time while orbiting Yavin).
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How did the Death Star travel through hyperspace?

The Death Star's hyperspace motivator units were comprised of linked banks of field generators such as those found aboard Imperial Star Destroyers. One hundred twenty-three individual hyperspace generators, tied into a single navigational matrix, were necessary to carry the Death Star beyond the speed of light.
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Why did the Death Star have a weakness?

The Death Star's thermal exhaust port was a significant flaw in the design that the Rebels were able to exploit during the Battle of Yavin. This led to the thermal exhaust ports to be removed for the Death Star II, although the Death Star III retained this weakness.
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Was the second Death Star bigger?

The Death Star II was the second Death Star battlestation to be constructed by the Galactic Empire. It was significantly larger than its predecessor, measuring over 160 kilometers in diameter, and was built after the destruction of the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin.
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Why is the Death Star 2 incomplete?

Before its destruction, the Death Star II's superstructure was still incomplete. Large sections of the outer hull were still missing, exposing the inner decks still under construction.
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Why did Palpatine build the Death Star?

TL;DR: The Emperor destroyed the Republic and built Death Stars to fight off an extragalactic invasion.
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Does the Death Star spin?

The first Death Star rotated towards its targets after arriving in the Alderaan and Yavin systems facing off-target. The second Death Star turned several times to face parts of the rebel fleet near Endor, and finally rotated almost 180° to face the moon.
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Is it possible to build a Death Star?

Brooks Peck, a curator at the EMP Museum in Seattle believes that creating enough metal to build the Death Star is also theoretically possible—but only if we already have an established space infrastructure to support it. We technically do, but it's still in its infancy.
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Who destroyed second Death Star?

This improvisation gave Rebel ground forces more time, and Han was eventually able to destroy Death Star II's shield generator. Lando and Wedge Antilles (in an X-wing) both flew inside the superstructure, knocking out its main reactor and finally destroying Death Star II.
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Is Starkiller Base a Death Star?

Though Starkiller Base was clearly the big daddy of evil super weapons, the Death Star was the original that struck fear into the galaxy. Its tech was an amalgamation of the galaxy's best engineering minds, but its true purpose and potential lie thousands of years within mysterious Sith history.
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How powerful is the Death Star laser?

Description. The power of the first Death Star's superlaser was estimated to have been more than 2.4×1032 watts, with an optimum range of 2,000,000 kilometers and a working range of 420,000,000 kilometers. Powerful enough to destroy a terrestrial planet, it was the most powerful energy weapon ever built at the time.
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What planet blew up in Rogue One?

The destruction of Jedha City was depicted in the 2016 Anthology film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The first footage of the event was shown in the first Rogue One trailer on August 11, 2016. In Star Wars Legends, the event where the Death Star tested its superweapon was identified as the Destruction of Despayre.
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How did Palpatine survive?

When Palpatine died, his consciousness was transferred to a clone on the planet Exegol, where he had been previously studying immortality. However, the body was too weak to hold his consciousness. So they built more clones that could be a strong vessel for him.
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Who built the Death Star?

Bevel Lemelisk was an engineer and architect who designed, among other things, six superweapons with the power to destroy a planet: the Death Star prototype, the Death Star, the second Death Star, the Eclipse, the Tarkin, and the Darksaber.
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Who destroyed the Third Death Star?

While the Kaarenth Dissension's sophisticated feint was a successful distraction, this so-called Death Star III was ultimately destroyed by Red Squadron when Red Leader made a direct hit to its unprotected thermal exhaust port.
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Why did the Death Star have a hole?

The holes were purportedly for ventilation, so when Luke Skywalker was able to exploit them so catastrophically in the original “Star Wars,” fans speculated: Was there not a better way?
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Why did the Empire build a second Death Star?

The second Death Star was constructed on the edge of the Galaxy above Endor, and was built to maintain fear of the Empire and to restore confidence in its ranks after a devastating loss.
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Who made the flaw in the Death Star?

This is highlighted in the Rogue One novelization, in which Galen deliberately makes the flawed design the most attractive for those in charge, but advises against it to avoid suspicion.
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How much would the Death Star cost?

At $2.2 billion in 1945 dollars for the WW2 super project, Feinstein estimates the 20-year cost to complete the Death Star at more than $192 quintillion (that's 18 zeros).
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How did Luke beat the Yuuzhan Vong?

Luke Skywalker was able to use the Force to seize the black hole and had it suck itself into its own void. As a result, the Chazrach assault force was scattered and began attacking everything that moved, including each other. Despite this success, the Yuuzhan Vong still held the upper hand.
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