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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How much bigger was the second Death Star than the first?

Various sources state that the first Death Star has a diameter of between 140 and 160 kilometers. There is a broader range of figures for the second Death Star's diameter, ranging from 160 to 900 kilometers.
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Why was the second Death Star 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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How big is the Death Star 2 in miles?

The online “Star Wars” resource puts the first Death Star at about 99 miles in diameter, citing 2016's “Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide.” Death Star II, meanwhile, is about 124 miles in diameter, which Wookieepedia got from 2017's “Star Wars: Rogue One: Death Star Deluxe Book and 3D Wood Model.”
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Is the Death Star bigger than a Star Destroyer?

First, the size of the Super Star Destroyer. I won't try to estimate this, I'll just use values from other experts. Wookipedia pegs the Executor-class Star Destroyer at 19 kilometers long. The second important detail: Death Star has a diameter of 160 kilometers.
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How big is the third Death Star?

Like its immediate predecessor, the Death Star III would be approximately 900 kilometers in diameter, made of quadanium steel, and equally divided into two hemispheres, themselves each subdivided into twelve zones.
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What is the largest Death Star?

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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How was the Death Star 2 built so fast?

The Imps literally carved a tunnel through hyperspace, from the Core to Endor. Whilst it took hours or even days to transport building materials through hyperspace to get to Geonosis, it took far less time with the direct route made by the Empire.
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Is Starkiller Base stronger than the Death Star?

Starkiller Base had an advantage over the Death Star when it came to materials. It wasn't a space station constructed wholesale from the ground up, but a planet with a hollowed out core that provided the mechanism necessary for its firing apparatus.
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Is the Death Star bigger than the moon?

So the Death Star can't be so close it spans half the sky, but it could be close enough to appear larger than our Moon. For example, if the superweapon were 1,000 kilometers above the Earth, its apparent size would be about eight times that of the Moon, making it by far the largest object in the sky.
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Why does Death Star 2 look destroyed?

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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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How big is the original Death Star?

The first Death Star was 120 kilometers in diameter, while the second Death Star was 160 kilometers in diameter. Much of its interior space was devoted to systems required to maintain its massive superlaser and power plant.
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How big is the Starkiller Base?

According to canon, the Starkiller Base has a diameter of 660km, which is verified by it having a diameter roughly 5.5 times that of the Death Star as depicted in Episode VII.
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Is Coruscant destroyed?

The Destruction of Coruscant was an event that took place in the year 10,000 ABY.
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Who destroyed the Death Star 3?

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 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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Why is Starkiller Lightsaber blue?

Afterward, he altered the color of the blades to blue when the Jedi General Rahm Kota presented him with two crystals—relics of the Clone Wars—to replace Starkiller's synthetic ones.
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Who won Starkiller vs Darth Vader?

Vader was defeated by Starkiller in the first Force Unleashed, but it is said his clone is more powerful than the original.
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Will there ever be a force unleashed 3?

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed III is the canceled sequel to the 2010 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II and the third and final installment of The Force Unleashed video game saga.
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How much would a real Death Star cost?

Together, construction and launch of a small death star to low Earth orbit would cost around $1,370,000,000,000,000,000,000.
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Is the Death Star flat?

However, the trench never curved down, only meaning the Death Star is flat! How does the Death Star receive its artificial gravity?
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How old is Luke in A New Hope?

When Luke and Leia were first introduced in A New Hope, the two characters were 19 years old, though it would be several more years before they realized they were twin siblings.
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How big was the crew of the Death Star?

The battle station housed 342,953 members of the Imperial Army and Navy, 25,984 stormtroopers, and nearly 2 million personnel of varying combat eligibility.
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When was the 1st Death Star destroyed?

The first Death Star was blown up by Luke Skywalker at the Battle of Yavin IV in Star Wars IV - A New Hope. The giant crater at the top of the planet is a weapon that can be used to destroy planets.
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When was the 2nd Death Star destroyed?

It was replaced by a second Death Star, which was destroyed at the end of 1983's Return Of The Jedi after the Rebel Alliance capitalized on a structural weakness.
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