What is the Death Star made of?

Quadanium steel or Quadanium alloy was an extremely durable metallic substance. The surface of the first and second Death Stars were made of Quadanium steel. The planet Despayre was a source of Quadanium for the construction of the first Death Star.
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What is the Death Star powered by?

The Death Star's superlaser was powered by a hypermatter reactor, which would generate the destructive reaction that was then focused through eight giant kyber crystals. Once the reaction was focused through the crystals, eight smaller lasers would spout from the focusing lens of the Death Star.
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What type of metal was the Death Star made of?

The Death Star's hull was made of quadanium. Quadanium steel, or simply quadanium, was a metallic substance. It was used in the construction of ships and battle stations. The hull of the Death Star was made of rectangular plates of quadanium.
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How does the Death Star get its power?

The Death Star's superlaser derived power directly from the hypermatter reactor. Its faceted amplification crystal combined the destructive power of eight separate tributary beams into one single blast with the intensity of a stellar core.
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Can the Death Star be built in real life?

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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How much is a Death Star worth?

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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Can the Death Star destroy Earth?

Alderaan and Earth are very similar, so we'll look at what it would take for the Death Star to destroy Earth. For that, the Death Star would have to overpower the forces that hold the planet together—in this case, gravity. The gravitational binding energy of Earth is 2.24*10^32 Joules (that's 240 followed by 32 zeros).
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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 does the second Death Star look unfinished?

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 many kyber crystals are in the Death Star?

Plot theory...
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Is Beskar stronger than Vibranium?

vibranium comparison, beskar is stronger than vibranium because it can handle more stressful conditions.
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What materials can withstand a lightsaber?

Lightsaber Resistant Materials
  • Amphistaff. These are genetically engineered serpentine creatures native to the Yuuzhan Vong planet. ...
  • Cortosis Ore. ...
  • Felucian Skullblade. ...
  • Mandalorian Iron. ...
  • Neuranium. ...
  • Orbalisk. ...
  • Phrik. ...
  • Songsteel.
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What is the strongest metal in the Star Wars universe?

Phrik was a metallic compound that was nearly indestructible. Phrik was mined on Gromas, in the Perkell sector, and Tatooine in the Arkanis sector.
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Is the Death Star a giant lightsaber?

In Rogue One, the Empire were trying to get as much Kyber crystal as possible to use in their powerful super weapon, specifically the laser. The Death Star actually just might be one giant lightsaber.
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Did the Death Star use kyber crystals?

The Death Star is directly powered by Kyber crystals. With the Sith Lord Palpatine in charge of the Empire, planets that were rich in crystals were mined for everything they had, and this included Ilum, where Ahsoka Tano took a group of Jedi younglings to find their first crystals.
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How long would it take to build the Death Star?

In most construction cases, materials represent about one third of total project costs, so at the very least, a Death Star would actually run you about 50 septillion dollars. Conservatively. But since it's going to take around 30 million years to complete the whole project, we've got time to save up.
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Is Death Star 2 stronger?

The third main advancement in the second Death Star battle station was that it now carried three hypermatter reactors, two of which were used solely for the Superlaser Mk. II, making it immensely more powerful than the Superlaser Mk.
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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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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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Who destroyed the second Death Star?

GALACTIC CIVIL WAR

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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Who destroyed the first Death Star?

In 0 BBY, the Rebel Alliance launched an attack to preemptively destroy or significantly damage the first Death Star while it was nearing completion in orbit above the planet Despayre. It was an unconditional disaster for the Rebels.
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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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Could the Death Star destroy Jupiter?

While the Death Star could destroy an Earth-sized planet, a Jupiter-sized planet would be a tough challenge, and the Galactic Empire would need to resort to using a Suncrusher to destroy stars.
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Can we build Star Destroyer?

A Star Destroyer will cost $636 billion to build the parts on Earth, plus $44.4 trillion to get it all off Earth and to Mars. At that launch cost, it's definitely worth investing in asteroid mining and refining technologies first.
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