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 created the flaw in the Death Star?

A new excerpt from the forthcoming Rogue One prequel novel — Catalyst — suggests that Galen Erso created the Death Star's fatal design flaw on purpose, allowing it to be exploited by Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope.
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Why did the Death Star have a flaw?

The destruction of the first Death Star at the hands of Luke Skywalker famously demonstrated how critically vulnerable and overlooked the placement of these ports could be. 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.
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Who blew up the Death Star?

The Emperor died at the hands of Darth Vader and the Alliance destroyed the second Death Star, striking a momentous blow for freedom.
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What was the weakness of the Death Star?

Built to destroy entire civilisation, the Death Star is a menacing weapon of mass destruction that threatens the survival of the Rebel Alliance (good guys!). Moving forward without geeking out on the detail, the Rebellion got their hands on the Death Star plans and discovers its only weakness: the thermal exhaust port.
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The Death Star's OTHER Fatal Flaw



What is Red Two's real name?

Sara Bel-Sun flew under the callsign in Red Squadron during the Battle of Starkiller Base but was killed.
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Can Darth Vader destroy a planet?

A new canon story reveals Sith sabotage. It's no secret that Darth Vader was no fan of the Death Star. As he said in Star Wars: A New Hope: "The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force."
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Was the 2nd 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 did Palpatine build the Death Star?

The Death Star was designed to allow Emperor Palpatine to more directly control the Galactic Empire through fear. In most instances, a Death Star was to be commanded by a Moff.
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Was there a third Death Star?

The Death Star III, also known as the third Death Star, was a mock Death Star battle station created from an incomplete worldcraft by the Kaarenth Dissension.
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Did the second Death Star have the same weakness?

Expecting the full might of the Rebellion to arrive, Palpatine defended Endor with a gargantuan fleet and an operational superlaser. This time, however, the second Death Star was enveloped in an energy shield because The Emperor knew that it shared a nearly identical weakness to its predecessor.
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Who built the Death Star in canon?

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 made Rogue one?

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (or simply Rogue One) is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
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Is Mon mothma in Clone Wars?

Mon Mothma represented the planet Chandrila in the Galactic Senate during the Clone Wars.
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Was the Death Star a mistake?

The Death Star Was Palpatine's Second Huge Mistake. According to experts, the Empire was in great shape before making a ludicrous, predictably disastrous blunder.
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Why did the Death Star take 20 years?

Its construction was begun during that war. It would take over 20 years to complete the battlestation. Yet, the second–even bigger than the first–was built in a mere 4 years. That's 20% of the time they took to build the first, smaller one.
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Why was the emperor not on the Death Star?

The Emperor didn't care if he or Vader survived the Death Star, only that Luke would be turned to the Dark Side. "Strike me down with your hate", the Emperor said to Luke, "and your journey to the Dark Side of the Force will be complete." The Emperor was going to survive, but he didn't care about Vader.
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Can the Death Star jump to hyperspace?

So, the Death Star didn't jump to hyperspace because Tarkin and others in charge still didn't think the Rebel fighters were a threat, even once they figured out what the Rebels were trying to do in the trench.
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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 is the Death Star so strong?

A superlaser was a device which merged several separate "super laser beams" into a single exceedingly powerful beam. The largest superlasers ever designed, such as those in the Death Star and Death Star II, were superweapons capable of obliterating an entire planet with one shot at full power.
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Who was the strongest Sith?

1. Darth Sidious (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace) Truly, the most powerful Sith Lord was Darth Sidious, better known in his public persona of Chancellor (later Emperor) Palpatine. Through cunning and manipulation, Sidious killed his master to claim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.
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What is Darth Vader's greatest feat?

Star Wars fans had better be sitting down, because Darth Vader's comic book just revealed the single greatest feat that the Sith Lord ever achieved - finally tearing down the wall between the living and the dead.
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