Death StarDeath Star
 Designed and
constructed in secret, the Death Star is the brainchild
of the sinister Grand Moff Tarkin, governor of the
Imperial Outland Regions. In orbital construction yards
circling a remote planet code-named Despayre, this battle
station was pieced together by technicians, slaves, and
titanic robot factory machines. The completed Death Star
is powered by a hypermatter reactor and is capable of
destroying an entire planet with its prime weapon, a
horrific superlaser. This abomination is the galaxy's
ultimate weapon, and the greatest symbol of the Emperor's absolute power.
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The battle station
is now fully operational, and the Emperor has ordered the
Imperial Senate dissolved. Tarkin's doctrine of Rule by
Fear will replace the bureaucracy as the Death Star
drifts menacingly through the galaxy, frightening into
submission those worlds with rebellious leanings.
Meanwhile, the rebellious young Senator-
A complete
technical readout of the Death Star has fallen into Rebel
hands. Instead of providing any hope, the schematics have
only documented the almost infinite destructive power of
the station. Rebel agents look with dismay at the
listings: thousands of turbolaser battery emplacements
speckle the rugged surface of the battle station,
designed to defend it against capital ship assaults.
Countless hangar bays house