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Death star technology

Discussion in 'Prequel Trilogy' started by Jon T Zon, Dec 9, 2016.

  1. Jon T Zon

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    Hi!
    Believe it or not, yesterday i watched Attac of the Clones for the first time in a long time. While watching the end a question popped up in my mind. Where does the technology for the deathstar come from? Some hints from the movies:
    According to Rogue One Jyn's father is the scientist behind the superlaser technology.
    Those bug-creatures from AOTC is involved in the making of the death star
    The new clone flying transports are full of death star miniatures. including a smal superlaser.
    Is there an answer why this is? why do the separatists planning this superweapon with a secret tecnology that to clones allready has?

    Hope you understand me despite my bad english grammar
     
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    It's been a while since I watched Attack of the Clones, and you remind me that I should do so again soon.

    Are you referring to the Trade Federation Core ships? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Core_ship If not, I'm not sure what you mean by "clone flying transports are full of miniature death stars." Otherwise, I really think the Death Star was a work in progress. At the beginning it was largely theoretical, and they worked out the technology as they went.
     
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    I mean the Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Low_Altitude_Assault_Transport/infantry
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    Sure it is a work in progress. But still, the laser must be the reason why the were building it in the first place. Why would they bother building a spacestation that big if its nothing more then a spacestation? Perhaps its just the magnitude of the laser that is their big secret...
     
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    The laser is the key, for sure. And in Attack of the Clones we see that the laser is part of it from the beginning. But it doesn't mean they knew how to do it. ;) Also, the Death Star was a space station, so it housed enormous numbers of troops and ships. It was useful beyond just being a giant gun!
     
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    The magnitude is not the key, galen's science is, that's why Krennic comes to his planet. The thing is, I don't know if it was Catalyst, but in some book it was revealed that the Republic build the DS.
     
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    Yes in the end it was the republic/the empire who build the Deathstar. But the thing that bothers me is that it is the separatists who are planning the spacestation from the beginning with a tecnology we see hint of in the republic clone ships...
     
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    I don't think I agree with you that we see that technology in Republic ships. The ships you linked to don't seem to have any link to the future Death Star... unless I'm missing something. They seem to just be gunner stations.
     
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    Check out the image in this site and perhaps toy will see some similarities:
    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bad_Kitty
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    AN even better picture:
     
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    Oh, I see.

    I really don't know. It could be that the focusing technology was already in use?
     
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    Yes perhaps... It will be interesting to find out exacly what technology Galen come up with in R1
     
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    Yeah I know, but we shouldn't forget the guy that connects the clone army and the separatists, Palpatine.
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    The crystals for focusing.
     
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    The Catalyst novel explains it.

    The weapon is the easy part. To create what provides power to the weapon is a whole other problem. Galen's researches using crystals to generate higher amounts of energy that can be used to power the Death Star laser.
     
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    It starts out as a sort of arms race between the CIS and the Republic. After the rise of the Empire, the work continued, and the Seperatists were basically done for.
     
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    One of the things I always found very interesting is that the Deathstar Superlazer is or was powered by Kyber Crystals. The same thing that was used in Lightsabers. To, theoretically, was the death star just the Galaxy's biggest lightsaber?
     
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    A lawnmower and a 747 both run on fossil fuels. Does that make the 747 a giant lawnmower?
     
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    @Keyon Blackblade It isn't "powered" by kyber crystals, it is powered by a hypermatter reactor at the core. The crystals focus and convert energy into superlasers that are then split and recombined outside the dish....oh - and welcome to the Cantina!
     
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