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Re: Death Star Size Comparison Chart
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 18 Oct 2002 05:02:59 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Leonard Hoffman writes:
> somehow i think there's a problem here.
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> in another thread this info is given:
> "Super Star Destroyer: 12,800 Meters
> Death Star 1: 120,000 Meters in Diameter
> Death Star 2: 160,000 Meters in Diameter"
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> that would make DS2 slightly larger than DS1, not something like 100x bigger!!
> also i remember ROTJ, the scene where the SSD crashes into the DS2, the ssd is
> much larger than a EDBD sliver..
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> however if you are saying that there is such a difference based off of "on
> screen evidence" then i'd like to see how you reached those conclusions, and
> what figures you're working with.
Taken from the summary of the "Dimensions" section of this page. (about 1/3 of
the way down the page)
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/ds.html
"The presently-available evidence indicates that the diameter of the first
Death Star is in the range 160 - 165km, although the purely canonical evidence
cannot strictly rule out a smaller figure close to the commonly published 120km
value. The diameter of the Death Star II is in the range 800km - 960km. Thus
the roleplaying game estimate for the size of the first Death Star is not far
from the truth but the second battle station has been grossly underestimated."
-Mike Petrucelli
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| somehow i think there's a problem here. in another thread this info is given: "Super Star Destroyer: 12,800 Meters Death Star 1: 120,000 Meters in Diameter Death Star 2: 160,000 Meters in Diameter" that would make DS2 slightly larger than DS1, not (...) (24 years ago, 18-Oct-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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