Death 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.

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-Princess Leia Organa has been brought on board as Darth Vader's prisoner.

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 TIE fighters, shuttles, and other combat and transport craft. The station seems invincible. The Rebellion is doomed. Unless a crucial weakness can be found.....