Death Star III

Death Star III was an Imperial battlestation created at some point after the destruction of the Death Star II.

Characteristics
The exact measurements and capabilities of the station are not completely known, except that it was armed with a superlaser similar to the other stations in the series and had a relatively heavier defense network of turbolasers dotting the surface.

The station was never completed and at the time of its destruction, scaffolding was still present in the trench leading to its weak spot, creating obstacles for would-be attackers. Nonetheless, the station had been nearing finalization, evidenced by its looking more whole compared to the Death Star II

History
The battlestation underwent construction near Endor and was guarded by a fleet of Imperial-class Star Destroyers.

A few months after the Battle of Endor, a New Republic task force was sent to destroy the station. A similar weakness to the first Death Star had been discovered in the unfinished superstructure, and Republic starfighters made their way past the Imperial escorts, fought TIE squadrons and made a trench run to their designated target, as well as having to defend an inexperienced StarSpeeder 3000 Star Tours pilot that somehow accidentially came into the conflict.

Firing proton torpedoes into a hole similar to the thermal exhaust port on the Death Star I, the fighters withdrew from the battle, leaving the station to be destroyed.

Behind the scenes
The Death Star III idea was created by Leland Chee to explain why a Death Star is present on the Star Tours ride when both of the stations in the movies were destroyed. However, the third Death Star has yet to be identified as such in canon.

The station being built near the Forest Moon of Endor like the Death Star II before it is similar to an original concept for Return of the Jedi, where two Death Stars would have been built near Had Abbadon (then the Imperial capital world).

Appearances

 * Star Tours