Battle station

"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station."

―Emperor Palpatine, to Luke Skywalker

The first Death Star battle station

A battle station was any space station armed for combat. During the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic secretly began the construction of the Death Star, a battle station unlike anything the galaxy had ever seen. Torpedo Spheres were battle stations that served as siege platforms, and were referred to as battlemoons. Although it was a building, the Malachor Sith Temple, or more precisely its superweapon, was also referred to as a battle station.

Appearances

Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Jedi vs. Sith - The Skywalker Saga" 5-Minute Star Wars Stories 5-Minute Star Wars Villain Stories (Appears in hologram) Star Wars Battlefront II Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (Appears in hologram) Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel audiobook Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Ghosts of Mortis" (Superlaser only) (Vision to Anakin Skywalker) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith Darth Vader Annual 2 Tarkin Tarkin audiobook Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Han and Chewie - A Lifelong Partnership" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Han Solo - From Smuggler to General" Star Wars: Starfighter Missions Thrawn 4 (Cover only) Thrawn 6 (Appears through imagination) Lost Stars Lost Stars audiobook Lost Stars webcomic Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess (In flashback(s)) Star Wars Rebels – "The Honorable Ones" (Indirect mention only) Star Wars Rebels – "Twilight of the Apprentice" Star Wars Rebels – "Ghosts of Geonosis" (Appears in drawing) Thrawn: Treason (Mentioned only) Thrawn: Treason audiobook (Mentioned only) Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader's Castle 2 (In flashback(s)) Vader - Dark Visions 3 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization Rogue One: A Star Wars Story audiobook Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel audiobook Star Wars: Rogue One: Secret Mission Rogue One Adaptation 1 Rogue One Adaptation 2 Rogue One Adaptation 3 Rogue One Adaptation 5 Rogue One Adaptation 6 Bounty Hunt Age of Rebellion - Grand Moff Tarkin 1 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance) Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Chewie vs. Holochess - Let the Wookiee Win" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Princess Leia – The Rescue" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "R2-D2 and C3PO – Trash Compactor Rescue" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Han Solo – Taking Flight for his Friends" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Luke vs. the Death Star - X-wing Assault" A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy audiobook Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD Escape from Darth Vader (Appears in final-page illustration only) Trapped in the Death Star! Star Wars: Heroes Path Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – A Graphic Novel Star Wars Battlefront (DLC) Star Wars: Battle Pod "Stories in the Sand"—From a Certain Point of View (Appears in hologram) "Fully Operational"—From a Certain Point of View "An Incident Report"—From a Certain Point of View "Change of Heart"—From a Certain Point of View "Verge of Greatness"—From a Certain Point of View "Of MSE-6 and Men"—From a Certain Point of View "Bump"—From a Certain Point of View "End of Watch"—From a Certain Point of View "The Baptist"—From a Certain Point of View "Time of Death"—From a Certain Point of View "Sparks"—From a Certain Point of View "Duty Roster"—From a Certain Point of View (Mentioned only) "Desert Son"—From a Certain Point of View "Grounded"—From a Certain Point of View (Mentioned only) "The Angle"—From a Certain Point of View (Appears in hologram) "By Whatever Sun"—From a Certain Point of View (Indirect mention only) From a Certain Point of View audiobook Battlefront II: Inferno Squad Battlefront II: Inferno Squad audiobook Princess Leia 1 (Mentioned only)  "The Trouble at Tibrin"—Star Wars Adventures (2017) 4 (Mentioned only) Heir to the Jedi (Mentioned only) Heir to the Jedi audiobook (Mentioned only) The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure (Mentioned only) The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure audiobook (Mentioned only) The Weapon of a Jedi (In flashback(s)) Han Solo 2 (Mentioned only) Star Wars (2015) 2 (Indirect mention only) Darth Vader (2015) 1 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars (2015) 4 (Indirect mention only) Darth Vader (2015) 2 (Indirect mention only) Darth Vader (2015) 6 (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader (2015) 7 (Indirect mention only) Darth Vader (2015) 8 (Appears in hologram) Doctor Aphra (2016) 3 (Mentioned only) Doctor Aphra (2016) 22 (Picture only) (Appears in hologram) "Shu-Torun Lives"—Star Wars 50 (In flashback(s)) Doctor Aphra (2016) 33 (Appears in hologram) Doctor Aphra (2016) 34 (Appears in hologram) Doctor Aphra (2016) 35 (Appears in hologram) Doctor Aphra (2016) 36 (In flashback(s))  "A Rebel Bounty"—Star Wars Adventures Annual 2020 (Appears in hologram) (In flashback(s)) Battlefront: Twilight Company (Mentioned only) Battlefront II: Inferno Squad audiobook (Mentioned only) The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (Mentioned only) The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? audiobook (Mentioned only) "Ion Control"—From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (Mentioned only) "Amara Kel's Rules for TIE Pilot Survival (Probably)"—From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (In flashback(s))  "Tales of Villainy: Invasion of Echo Base"—Star Wars Adventures 1 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars (2020) 7 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars (2020) 8 (Mentioned only) Darth Vader (2020) 6 (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader (2020) 8 (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader (2020) 12 (In flashback(s)) Darth Vader (2020) 13 (In flashback(s)) Star Wars (2020) 15 (In flashback(s)) Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (Appears in hologram) Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure audiobook (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Princess Leia - An Unexpected Friend" Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures – "Luke vs. Emperor Palpatine - Rise to Evil" Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side! audiobook Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD Ewoks Join the Fight Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – "Ewok Escape" "Blade Squadron"—Star Wars Insider 149–150 "The Levers of Power"—The Rise of the Empire Shattered Empire 1  "Hare-Brained Heist"—Star Wars Adventures Annual 2019 (Mentioned only) Alphabet Squadron (Appears in simulation) Alphabet Squadron audiobook (Appears in simulation) Aftermath (In flashback(s)) Aftermath audiobook (In flashback(s)) Star Wars: Uprising (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: Squadrons Shadow Fall (Mentioned only) Shadow Fall audiobook (Mentioned only) Aftermath: Life Debt (Wreckage only) Aftermath: Life Debt audiobook (Wreckage only) Victory's Price (Mentioned only) Victory's Price audiobook (Mentioned only) Aftermath: Empire's End (In flashback(s)) Aftermath: Empire's End audiobook (In flashback(s)) Poe Dameron: Free Fall (Appears through imagination) Poe Dameron: Free Fall audiobook (Appears through imagination) The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal" (Appears in hologram) (In flashback(s)) The Legends of Luke Skywalker (Mentioned only) The Legends of Luke Skywalker audiobook (Mentioned only) "All Creatures Great and Small"—Tales from a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Aliens: Volume I (Mentioned only) Poe Dameron 8 (Drawing only) Poe Dameron 9 (In flashback(s)) Poe Dameron Annual 2 (In flashback(s)) Force Collector (Vision to Karr Nuq Sin) Force Collector audiobook (Vision to Karr Nuq Sin) Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: The Force Awakens novelization (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: The Force Awakens audiobook (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (Appears in hologram) Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel audiobook (Appears in hologram) The Force Awakens: Rey's Story (Mentioned only) The Force Awakens: Rey's Story audiobook (Mentioned only) The Force Awakens Adaptation 5 (Appears in hologram)  ""—Star Wars Adventures Ashcan (In flashback(s)) "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing"—Canto Bight (Wreckage only) Canto Bight audiobook (Wreckage only) Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Mentioned only) Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition audiobook (Mentioned only) Star Wars Adventures: Flight of the Falcon (In flashback(s)) (Wreckage only) Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker (Wreckage only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition (Wreckage only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition audiobook (Wreckage only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (Wreckage only) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook (Wreckage only)

Non-canon appearances

• Star Wars Epic Yarns: A New Hope
• Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi
• LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III

Sources

Death Star in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; (backup link)  Imperial shuttle in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; (backup link)  TIE fighter in the Encyclopedia (content now obsolete; (backup link) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Admiral Motti - Imperial Officer - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Chewbacca - Wookiee Co-Pilot - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Chief Bast - Imperial Aide - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Darth Vader - Death Star Inspection - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Darth Vader - Search For Skywalker - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Garven Dreis - Rebel Alliance - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: General Tagge - Galactic Empire - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Grand Moff Tarkin - Galactic Empire - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Han Solo - Corellian Smuggler - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Han Solo - Rebel General - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Jan Dodonna - Rebel General - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Luke Skywalker - Rebel Commander - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Princess Leia Organa - Alderaan Senator - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Wedge Antilles - Rogue Leader - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Wedge Antilles - Snowspeeder pilot - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Darth Vader - Sith Lord (ANH) - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Death Star Trooper - Galactic Empire - Base Series 1) Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy Star Wars: Complete Locations Star Wars Propaganda: A History of Persuasive Art in the Galaxy Star Wars: The Black Series (Pack: Director Krennic) (backup link) Poe Dameron: Flight Log Star Wars: Galactic Atlas Princess Leia: Royal Rebel Entertainment Weekly's Ultimate Guide to Rogue One Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide Art of Coloring: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Star Wars: Rogue One: Rebel Dossier Star Wars Helmet Collection 1 (Databank A-Z: Ask Aak–Stass Allie; 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Starfighter Aces: Luke Skywalker – Savior of the Rebel Alliance; Rocket Science: Fighter Design) Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 2 (Starfighter Aces: Biggs Darklighter – Renegade from the Academy) Star Wars Helmet Collection 55 (Highlights of the Saga: Target: The Holy City) Star Wars Helmet Collection 71 (Highlights of the Saga: The Battle of Scarif) (Picture only) Allies and Adversaries Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Galactic Guide Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Directing" Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Legacy" Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Practical" Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Process" Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Connections" Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian: Making of Season Two (as graffiti) Star Wars Bust Collection 1 (Star Wars Universe: Darth Vader; Behind the Cameras: How the Death Star Was Created) Star Wars Bust Collection 2 (Star Wars Universe: Stormtroopers) (Picture only) Star Wars Inside Intel: The Death Star on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)  Admiral Ackbar in the Databank (backup link)  Admiral Wullf Yularen in the Databank (backup link)  Alderaan in the Databank (backup link)  A-wing Fighter in the Databank (backup link)  Admiral Motti in the Databank (backup link)  Alderaan in the Databank (backup link)  B-wing Fighter in the Databank (backup link)  Bail Organa in the Databank (backup link)  C-3PO (See-Threepio) in the Databank (backup link)  Death Star in the Databank (backup link)  Death Star Gunners in the Databank (backup link)  Death Star II in the Databank (backup link)  Director Orson Krennic in the Databank (backup link)  Emperor's throne room in the Databank (backup link)  General Dodonna in the Databank (backup link)  Imperial Star Destroyer in the Databank (backup link)  Kef Bir in the Databank (backup link)  Luke Skywalker in the Databank (backup link)  Grand Moff Tarkin in the Databank (backup link)  The Force in the Databank (backup link)  TIE fighter in the Databank (backup link)  Wedge Antilles in the Databank (backup link)  X-wing Starfighter in the Databank (backup link)  Y-wing Starfighter in the Databank (backup link)  Yavin 4 in the Databank (backup link)

Notes and references

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