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The Emperor's Tower was a tower located at the uppermost northern hemisphere of the second Death Star[5] that housed the throne room of Emperor Palpatine.[1] Its design was reminiscent of the High Council spire of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.[6] Elevators allowed transport between the top of the tower and the battle station below.[3] The Emperor's Tower was destroyed, along with the second Death Star, during the Battle of Endor.[1]
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Behind the scenes[]
In the earliest incarnation of the story of the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, the Emperor's Tower didn't house the Emperor's Throne Room, but rather the Imperial capital planet Had Abbadon did.[7]
In an early idea pitched by Rick Carter for the 2015 film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, the scavenger Rey was to dive underwater into the Death Star II's remains on a junk planet and find a hidden map inside the Emperor's Tower that indicated the location of the remaining Jedi and where Luke Skywalker was hiding.[8] This idea was later revisited in 2019's Star Wars: Episode XII The Rise of Skywalker, in which Rey visits the ruins of the tower to find a map to the location of the resurrected Emperor instead.[9]
Appearances[]
- The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
- Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
- Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (First appearance)
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
- Return of the Jedi
- Aftermath: Empire's End (In flashback(s))
- Aftermath: Empire's End audiobook (In flashback(s))
- 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[]
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Return of the Return of the Jedi"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Gambit on Geonosis" (In flashback(s))
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Sources[]
- Ultimate Factivity Collection: Star Wars (Picture only)
- Ultimate Star Wars (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Card Trader (Card: Death Star II - Blueprints) (First identified as Emperor's Tower)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Complete Locations
- Star Wars: Legion – Legion Core Set (Card: Force Reflexes) (Reissued in Clone Wars Core Set, Upgrade Card Pack) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition (Indirect mention only)
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Legacy"
- Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian – "Score"
- Star Wars Bust Collection 1 (Star Wars Universe: Darth Vader) (Picture only)
- Emperor's throne room in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Card Trader
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi DVD audio commentary
- ↑
Emperor's Throne Room in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode XII The Rise of Skywalker
