However, these lasers would have to be quadrillions of times as powerful in order to make the Death Star a physical possibility. If we consider another possibility, like one inspired by the processes inside our Sun, suddenly the Death Star doesn't seem so implausible.
Scientists uncover the secret to building Star Wars-style laser weapons — but don't worry, we won't have a Death Star anytime soon. Today's infrared lasers are only powerful enough to disable aerial targets, but scientists now have the keys to building high-powered laser weaponry that can 'melt' distant targets.
Description. The power of the first Death Star's superlaser was estimated to have been more than 2.4×1032 watts, with an optimum range of 2,000,000 kilometers and a working range of 420,000,000 kilometers. Powerful enough to destroy a terrestrial planet, it was the most powerful energy weapon ever built at the time.
In short, don't count on it happening anytime soon: The actual size of the Death Star, according to their estimations, is close to 120 to 160 kilometers in diameter, and would cost the equivalent of 18 quadrillion dollars to build.
The Death Star Laser but it's Scientifically Accurate
Is the Death Star feasible?
The Death Star is at most 100 miles (160 kilometers) in diameter, and would not be able to survive long in low Earth orbit. Although small objects can remain in low orbit around the Earth for hundreds of years with no propulsion, an object that large would fall out of orbit more quickly and crash into the surface.
However getting the parts into space to construct the Star Destroyer would require an additional $44.4 trillion USD in launch costs, suggesting that asteroid mining and refining technologies would have to be developed first to make it more economical.
At $2.2 billion in 1945 dollars for the WW2 super project, Feinstein estimates the 20-year cost to complete the Death Star at more than $192 quintillion (that's 18 zeros).
The Empire had other weapons besides the Death Star that could have been more effective in pushing their agenda on the galaxy. Starkiller Base was one suggestion, with a longer range and no built-in self-destruct, making it a formidable weapon.
The type of gas used to create the laser dictated the beams' color and qualities. The most common color was red because of its cheaper tibanna gas from Bespin. Green beams were produced from a higher-quality gas, thus costing more.
Introduced in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, Starkiller Base was born from the remains of the planet Illum, where Jedi would go to find their Kyber Crystals. With a huge battery to focus its power, the massive base could wipe out entire systems with better efficiency than the Death Star.
Asteroid mining and redirection are two trends that both can utilize lasers, one to drill and cut, the other to ablate and move. Yet little is known about what happens when a laser is used to process the types of materials we typically expect to find on most asteroids.
Laser-directed energy weapons can engage targets at the speed of light, and use an intense beam of light to cut through the target, leading to structural failure or more impactful results if the warhead is targeted. Firing it for 10 seconds is the cost equivalent of using a regular heater for just an hour.
But what made the Death Star particularly menacing was its ability to travel through hyperspace. Not only was it equipped with destructive armaments, it could pursue its prey with those armaments.
A red dwarf with the mass of Proxima Centauri will remain on the main sequence for about four trillion years. As the proportion of helium increases because of hydrogen fusion, the star will become smaller and hotter, gradually transforming into a so-called "blue dwarf".
A 2023 paper predicts that Betelgeuse's core will exhaust its carbon fuel in less than 300 years and that “a core collapse leading to a supernova explosion is expected in a few tens of years.” That makes any slight changes to its brightness very interesting.
Anyone who's seen bomber hit a shielded/unshielded Star destroyer would know that several bombs are needed to destroy a PART of the destroyer (such as the engines or targeting unit). If (and this is a big if) the nuclear bomb had a similar yield to a proton bomb, then it likely won't even breach the hull.
With so many incredible, cutting-edge technologies, could we build a real-life Millennium Falcon? In short, no. But we're getting closer. In the "Star Wars" universe, the Millennium Falcon is heralded as the coolest ship around.
The chief complaint people tend to have about the Holdo Maneuver is how common they think it should be as a tactic in the Star Wars universe, or that it “breaks space battles”. As if collisions would work in every scenario, simply because it worked in this specific one.
Hyperspace courses were often plotted using a planet's mass as a backstop, with the hyperdrive's safety systems automatically stopping the ship as it reached the farthest point of possible travel. Hyperspace collisions, whether they be intentional or by accident, could devastate or even destroy a planet.
It was two-three times larger than DS1 and took far more materials to build it. Sid also wanted it to look unfinished so he could lure the Rebels in: “it's a trap!” But he ensured the planet killer gun was operational by sending Vader in to oversee it.
