Why didn't the Death Star crash on Endor?

Endor Was Home to Many Moons in Star Wars The gas-giant planet, also called Endor, was orbited by nine major moons. With the forest moon being one, another was named Kef Bir, which is where the majority of the Death Star's wreckage crash-landed.
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Why didn t the empire destroy Endor?

Endor was providing the Death Star with a shield that was protecting them from the whole of the Rebel Fleet - so destroying Endor would be counterproductive.
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Why was the Death Star shield generator on Endor?

The Empire built the second Death Star in secret above the lush forest moon of Endor, located on the fringes of settled space in a far corner of the galaxy. To protect the battle station during construction, Imperial engineers placed a shield generator on the moon's surface, controlled from a bunker.
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Is the Death Star more powerful than Starkiller Base?

The answer to this question will come down to each person's individual preference for the functionality of a sci-fi super weapon. If one considers the sheer might of the Starkiller Base and nothing else, then it is clear that the Starkiller Base is the better of the two.
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How did Death Star 2 crash on Kef Bir?

Lando and Wedge Antilles (in an X-wing) both flew inside the superstructure, knocking out its main reactor and finally destroying Death Star II. Large pieces of the second Death Star landed in the oceans of the moon Kef Bir, poisoning the waters around them.
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What happened to the 3rd Death Star?

In the original Star Tours, a Death Star III is seen and destroyed during the ride sequence by the New Republic. Leland Chee originally created the third Death Star to explain why a Death Star is present on the Star Tours ride when both of the stations in the movies were destroyed.
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Did Endor get blown up?

However, these concerns have been debunked by Star Wars through various additions to the canon. Canon sources, such as a new short story in Star Wars Insider and the Shattered Empire miniseries, confirm that Endor and its Ewoks survived after the Death Star's destruction.
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Was there a third Death Star?

Present for battles/events

For other uses, see Death Star (disambiguation). The Death Star III, also known as the third Death Star, was a mock Death Star battle station created from an incomplete worldcraft by the Kaarenth Dissension.
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Who is more powerful Darth Vader or Starkiller?

Galen Marek, better known as Starkiller, was the main protagonist of the Legends games before Disney bought Lucasfilm. He displayed incredible control of the Force, from moving a Star Destroyer to defeating both Vader and Palpatine in succession.
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Which Death Star is in Rise of Skywalker?

Ewok lovers got a straw to grasp recently, however: Trailers for the new film "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," which comes out nationwide Friday (Dec. 20), have shown a large chunk of the Death Star II in the oceans of Kef Bir, one of Endor's neighbor moons.
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Which Death Star did Rey find?

C-3PO's translation revealed the Emperor's Sith wayfinder was on Kef Bir, a moon in the Endor system. Using Ochi's dagger as a guide, Rey realized the artifact was inside wreckage from the second Death Star.
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How many stormtroopers died on Endor?

27,850 Unnamed Imperials - Killed after the Star Destroyer they were in was blown up by rebels. 9,200 Unnamed Officers - Killed after the Star Destroyer they were in was blown up by rebels. 9,700 Unnamed Stormtroopers - Killed after the Star Destroyer they were in was blown up by rebels.
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What happened to the 501st after Endor?

Now serving the Empire, the members of the 501st took the designation of stormtrooper, as well as new armor, weapons, and ships. In the years to come, they would fight in a number of pivotal battles and continued to serve under the direct command of Vader, Supreme Commander of the Imperial Military.
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Why did the emperor not sense Luke on Endor?

Related: How Long Could Anakin Survive Without His Darth Vader Suit? One of the strongest and most compelling reasons that Vader senses Luke on his approach to Endor, but the Emperor does not, is that Vader is both Luke's father and conflicted himself.
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Why did Vader let Luke land on Endor?

As Luke had feared, Vader did feel his son's presence aboard the shuttle Tydirium and allowed it to land on Endor for that reason. Before leaving to inform the Emperor of this development, he told Piett, when asking if he should not allow them in, that he intended to deal with them personally.
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Was Maul afraid of Vader?

Yep. Darth Maul didn't really say or show straight up that he "feared" Darth Vader, but he openly stated his belief that he could not defeat Darth Vader without the help of the Jedi, therefore on his own.
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Could Starkiller have killed Vader?

Lord Starkiller is an antagonist in an alternate Star Wars timeline in which Darth Vader is defeated and killed by his former apprentice Galen Marek, code named Starkiller.
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Who are the only Jedi to beat Darth Vader?

In Star Wars Legends and Canon, Galen Marek (Starkiller) is the only Jedi (other than Obi-Wan Kenobi) to put a beat down on Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker. Galen was secretly trained as a Sith Lord apprentice to Vader, but returned to the light side and the Jedi.
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How many died on alderaan?

Out of the 2 billion inhabitants on Alderaan - with the modern-day populations of China and India having about 2.8 billion people combined - about 60,000 survived the destruction of the planet due to being outside of its star system at the time.
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Why does the second Death Star look unfinished?

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.
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Why is Death Star 2 broken?

After a successful attack on the Death Star II's reactor during the battle of Endor, the ruins of the destroyed battle station subsequently fell to the surface of the ocean moon Kef Bir. The Alliance Fleet had also set up tractor beams and shields to protect the forest moon from debris.
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Is Naboo blown up?

Naboo was among the first worlds to be attacked. Despite the planet sustaining heavy losses, Operation: Cinder was foiled before Naboo could be destroyed. After that, however, little is known about Naboo, other than it was saved from the First Order after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
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Why did the Empire fall after Endor?

Who was running the Empire after the battle of Endor? The Empire was so centered on the figure of Emperor Palpatine that after his death no one knew how to continue, and many new leaders quickly rose up amid the chaos. These leaders confronted each other, and either failed quickly or simply fled.
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Did the Ewoks go extinct?

A veteran stormtrooper of the Battle of Endor spoke of the supposed destruction of the forest moon, telling many that billions of tons of metal rained down on the moon and wiped out the Ewoks.
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