Haynes Manual Reveals Secrets Behind Imperial Death Star

Who needs stolen Imperial datatapes when you’ve got the Haynes Imperial Death Star Owner’s Workshop Manual? The rebels in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  would have certainly benefited from getting their hands on this book by veteran Star Wars author Ryder Windham.  Hit the jump to find out more.

 

 

[via Haynes Publishing]

A great gift for every wannabe Rebel across the Galaxy, the manual, which is fully authorized and approved by Lucasfilm, traces the origins of the Death Star, from concept to a top-secret project that began before the foundation of the Empire, drawing design inspiration from the Trade Federation’s spherical warships.

 

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The most thorough and technical guide to the Death Star available, the manual covers history, development and prototyping, superstructure, energy and propulsion, weapons and defensive systems, hangar bays, security, service and technical sectors, and crew facilities. It also provides information about the Death Star II and its planetary shield generator.

 

Copyright Haynes Publishing and © & TM 2016 LUCASFILM LTD

 

Written by Ryder Windham, and illustrated by artists Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas (the same team behind the Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual), the manual explains in detail the Death Star’s on-board systems and controls.  It is also illustrated with an astonishing range of computer-generated artwork, floor plans, cutaways, and exploded diagrams.

 

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Five facts about the Death Star (taken from the Haynes Imperial Death Star Owner’s Workshop Manual)

  1. “An equatorial trench divided the Death Star into two hemispheres, each of which was subdivided into 12 bridge-controlled zones for a total of 24 zones. Each zone was similar to a sub-battle station, and had its own food replicators, hangar bays, detention blocks, medical centers, armories, and command centers.” (taken from P21, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual)
  2. “The Death Star was built to defy all planetary defences, and have the ability to destroy an entire world with one devastating stroke. The upper hemisphere housed the superlaser, and all Imperial estimates indicated that a single blast would equal the combined firepower of the entire Imperial fleet.” (taken from P21, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual). “35 kilometers in diameter, the superlaser focus dish was the Death Star’s most prominent feature.” (taken from P22, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual)
  3. “When the first Death Star’s construction was finished, it was the single largest object ever built.” (taken from P21, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual)
  4. “The Death Star’s armament featured 1 superlaser, 15,000 Taim & Bak D6 turbolaser batteries, 2,500 Borstel Galactic Defense SB-920 laser cannons, 2,500 Borstel MS-1 ion cannons, 768 Phylon tractor-beam emplacements and 11,000 combat vehicles.” (taken from P23, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual)
  5. “The Death Star was home to 342,953 (285,675 operational staff and 57,278 gunners) and 843,342 passengers.  It could also carry over one million kilotons of cargo and 3 years’ worth of consumables.” (taken from P23, Haynes Imperial Death Star Manual)

 

The printed manual is priced at £16.99 and available from www.haynes.co.uk.

 

 

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Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

7 thoughts on “Haynes Manual Reveals Secrets Behind Imperial Death Star

  • December 16, 2016 at 10:26 pm
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    And at an estimated cost of 8.1 quadrillion credits to manufacture, not including daily operational cost, they were the largest Force-lightning-shrunken-gonad compensatory objects ever constructed. The Empire didn’t disappear because their military might faultered. They simply went bankrupt from the loss of two Death Stars.

    • December 17, 2016 at 12:25 pm
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      Probably defaulted on the loan payments

      • December 17, 2016 at 3:06 pm
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        That’s it! It wasn’t a Rebellion, it was a Mafia hit. Palpy apparently owed the Hutts a lot of money, and when he didn’t pay up they broke his Death Stars.

        • December 17, 2016 at 3:21 pm
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          Maybe it was an insurance scam..imagine the payout

  • December 17, 2016 at 4:18 am
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    If this book came out before the movie, the rebellion could’ve just ordered a copy from Amazon instead of having to do things the really hard way.

    • December 18, 2016 at 6:02 pm
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      Yea, but there’s no next day delivery on transgalactic items.

  • December 18, 2016 at 5:28 pm
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    Really loved all the nods to the old EU in Rogue One like how you get to see it crack a planet’s crust rather than outright destroy it. You can tell that the director really was a fan.

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