The Construction of the Death Star

Has George Lucas revealed yet if he will show the construction of the Death Star?

Who knows?

I hope it is in the movie.

It would be so cool to see the half completed Death Star. Does anyone know what side it would be on if it is in the movie? I'm hoping it's on the Dark Side but I don't know.

I heard that they might show it at the end of episode3 but I think it would be to early before it would be done.

I read that that should be the final scene. Vader, tarkin and imperator stand on the superstar destroyer bridge and observe from there on the completion of the death star.

EXCELLENT! This sounds absolutely superb!

Wouldn't it be a bit early to start constructing the Death Star this early? 19/20 years before ANH? They managed to build half the second Death Star in the time between ANH's ending and ROTJ. So why would they need 19/20 years to complete the first one? And wasn't the second one even bigger and more powerful then the first one, one would asume that the second one would need more time then the first one.

Maybe it was begun at this time to symbolise the future power the Empire would have and the terror they would create.

And that was why it was begun just before Palpatine revealed himself as a Sith Lord.

Yes, but the second one didn't look nearly as complete as the first one. And the first one could have been ready for some time before ANH, couldn't it?

Then why weren't it finished before ANH? Remember that Alderaan was the first planet destroyed by the Death Star. Has the Death star just been puy away, gathering dust untill ANH then?

No, it was initially a symbol of power.

And they used it until then to scare the Republic.

It is actually somewhat early. Perhaps they were occasionally stopped. It could also be that Lucas makes a few story jumps at the end of the film around a better transition Episode4 to get.

Maybe. But I doubt it.

there not gonna begin the construction until palpatines plan falls into play,expect construction of the death star at the end of ep3......

Ok

well, the second death star was a rush job, prolly started just a little before ANH, as for the end of episode 3, I doubt that they'll have anymore than the turbolaser complete.

But still. 20 years to construct the first Death Star? I still think that sounds way too slow, even if the second one was rushed.