The Construction of the Death Star

however, obiwan could have just seen the blueprint/hologram

I heard rumors that on Mustifar during the duel we will see the DS in orbit above Obi-Wan and Vader. How COOL would that be?

maybe they had everything laid out but then waited till palpatine gave the green light for the project after all dooku did'nt give him the plans at the end ep2 when got off ship so must have given them up sometime after.

Cool down that attitude, Red Leader. And if people are going to be snotty about correcting others, at least be totally accurate yourselves; George said they PROBABLY built the Death Star.

It does look very logically unlikely that they would take 20 years to build the first Death Star and only a few to build the Second. but remember SW is not necessarily a storyline of pure logic.

yeah that's true..

and jedijunky.. i think that would be ABSOLUTELY the coolest to see a partial deathstar in orbit in a few shots above their duel.

Remember folks that the first DS was just that, the FIRST. As with all first attempts it usually takes much longer to get it right. The second DS may not have taken as long because they allready knew what they were doing.

I agree that the second time might go faster, and even faster as it was rushed. But we are not talking about a coupple of years differnce. This is like the seconds one taking 17 years less time then the first one. That's too big an improvment for me to acept, it's just too stupid.

on the recovery of stolen plans of the death star:
"see to it personally commander, there'll be no one to stop us this time"

now i KNOW that ep3 takes place like 20 years later and that vader's line can just be a reference to events between 3 & 4, but is there not a possability that he was referring to events in ep3?

Originally posted by jedijunky1138
Remember folks that the first DS was just that, the FIRST.

but how do we know that?
what if it was the first completed death star?

as ush said, SW lacks in logic on many points, this could just be one of them.

some ask "why would the firsr death star take 20 years to built?"

i ask "why would the palpatine wait so damn long from ep2 to build it?"

When has it been stated that the second death star was started after the ANH? It could have been started not long after the first but kept in the dark by the Empire. Maybe they were trying to make two in the first place.

it seems unlikely...why would they need 2?....however it IS a characteristic of the empire to waste rescources in such a manner...so who knows.

Originally posted by PVS
but how do we know that?
what if it was the first completed death star?

as ush said, SW lacks in logic on many points, this could just be one of them.

some ask "why would the firsr death star take 20 years to built?"

i ask "why would the palpatine wait so damn long from ep2 to build it?"

well if you count Star Tours at Disneyland...

the reason the death star starts construction in ep3 is that the technology isint as advanced as in epIV its like tvs invention it took 20 years before it would have nice models like 2day so the reason the death star did not take too much time to build btw ep4 and ep6 is that the technology is more advanced!

That would be completely awesome to see the Death Star in its early stages hovering in the Mustafar sky as Obi-Wan and Anakin duel. The visual image gives me chills...

If you look at some of the clips of the duel in Ep 3 video game on the OT Bonus DVD, the architecture looks a lot like the interior of the Death Star. It would make perfect sense for the Death Star to be constructed here, and it would make for a kick ass connection to the OT. It would add to the OT "feel" of the film.

When has it been stated that the second death star was started after the ANH? It could have been started not long after the first but kept in the dark by the Empire. Maybe they were trying to make two in the first place.

Erm, the ROTJ opening crawl. Read it, then get back to me. Any argument that they started it after the first (if this stupid rumor is true) doesn't work:

"Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC
EMPIRE has secretly begun construction on a
new armored space station even more powerful
than the first dreaded Death Star."

the reason the death star starts construction in ep3 is that the technology isint as advanced as in epIV its like tvs invention it took 20 years before it would have nice models like 2day so the reason the death star did not take too much time to build btw ep4 and ep6 is that the technology is more advanced!

Star Wars doesn't advance technologically like Earth in real life. There's no huge difference in the technology evident between the prequels and the originals, it's only a question of scale.