A Death Star was a gargantuan space station armed with a planet-destroying superlaser.

The DS-1 Orbital Battle Station^[9] was originally designed by the Geonosians before the Galactic Republic and later the Galactic Empire took over the project.^[4] However, the plans for the battle station were stolen by the Rebel Alliance from Scarif,^[5] leading to its destruction at the Battle of Yavin, but not before it unleashed its planet-destroying cannon on Alderaan^[8] and Jedha City.^[4]