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Faced constant shortages of raw materials and missed engineering deadlines due to the unprecedented scale.

Relied heavily on forced labor, including prisoners on Narkina 5 who assembled parts for the superlaser. Death Star (Star Wars)

: Creating the planet-killing beam was the most difficult part. Director Orson Krennic oversaw a team of scientists on Eadu who worked to harness kyber crystals to power the weapon. Faced constant shortages of raw materials and missed

: The station became fully operational just before the events of A New Hope , under the command of Grand Moff Tarkin . Development Challenges Impact on Project Secrecy Death Star (Star Wars)

: The initial schematics were developed by the Geonosians under Archduke Poggle the Lesser during the Clone Wars. Count Dooku eventually delivered these plans to Darth Sidious (Palpatine).