# Death Star

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434 "2005-12-07T01:10:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434/41 "2005-12-07T19:33:34Z")

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I think so long as we get the schematics down tight, the independent contractors can get the actual nuts-and-bolts-laws-of-thermodynamics stuff straight.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434/42 "2005-12-07T20:03:25Z")

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Well, in _Return of the Jedi_, when the Falcon and its group flew into the station’s core, we could see that indeed a massive internal cavity existed.

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**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434/43 "2005-12-07T21:53:32Z")

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Perhaps absorbing waste heat was one of the Emperor’s secret Sith powers. 😃

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**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434/44 "2005-12-07T22:20:59Z")

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> [@CynicalGabe](#):
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> Well, in _Return of the Jedi_, when the Falcon and its group flew into the station’s core, we could see that indeed a massive internal cavity existed.

Massive in comparison to the Falcon, not massive in comparison to the size of the entire Death Star. Using the size of the Falcon as a constant, I would expect that the reactor cavity is a negligible portion of the entire volume of the station.

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-star/334434/45 "2005-12-07T23:02:53Z")

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> [@lno](#):
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> Massive in comparison to the Falcon, not massive in comparison to the size of the entire Death Star. Using the size of the Falcon as a constant, I would expect that the reactor cavity is a negligible portion of the entire volume of the station.

1. Jeez, and I thought I was a nerd for even thinking of it. 😉

2. What about that massive tunnel system the ships flew through?

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