# Let's rename the Death Star **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005 "2016-12-18T00:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/1 "2016-12-18T00:17:29Z")
Face it, the Evil Galactic Empire has an image problem, and could use some good P.R. So maybe naming the giant planet-killing space station the Death Star wasn’t the smartest move. What are some less frightening, more public-friendly names they could have gone with? Happy Fun Ball Giant Globe o’ Kittens Baby’s Breath Star ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/2 "2016-12-18T00:22:59Z")
Project Stardust. That’s what its designer called it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/3 "2016-12-18T00:25:21Z")
Some more options: Planet Recycler Asteroid Builder Gravity Reducer Eclipse Preventer Spacey McSpacestation Hyperspace-Bypass Route-Clearance Vehicle ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/4 "2016-12-18T00:31:55Z")
Defense Star Star of Homeland Security Star of Insufficient Life Just a Moon ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/5 "2016-12-18T00:32:28Z")
Star of the Guardians ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/6 "2016-12-18T00:34:50Z")
Make the Empire Great Again ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/7 "2016-12-18T00:35:00Z")
Freedom Star ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/8 "2016-12-18T00:41:33Z")
Moment of Triumph ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/9 "2016-12-18T00:45:50Z")
Strategic Defense Initiative ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/10 "2016-12-18T00:46:00Z")
Rio, by Duran Duran ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/11 "2016-12-18T00:53:02Z")
[“Life Star.”](http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/tag/millennium-falcon/) On that note, converting a planetoid-sized battle station into a _hospital ship_ is an intriguing and hilarious story idea, to me. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/12 "2016-12-18T00:53:12Z")
King of the Cost Overruns Accountants’ Nightmare Another Damn Tax Increase Who Paid For This, Anyway? It Cost How Much? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/13 "2016-12-18T00:58:07Z")
The Free Lunch Star It’s too big to cloak and funding it before it’s built is politically risky. No one will believe there is such a thing as the Free Lunch Star until it arrives in the target system and even then they will delay planetary defenses wile everyone is trying to decide what they want to order. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/14 "2016-12-18T01:06:44Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Some more options: > > . . . > Spacey McSpacestation > Hyperspace-Bypass Route-Clearance Vehicle Love these, LOL! The Clearview Project - proof of the incoming administration’s commitment to transparency. Galactic Icebreaker - promotes efficiency in logistics by clearing transport routes. Peacemaker - ends inter-species conflict by permanently addressing any problems the opposition may have. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/15 "2016-12-18T01:42:37Z")
From Lil’ Map: Planet of Nothing Kumbaya Star Alderaan 2 ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/16 "2016-12-18T01:43:26Z")
Massive Majestic Mobile [Mimas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimas_(moon)) Mimic, or “MMMMM” for short. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/17 "2016-12-18T01:44:02Z")
Definitely Not a Moon or This is Not a Moon, This is a Space Station Alternately: Just a Harmless Moon, No Need to Worry ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/18 "2016-12-18T01:49:07Z")
Carnival Planet Cruise ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/19 "2016-12-18T02:13:53Z")
Strategic Defense Initiative. Let’s see who gets that one. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/20 "2016-12-18T02:20:11Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > Star of Homeland Security Winner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005.md?page=2)