# 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:** 4
**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 19, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/61 "2016-12-19T15:02:53Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > What \*\*iiandyiiii \*\*said, and also: “X-wing” was mentioned as approaching Bespin by one of Darth Vader’s officers, when Luke approached the Cloud City in “The Empire Strikes Back”. Now that I think about it, Star Destroyer was also used in ESB – in the asteroid field, after Han turns towards the Star Destroyer, C-3PO says something like “the odds of surviving a direct attack on a Star Destroyer are 3720 to 1!” That 3720 number is from memory – if I’m right, then I’m awesome (or sad, depending on your POV). EDIT: I’m half-right – Han cuts off 3PO with “never tell me the odds” in that instance, but earlier 3PO says that the odds of surviving an asteroid field are 3720 to 1. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/62 "2016-12-19T16:35:31Z")
Admiral Ackbar says something like “concentrate all fire power on that super **star destroyer** ” so at least the big one is mentioned by name. Just before the most disappointing explosion in movie history. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/63 "2016-12-19T17:44:13Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > What \*\*iiandyiiii \*\*said, and also: “X-wing” was mentioned as approaching Bespin by one of Darth Vader’s officers, when Luke approached the Cloud City in “The Empire Strikes Back”. Yes, I know. As I said: [QUOTE=RickJay] I am pretty sure that the only vessels in “Star Wars” that are called by the names we know them _in that movie_ are the Millennium Falcon and the Death Star. [/QUOTE] “Star Wars,” the 1977 movie. Not the sequels. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/64 "2016-12-19T18:35:47Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Starkiller Base? No way, a Starkiller Base should be bigger and better than some Death Star. It should be like a planet or something that kills stars. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/65 "2016-12-19T18:36:30Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > On a similar note, why are Star Destroyers so named? All they do is transport people about and shoot down smaller craft… Because they are destroyer-class warships (as in larger than a corvette or frigate but smaller than a cruiser or battleship) that travel the stars. Not because they destroy them. Although FWIW, Imperial star destroyers are larger than Rebel cruisers. There’s seems to be some debate whether “super star destroyer” is an actual class of ship, or if it’s just a colloquialism for a large Imperial command ship. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/66 "2016-12-19T20:09:58Z")
Luke Skyblocker ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/67 "2016-12-19T20:22:49Z")
A Disturbance in the Force Gunboat Diplomat (another Iain Banks reference) ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/68 "2016-12-19T22:40:16Z")
The Achilles Heel. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/69 "2016-12-20T02:08:26Z")
The Font of Grandmotherly Kindness ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/70 "2016-12-20T02:45:10Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > In the webcomic Darths & Droids, it’s named the [Peace Moon](http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0821.html). I’m amazed that it took until the 30th response to mention that… ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/71 "2016-12-20T20:35:42Z")
Happy Fun Ball. “Alderaan, this is what you get for taunting the Happy Fun Ball.” ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/72 "2016-12-20T21:06:00Z")
Dread Star Roberts. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/73 "2016-12-20T21:52:30Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > A Disturbance in the Force I think perhaps you mean THE Disturbance in the Force. alternate: I AM The Danger ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/74 "2016-12-21T00:47:33Z")
Palpatine’s Testicle. ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/75 "2016-12-21T13:21:59Z")
Bad Feeling. ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/76 "2016-12-21T14:16:34Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Happy Fun Ball. > “Alderaan, this is what you get for taunting the Happy Fun Ball.” Psst… See post #1. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/77 "2016-12-21T17:31:57Z")
The planet-destroying-laser-a-nator. And it should have peen destroyed by jedi knight Agent P. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/78 "2016-12-21T18:05:31Z")
I think we should call it…Jeff. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/79 "2016-12-21T18:23:47Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > I think perhaps you mean THE Disturbance in the Force. No, I think I like “A Disturbance…” better. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/80 "2016-12-24T23:15:33Z")
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