# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/81 "2016-12-25T05:03:44Z")
Tarkinmobile Alderaanator Don’t Make Me Come to Your System Planetary Pulverizer Imperial Overkill ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/82 "2016-12-25T17:57:26Z")
The “One Hellava Bright Disco Ball”. Of course, they’d need to glue mirrors onto it. ---
**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 25, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/83 "2016-12-25T18:02:39Z")
Mirrors!? Why, that’s an outrage! They’ll see it coming for parsecs! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/84 "2016-12-27T01:53:08Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Mirrors!? > > Why, that’s an outrage! > > They’ll see it coming for parsecs! Seeing it is functioning as intended. What are they gonna do, move the whole planet? Launch the entire planet in a mass evacuation in mere minutes? Fire proton torpedoes down a nearly unhittable shaft to exploit a weakness in the design? I think you overestimate their chances. ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/85 "2016-12-27T02:54:47Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Happy Fun Ball. > “Alderaan, this is what you get for taunting the Happy Fun Ball.” _Wrecking Ball_ Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/86 "2016-12-27T05:24:59Z")
What’s wrong with just letting corporations buy the naming rights, like everything else that has a name? ---
**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 31, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/87 "2016-12-31T22:36:10Z")
The Sing Along With Tarkin Ball! Remember, this is a civilization already accustom to seeing giant text floating through space. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/88 "2017-01-01T01:31:37Z")
I’m seeing a neon sign with letters several miles high: TRUMP DEATH STAR ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/89 "2017-01-01T03:16:00Z")
S.S. Kournikova, looks great, never wins. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/90 "2017-01-01T15:03:01Z")
Intergalactic New Year’s Eve Ball ---
**Author:** ![barath\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/90ced4/32.png) [@barath\_s](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barath_s)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/91 "2017-01-02T02:13:47Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What’s wrong with just letting corporations buy the naming rights, like everything else that has a name? Because next, the corporations will think they own the empire, like everything else. Aka Do you want a Trade War ? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-the-death-star/775005/92 "2017-01-02T02:16:15Z")
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