healynmy biggest criticism about the original Star Wars is that they called it a "Death Star". any evil imperialist organization worth its salt would hire a consulting firm to come up with something like "Liberation Sphere"
Drew Mochak@healyn I quote Grand Moff Tarken: "Fear will keep these systems in line. Fear of this battlestation." They called it a death star for the same reason they blow up a planet full of noncombatants before the millitary base: to scare the pants off everyone else.
random thoughtsIf you have such a weapon, then you got to make sure you announce it exists - re, Dr. Strangelove.
No one believed them when they did eventually threaten a planet, and that's why we no longer have Alderaan, causing billions of death, although this has been retro-ed slightly in Rogue One.
@hittitezombie @healyn Under MAD theory, what the Empire should have done is leak the death star plans to the rebels (after shoring up that pesky exhaust port issue) so they can make their own death star. Except it's called the DeathX, because it has 4 engines in the back, to make it their own thing.