<P> The 2014 book Star Wars: Tarkin detailed the life of Grand Moff Tarkin, and prominently featured the first Death Star . The theme of the construction of the Death Star is continued in the 2016 book, Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel, which tells the story of the development of the Death Star's superweapon by the scientist, Galen Erso and Krennic's deception of him . It also reveals how Poggle worked with Krennic on the Project but then turned on him . </P> <P> In the film Rogue One, it is revealed that the Death Star's superlaser is powered by multiple reactors, allowing it to vary its destructive power depending on the target . Skeptical of the station's power, Tarkin ordered that it first be tested on Jedha City using a single reactor . Subsequently, a second single - reactor test would destroy their installation on Scarif, along with the Rebel strike force who had successfully stolen the station's plans . The destruction of the planet Alderaan would be the first time the Death Star was tested with all reactors employed . </P> <P> Return of the Jedi features a second Death Star still under construction in orbit around the second moon of Endor . Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader send the Rebels false information that the station's weapons systems are not operational in order to lure them into a trap . When the station's protective shield is disabled by a ground assault team on the forest moon of the planet Endor (led by Han Solo) with the help of the native Ewoks, rebel fighters flew into the unfinished station targeting its reactor core chamber and damaged the reactor core itself, which eventually explodes and destroys the station . It was destroyed by Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian (with Nien Nunb as his Millennium Falcon co-pilot), the former destroying a power regulator and the latter destroying the main reactor . </P> <P> The Death Star II is featured in the cover of the book Star Wars: Aftermath (2015), which also features many flashbacks to the destruction of the Death Star II, as well as the events directly after its destruction . One of the main characters in the story personally escaped the explosion of the Death Star . The destruction of the second Death Star was also shown in holograms in the book . The 2015 comic book Star Wars: Shattered Empire also explores the days following the destruction of the Death Star II from the perspective of Poe Dameron's parents, who were pilots during the event . The video game Star Wars: Uprising also takes place during the aftermath of the second Death Star's destruction, and features a hologram of its description on multiple occasions in and out of cutscenes . </P>

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