Surprising Star Wars Canon Revelation

Star Wars followers have simply been staggered to find out how the Dying Star was truly constructed. A grasp manipulator, Palpatine tricked the Republic itself into starting work on the Dying Star – as a result of they believed the Separatists had been already constructing one. Work was already effectively underway earlier than the Republic grew to become the Empire.

However simply how was such a large battle-station constructed in secrecy? We all know that quite a lot of the infrastructure was constructed at Geonosis, and it is usually believed it was inbuilt orbit. Surprisingly, although, De Agostini’s Star Wars Encyclopedia suggests a distinct technique…

The Dying Star Was Really Constructed INSIDE A Planet

Cobalt Inexperienced noticed this exceptional picture on Twitter, and was staggered to share it; the picture exhibits the Dying Star superstructure constructed inside a planet. That is an concept with roots within the outdated Star Wars Expanded Universe, nevertheless it was thought to have been wiped from canon. It is unclear which planet is proven right here.

Naturally, this raises quite a lot of questions on simply how such a feat of engineering could be doable. That is very true given the Republic would have needed to full a actually planet-sized building facility through the Clone Wars, because the plans for the Dying Star had been solely retrieved throughout Star Wars: Episode II – Assault of the Clones.

The Dying Star’s Development Actually Does Set Up Starkiller Base

This concept could seem fairly absurd, nevertheless it does have two main benefits. The primary is that this maybe explains one of many strangest questions of the unique trilogy; how was the second Dying Star constructed so shortly? This might maybe make extra sense if the Empire had primarily created a planet-sized conveyor belt system for when the prototype was completed.

The second is that this helps set up the unusual hyperlinks between the Dying Star and Starkiller Base, a whole planet remodeled right into a superweapon by Star Wars: The Power Awakens. This “conveyor belt” system turns into the prototype for feats of engineering on a planetary scale.

Technically, De Agostini’s Star Wars Encyclopedia is canon. It is price noting, although, that parts of Legends did have a tendency to slide into these publications; a few of them have been faraway from later editions. Darth Plagueis’ Sith Grasp, Darth Tenebrous, was named in a single subject of Construct the Millennium Falcon, however he was subsequently wiped.

So the Dying Star’s stunning origin is Star Wars canon for now, however which will change.