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death star

(slang, colloquial, North America, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(slang, colloquial, North America, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite.

Origin: From : star as in satellite; death as in the decimation of an industry. Influenced by the Death Star base in Star Wars media. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “DAMMIT, alt text: Obi-wan fighting Vader on the first Death Star, first picture is him looking aside, next picture is him looking front (toward Vader) and smiling”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I understand, you're an idealist, you can't process the sheer level of graft in Imperial contracting. But the facts are there. Death Star 1 was delivered with a design flaw. Death Star 2 was incomplete and over budget. Many such cases.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I call it the Star Wars principle. If your leader sounds like the guy operating the ´Death Star’ maybe you’re the bad guys.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"They Would Never Use the Death Star on Us": Alderaan Residents Reflect on Their Support for the Empire as a Large Imperial Installation Enters the System”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “#TheRevengeOfTheFifth #StarWars #StarWarsWeek #artsky #art #digitalart The Death Star, they claim, was the Siths’ revenge. Unluckily for them, they faced a young, plucky Skywalker.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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