death star
(slang, colloquial, North America, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite.
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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
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…
I call it the Star Wars principle. If your leader sounds like the guy operating the ´Death Star’ maybe you’re the bad guys.
"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
#TheRevengeOfTheFifth #StarWars #StarWarsWeek #artsky #art #digitalart The Death Star, they claim, was the Siths’ revenge. Unluckily for them, they faced a young, plucky Skywalker.
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(slang, colloquial, North America, television, dated) a direct-to-home satellite television satellite.
“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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