Fiction · Star Wars · A New Hope (1977)
Death Star I diameter and size comparison
The first Death Star is represented by a 160-kilometer diameter across its equator.
160000 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Published fictional equatorial diameter · Lucasfilm 2021 reference
- Subject or version
- Star Wars · A New Hope (1977)
- In kilometers
- 160 km (1 km = 1,000 m)
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A little more perspective
Lucasfilm Story Group member Emily Shkoukani gives the first Death Star’s equatorial width as 160 kilometers in an August 2021 StarWars.com article. This record selects that current-continuity reference. An older EA Battlefront II article describes the original station as 120 kilometers across; the disagreement remains explicit.
The comparison measures across the whole circular station, not around its equator. The illustration shows the completed first station from A New Hope, with an intact spherical outline. Its surface detail conveys the design without claiming individually measured structures.
Quick facts
The completed first Death Star uses Lucasfilm’s 160-kilometer equatorial diameter. Older licensed material also gives 120 kilometers; this record preserves the selected reference instead of mixing the values.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Lucasfilm: Star Wars Inside Intel, The Death Star (2021)
- EA: Battlefront II Death Star II article, older 120-kilometer first-station reference
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