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  2. Death Star - Wikipedia

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    The second Death Star is featured on the cover of the book Star Wars: Aftermath (2015), which also features many flashbacks to the destruction of the second Death Star, 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.

  3. Battle of Yavin - Wikipedia

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    Several fans have attempted to calculate the number of casualties resulting from the explosion of the Death Star at the end of the Battle of Yavin. The figures vary as sources do not always provide the same number of people on board. Estimates suggest it to be around one million. [38] [70]

  4. Admiral Ackbar - Wikipedia

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    Fleet Admiral Gial Ackbar is a fictional character from the Star Wars franchise. A member of the amphibious Mon Calamari species, Ackbar was the foremost military commander of the Rebel Alliance, and he led the attack against the second Death Star in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), the final entry in the original Star Wars trilogy.

  5. Straight out of 'Star Wars,' NASA discovers a real 'death ...

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    This dead, dense star remnant is called a white dwarf." As this is the first time scientists have ever seen this "catastrophic destruction" in action, it's a pretty monumental moment for astronomers!

  6. Orson Krennic - Wikipedia

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    Krennic is a playable character in the 2015 action shooter video game Star Wars Battlefront, as part of the 2016 downloadable content (DLC) Rogue One: Scarif expansion pack. He also appears as a playable character in the mobile turn-based role-playing game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes , classified as an Empire support who inflicts various ...

  7. Explosive star event will create once-in-a-lifetime sight in ...

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    While a supernova is the explosive death of a massive star, a nova refers to the sudden, brief explosion from a collapsed star known as a white dwarf. T Coronae Borealis, otherwise known as the ...

  8. Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions - Wikipedia

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    The explosion was caused by bombs being taken out of store, primed for use, and replaced with the detonators still installed when unused. The crater was 40 [46] metres (130 ft) deep and covered 5 hectares. The death toll was approximately 78, including RAF personnel, six Italian prisoners of war, civilian employees, and local people.

  9. Death of Israeli soldiers in explosion highlights friendly ...

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    Six soldiers were killed and 14 were injured in the Jan. 8 explosion, the IDF said, ... Hours before military officials arrived at the home to deliver the news of Ron’s death, Omri said the ...