It seems Emperor Palpatine may have fleeced the Galactic Empire for every penny to create the Death Stars.
Feinsteins report details how much both versions would cost (some $419 quintillion thats 18 zeroes!)
by accounting for steel costs for basic construction and the other peripherals.
Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection
He also delves into how the construction and destruction of the massive weapons would have adversely affected the Empire.
After the Battle of Endor inReturn of the Jedi, the Empire presumably became no more.
To keep everything afloat, how large would the bailout have to be?
To think all this could have been avoided if the womp-rat-sized exhaust port was covered up on DS1.
Check Feinsteins full studyhere, and a breakdownhere.
