The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

[LewsTherin]

I've a 20....

But I think the "Take Over The World to Pay For It" approach would be a bit more effective.

 

[matrix3509]

Question - do those resources actually exist on earth? Steel is still a finite resource, as is the energy a planet destroying laser requires.

Also, the U.S. debt is nearly all the money on earth?

I remember reading somewhere that the energy required to completely vaporize the Earth (ala Alderaan style) would be equivilant to the amount of energy the Sun puts out in 10 years.

So alot...

Well, if you wanted to completely destroy the planet yes, but why do that when you can gently toast the planet to a nice golden-brown? Accomplishes the same thing, namely killing everyone, and it's not such an eyesore, nor would it create confusion for smugglers carrying a Jedi, a whiny moisture farmer, and a princess, coming out of light-speed only to find an asteroid field. Pretty obvious what happened there.

IF your going to destroy a planet, why not do it with style? If you want there to be no chance of anyone ever living there again, then the Death Star is the way to go. Its like nuking the site from orbit, its the only way to be sure (cookie for the reference). Plus lets not forget how awesome the spectacle of watching an entire planet blow up would be.

 

[Irridium]

I don't care how much it costs to build the construct itself. It's the gun that blow up the damn planets I care about. How much does THAT cost? I'm sure a few countries would be willing to throw in a couple septillains to do it to have it on their side.

Well, I've got a new 1p coin and some lint, so will that go towards the collection?

No wonder he got so pissed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGB_JOBXyhA

That really made my afternoon. Thanks for sharing that one.

They've got a whole episode of them; such as the janitor who has to clear up the unusually large amount of people that fall dramatically into bottomless pits.

Enjoy. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDHskF-DCnc]

They actually made 2

ah, those were funny

 

[matrix3509]

I remember reading on one of my DK books on Star Wars that within the Death Star there's even a nursery... I'll let someone else calculate bantha milk costs.

Seriously? So when the Death Stars were blown up, little kids and babies died???

I really doubt there was that kinda stuff on the Death Star. Women were usually excluded from the Imperial military due to Palpatine's prejudice against women and non-humans. There were exceptions to that of course, but that was still the general rule.

 

[mokes310]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

 

[ThaBenMan]

I remember reading on one of my DK books on Star Wars that within the Death Star there's even a nursery... I'll let someone else calculate bantha milk costs.

Seriously? So when the Death Stars were blown up, little kids and babies died???

I really doubt there was that kinda stuff on the Death Star. Women were usually excluded from the Imperial military due to Palpatine's prejudice against women and non-humans. There were exceptions to that of course, but that was still the general rule.

Well, I would hope that if there was a nursery, the kids would be evacuated at the first sign of fighting. Herd 'em onto some escape pods with those "Baby on Board" window sign thingys so the Rebs won't shoot 'em down.

 

[matrix3509]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

I wouldn't give the guy that did those calculations THAT much credit. It was a pretty lazy attempt. Granted I didn't think of it first so I'm kind of jealous.

Still that thing about this just being a bare bones assessment of the cost is a huge understatement (that is unless all you're after is a big hulk in space with no purpose).

 

[mokes310]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

I wouldn't give the guy that did those calculations THAT much credit. It was a pretty lazy attempt. Granted I didn't think of it first so I'm kind of jealous.

Still that thing about this just being a bare bones assessment of the cost is a huge understatement (that is unless all you're after is a big hulk in space with no purpose).

Hey, had they covered the exhaust port, which was about 2m across, about the size of a womp rat, the Death Star would have been the ultimate weapon!

 

[dalek sec]

Guessing it's a really slow news day, not to bash the OP here but whole the hell thinks this stuff up and actually works out the math on it?

 

[DoW Lowen]

We can easily make this money. All we need is to post some crappy low culture video on Youtube and wait for the theoretical dollars to just roll in. We'll have enough theoretical dollars by the end of the month.

 

[matrix3509]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

I wouldn't give the guy that did those calculations THAT much credit. It was a pretty lazy attempt. Granted I didn't think of it first so I'm kind of jealous.

Still that thing about this just being a bare bones assessment of the cost is a huge understatement (that is unless all you're after is a big hulk in space with no purpose).

Hey, had they covered the exhaust port, which was about 2m across, about the size of a womp rat, the Death Star would have been the ultimate weapon!

You can't effectively "cover" an exhaust port though. Ever tried stopping up the exhaust on your car? Bad things happen. The Imps had it ray shielded against lasers, so the only option to attack it was with torpedos. Torpedos by thir very nature aren't very accurate. The apparent odds of getting the torpedos in there were astronomical (hence why the computer targeting failed the first time). Besides, Jedi were all but extinct during this time so the designers weren't thinking about Jedi abilities.

They fixed the exhaust port problem, with the second Death Star by having millions of super tiny exhausts instead of one big one. It would have been the perfect weapon had they finished it.

Anyway back to my point, if you wanna take everything into account you would probably have to take that $15.6 septillion and square it.

I love these kinds of threads, because I can talk forever about anything Star Wars related.

 

[mokes310]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

I wouldn't give the guy that did those calculations THAT much credit. It was a pretty lazy attempt. Granted I didn't think of it first so I'm kind of jealous.

Still that thing about this just being a bare bones assessment of the cost is a huge understatement (that is unless all you're after is a big hulk in space with no purpose).

Hey, had they covered the exhaust port, which was about 2m across, about the size of a womp rat, the Death Star would have been the ultimate weapon!

You can't effectively "cover" an exhaust port though. Ever tried stopping up the exhaust on your car? Bad things happen. The Imps had it ray shielded against lasers, so the only option to attack it was with torpedos. Torpedos by thir very nature aren't very accurate. The apparent odds of getting the torpedos in there were astronomical (hence why the computer targeting failed the first time). Besides, Jedi were all but extinct during this time so the designers weren't thinking about Jedi abilities.

They fixed the exhaust port problem, with the second Death Star by having millions of super tiny exhausts instead of one big one. It would have been the perfect weapon had they finished it.

Anyway back to my point, if you wanna take everything into account you would probably have to take that $15.6 septillion and square it.

I love these kinds of threads, because I can talk forever about anything Star Wars related.

Dude, that was all kinds of awesomeness covered with chocolate and a cherry on top. Easily the funniest thing I've read in quite some time!

 

[matrix3509]

Guessing it's a really slow news day, not to bash the OP here but whole the hell thinks this stuff up and actually works out the math on it?

I'll tell you who. The true fans do this stuff. The true fans remember a time when Star Wars wasn't just some generic Sci-Fi movie. The true fans put up with Lucas raping his own franchise, because the love for the originals is still there. I know this is true for me because no matter what Lucas does to destroy his own creation, there is nothing he can do to destroy my love for the originals. Even if he goes back and changes them (like he has already done), I still have the theatrical versions, so there is nothing he can do.

 

[matrix3509]

The Death Star Costs $15.6 Septillion

By far your greatest find Keane! The person who figured this all out wins my award for the best waste of time ever!

I wouldn't give the guy that did those calculations THAT much credit. It was a pretty lazy attempt. Granted I didn't think of it first so I'm kind of jealous.

Still that thing about this just being a bare bones assessment of the cost is a huge understatement (that is unless all you're after is a big hulk in space with no purpose).

Hey, had they covered the exhaust port, which was about 2m across, about the size of a womp rat, the Death Star would have been the ultimate weapon!

You can't effectively "cover" an exhaust port though. Ever tried stopping up the exhaust on your car? Bad things happen. The Imps had it ray shielded against lasers, so the only option to attack it was with torpedos. Torpedos by thir very nature aren't very accurate. The apparent odds of getting the torpedos in there were astronomical (hence why the computer targeting failed the first time). Besides, Jedi were all but extinct during this time so the designers weren't thinking about Jedi abilities.

They fixed the exhaust port problem, with the second Death Star by having millions of super tiny exhausts instead of one big one. It would have been the perfect weapon had they finished it.

Anyway back to my point, if you wanna take everything into account you would probably have to take that $15.6 septillion and square it.

I love these kinds of threads, because I can talk forever about anything Star Wars related.

Dude, that was all kinds of awesomeness covered with chocolate and a cherry on top. Easily the funniest thing I've read in quite some time!

Like I said, there are very few people on this board who can match my Star Wars (fictional) knowledge. Its sad at times, with all the time I've spent reading the Expanded Universe novels and on Wookiepedia, but its still something I'm proud of.

Hey, I gotta be proud of something right?

 

[[Gavo]]

What about the laser?

 

[redeemer09]

if america possesed the death star all the terroriSt and political leaderS whould drop there guns ,like there balls and yell out WE SURRENDER.

 

[matrix3509]

if america possesed the death star all the terroriSt and political leaderS whould drop there guns ,like there balls and yell out WE SURRENDER.

I'm pretty sure any one country having a death star would be self-defeating as there is no way to use it without killing yourself.

 

[WendelI]

That's some big buck for such a small lazer... Seriously the death star is peaty tame >.>
I guess it is because is supposed to be more of a base than a giant lazer machine, but I have seen way more threatening big lazers than the Death Star.

And way more cost effective... Like Sajuk from HomeWorld2 or something out of these Japanese giant robot series.

 

[Haliwali]

O gods... girl scout cookies can build this.