Could 'Death Star' ever become reality?
Rogue One is a prequel to the other films and it focuses on the rebels getting access to the plans to the Dark Side's vast planet destroying space station.
As with many science fiction films, it's got playful scientists thinking about the practicality of the plot.
The science writer and broadcaster Martin Archer asked himself the question - Could you build a Death Star?
(Photo: Spaceship Earth Walt Disney World Resort transforms into the dreaded Death Star from Star Wars on December 5, 2016 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida;
credit: Kent Phillips/Walt Disney Co. via Getty Images)
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