What If You Could Build the Death Star?

That's no moon. It's a space station. The enormous, planet-killing kind, designed for only one thing — to bring order to the galaxy. It's Star Wars' Imperial superweapon, the Death Star. What would it take to build one just like this? Where would we assemble the biggest weapon of mass destruction?

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What If is a mini-documentary web series that takes you on an epic journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities. Join us on an imaginary adventure — grounded in scientific theory — through time, space and chance, as we ask what if some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence were different.