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human
[Star Wars] Why build the death star when 3 - 4 Star Destroyers could destroy planets? Seems like a tremendous waste of taxpayer money.
gpt
Because the main weapon on the Death Star may have been the flashiest part, but was never the main tactical feature. The real point is that it was a heavily-armed moon-sized space station with a population equivalent to a megacity arcology like you find on city-worlds like Coruscant. It was going to be, at once, the military capitol of the empire, a mobile super-carrier, a siege-breaker weapons platform, and about a hundred other things to boot. The main weapon was always the rebellion's biggest concern, but only because it was the most immediate threat. In the long term, the sheer logistical - rather than tactical - advantage was the point of the Death Star.