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(Star Wars) How did the Death Star move around the Galaxy

Did the whole station have a hyper-drive or something?  How did something that large get from place to place?
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The DS-1 had 123 Hyperdrive generators spread throughout its superstructure. Each one of them would have been capable of moving an entire capital ship through hyperspace with ease, and all of them together could create a hyperspace tunnel large enough for the battle station to go through. It had to take things relatively slow, though - it was classed at 4.0 past lightspeed, meaning it could only go at 1/8th the speed of a fast ship like the Falcon and half the speed of the other large ships in the Imperial fleet, like the *Executor*.

Once it was in a system, the Death Star generally relied on orbital mechanics to get around. While it possessed sublight engines, these were really only useful for orbital adjustments. (Incidentally, that's why it had to wait around in orbit before it could get a clear shot at the Rebel base during the battle of Yavin).

The Death Star II, had it been completed, would have been more maneuverable than its predecessor in both respects despite its greatly increased size. Its hyperdrive rating was set to be 3.0, and it was also meant to have massive ion engine drives to allow it to change orbits more efficiently. However, neither of these systems was operational by the time of its destruction at the Battle of Endor.