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[Star Wars] Has the Empire ever moved the Death Star close enough to a small planet to effect the tides and kill millions of life forms?

Has the Empire ever used moving the Death Star Close enough to a planet to mess up the tides as an intimidation factor?  Assuming the mass of the Death Star is large and all the constants as we would know them.
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The Death Star II, which was significantly larger than the Death Star I, is roughly 5% the size of Earth's moon. Not nearly enough to cause any significant tidal shifts even if it were practically brushing against the atmosphere.

EDIT: some numbers:

The Moon's volume is ~ 2.75×10^9 square kilometers. The Death Star II's is ~2.14×10^6, or 1/1000th the volume. Assuming roughly equal densities it would need to get to roughly 238 miles from Earth to cause tidal forces similar to the Moon's. That's not *nearly* enough to cause global catastrophe.