Space Fortress
The Space Fortress was a spherical battle station utilized by the New Galactic Empire during the events of the Aquilaean campaign.
Jedi General Luke Skywalker, upon learning of the Empire's attempts to attack Aquilae, scrambled Devil Squadron to attack the Space Fortress as it drew closer to the planet. Skywalker then informed their leader to use a Ranger Defense on the station, and focus on the station's lock areas and breath ports. They did so, resulting in several Imperial personnel being sucked into the vacuum of space and heavily damaging Sector 2-A. 1-7. The droids C-3PO and R2-D2 eventually escaped via escape pods.
Ultimately the first attack on the station was a failure. Princess Leia and Annikin Starkiller were later brought aboard the station after they had been captured by the Empire, although they later escaped with the help of former Knight of Sith Valorum. Shortly afterwards, the Space Fortress ended up destroyed by General Skywalker and a squadron composed of Wookiees.
Behind the scenes[]
The Space Fortress appeared in the 1974 rough draft of the script for A New Hope. It became the Death Star in the second draft.[1] It later appeared in The Star Wars, a comic adaptation of the rough draft published by Dark Horse Comics in 2013.