Who built the Death Star?
Death Star
The first "Death Star"'s construction is the subject of Michael Reaves and Steve Perry's novel "Death Star". In LucasArts's "", the player participates in a mission to secure crystals used in the Death Star's superlaser. The first Death Star under construction acts as the final stage in the video game, "". Kevin J. Anderson's "Jedi Academy" trilogy introduces the Maw Cluster of black holes that protect a laboratory where the "Death Star" prototype was built (consisting of the super structure, power core, and superlaser).
Dark Star (song)
"Dark Star" was initially released as a single in 1968, backed with "Born Cross-Eyed", a track written by rhythm guitarist Bob Weir. The single, to quote Phil Lesh, "sank like a stone." Of the 1600 copies that made up the original shipment in 1968 by Warner Bros., only about 500 actually sold. A classic live version appeared in 1969 on "Live/Dead", the Dead's first live album. It also appeared on later compilations "What a Long Strange Trip It's Been" in 1977 and "The Best of the Grateful Dead" in 2015. It also appears as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of "Live/Dead". It also features Hunter's only appearance on a Grateful Dead record, reciting a monologue at the end of the song.