[Ryzorian]

Acctually, there is a star wars book about said cantinea out..those books are considered "canon". Just have to check the basic scematics in the Star wars D20 system anyway...Death Star was huge, with over 1 million folks onboard.

As to the Towers, it was a legit target in the sense of it being a bastion of our economic system. The issue is that I believe it was an unprovoked attack, IE..some dude walks by you and cold cocks you across the nose. Maybe they had thier reasons, that's fine. We will see to it that it's marked on thier tombstone "They had their reasons".

War is hell, it's in everyone abject interest to make sure hell is brought apon the enemy so they realise just what kind of hell they have brought apon themselves and thier families. The horrors of war, the enemy must be brought to witness on the horrors they inflict on themselves, with thier own actions.

That's partly why those bombs were droped, to show the emperor, just what his war has wrought his own country. That's why he surrendered, the cost was too high for him to bear. For him, it was better to bear the "Unenbearlable" aspect of defeat, than the loss of an entire nation.