Quote Originally Posted by Lord Zentei View Post
Well, they knew what they were building, and what it was for. Millitary indistries are a legitimate target in times of war, so "innocent" is stretching it a mite.

More relevant is what happened to Endor and its ecosystem after such a colossal battlestation exploded in low orbit. Suffice to say that the Ewoks would have to find a new home.
Actually, according to the propoganda given out by the Empire, and supposedly to the crews involved in non-critical systems... the "Death Star" project was a mobile terraforming device, able to alter critical environmental factors such as atmospheric temperature... the Alliance hijacked it, overloaded it and blew up Alderaan.

Spin control. Gotta love it.