Hur länge tog det för Death Star (1) att ladda om?

Tja, enligt Wookiepedias inlägg på Death Star :

The Death Star's superlaser derived power directly from the hypermatter reactor. Its faceted amplification crystal combined the destructive power of eight separate tributary beams into one single blast with the intensity of a stellar core. After firing a blast, though, the Imperial engineers had to recharge the reactor, which took at least 24 standard hours. Though the energy output of this blast could be scaled to fire at smaller targets such as capital ships, as was the case during the Rebel assault on the second Death Star, the two major instances in which the superlaser was fired were at full power at planetary bodies.

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Nu ser jag inte exakt källan till informationen, men de flesta sakerna på Wookiepedia härrör från den ganska omfattande informationen i Star Wars Extended Universe-publikationerna, som innehåller tekniska specifikationer och så vidare.

Jag skulle gissa att det mesta kom från romanen samma namn .

Enligt Star Wars Technical Journal (volym två) (1994):

The Death Star's superlaser cannon was once thought to be beyond the capability of Imperial military science. Its faceted amplification crystal combined and intensified eight separate initiator beams into a single laser with all the intensity of a stellar core; the impact of this beam could be controlled and scaled to suit the destruction of any target. A beam of one power level was used against enemy capital ships, while a much greater laser could cause the fracturing and disintegration of a target planet. The superlaser's power had to be recharged between firings and the intensity of each firing determined how many times per day the weapon could be used (from once per minute against spaceborne vessels to once per day against planetary targets). The pinpoint focus necessary for the combining of the superlaser's eight component beam lights limits its range to planetary distances.

This new Death Star's central weapon, the terrifying superlaser, featured substantially increased power, allowing it to be recharged in a matter of minutes, rather than hours. The superlaser's targeting and power-control systems were refined so the weapon could be turned on capital starships.