After looking at the second season of Andor, the Star Wars fans realize that death has been fully operational for … just a week?

Now that Andor Season 2 wrapped in Disney+, Star Wars Fans are doing what they do best … digging deep and connecting the points. This time, attention is focused on black death.

It turns out that the terrifying symbol of imperial power, years in preparation, was probably fully operational for a few days before it was destroyed by rebellion.

The Andor ending sets directly Rogue Onewhich in turn takes immediately to A new hope. That narrow time line has fans who realize that once black death has actually been completed and armed, it has not remained for a long time.

“So, after seeing Andor S2, and making this show envelops immediately before Rogue One. And now by doing mathematics, if I am not incorrect, black death operated only for less than a month, after more than a decade of construction. Right?” He asked for a Reddit user.

Another fan quickly reduced further: “not even a month. More like a few days at most. And it was under construction for at least 19 years. The plans for it had existed for at least 23 years, even before the start of the kingdom of the Empire.”

Two decades of planning. Billions of credits. Countless lives lost during its construction (screams to employees for asking difficult questions about contractors). And everything exploded shortly after going live.

The black death managed to trigger a serious destruction in its short duration, in particular by erasing the Alderaan in A new hopeand eliminating Jedha City during Rogue One. But had the long -term kingdom of the Empir of Terror Palpatine had planned? This has never had time to take root.

“And the entire long -term strategy of Palpatine revolved around black death,” underlined another fan. “In the end he felt at ease to dissolve the Senate with black death at hand … just to lose him in a few days.”

It is one of those ironic twists and turns that adds a new layer of tragic excessive trust to the emperor’s game plan. He bets everything on a weapon that barely had to stretch his legs.

Of course, the empire did not learn the lesson. A second death star was under construction in Return of the JediAnd it was destroyed before it was even completed. By the way, we should get a series on the construction of that black death!

So, while the black death will always be iconic, its time as the last weapon of the galaxy has been more rapid and brutal than a prolonged domain era. And thanks to AndorThe complete context makes everything affected in a slightly different way.