Sun Razer The Sun Razer was a large type of space station that was the creation of Darth Mekhis and was developed during the Cold War era . Background . These machines were created with the capacity to encircle a star and functioned by leeching a star of matter and energy . Through its engines , it was able to provide greater resources compared to strip - mining worlds . The energy generated by this device was so great that it was capable of powering a civilization . This allowed them to create superweapons by producing enough power and materials for the task . Not every star was capable of being used by a Sun Razer , only a select few were suitable . A Sun Razer required shielding in order to protect itself from the energies of a star and lowering this shield effectively destroyed them as they were unable to cope with the unstable energies of the sun they encompassed . History . During the Great Galactic War , the Sith Empire emerged from centuries of hiding in order to wage a devastating conflict against the Galactic Republic as part of the grand scheme of the Sith Emperor . Emerging from the shadows , they managed to score a number of victories against the Republic as well as the Jedi . However , the war took longer than was planned by the Emperor and the Sith suffered from shortages in resources needed to maintain their military . Thus , the Emperor decided on a bold offensive to bring about a swift resolution to the war leading to the Sacking of Coruscant . However , instead of pressing the advantage , the Sith used the attack to force an unsteady peace with the signing of the Treaty of Coruscant which ended the war . Despite this being the case , the Dark Council were not entirely pleased with the outcome and made preparations for an eventual restart in hostilities . To aid them in that time , the Dark Councilor Darth Mekhis was responsible for creating the Sun Razer that was inspired from ancient alien designs as the Star Forge . One such device was constructed around the star in the Vesla system with a further six planned for the other worlds located in the Black Sector s that were ceded to the Sith Empire under the Treaty of Coruscant . More were intended but the fact that the Sun Razer required specific kinds of stars limited their production . Among the weapons constructed by the Vesla Sun Razer included the Gauntlet , the Emperor ' s Shadow , the Undying , the Ascendant Spear and the Silencer . All these superweapons normally would have taken decades to produce even a single one of them and required enough power to turn Coruscant dark . However , with the capacity of a single Sun Razer , the Sith were able to produce two to three such superweapons within a year . Jedi Master Ngani Zho learned of the existence of the Sun Razer and other weapons developed by Darth Mekhis while posing as a slave in the Vesla system but the encounter scarred his memory . He would later return with Republic Strategic Information Service agent Theron Shan who decided to destroy the Sun Razer . After being captured , agent Shan managed to free himself and his comrades whereupon he intended to lower the shields protecting the Sun Razer . Upon defeating Darth Mekhis and her Sith Knights , he accomplished his objective after which he escaped to Republic space . Though the Sun Razer was destroyed , a number of the superweapons it created still survived and the RSIS Director informed Shan that the Dark Council would likely attempt to use them while they still had the advantage . Commenting on this , agent Shan stated that he would be seeking out the Gauntlet which was one of the superweapons developed by the Sun Razer .