Death Star conference room / Legends The Death Star conference room or meeting room was located in the overbridge of the first Death Star . It was one of the many places onboard the Death Star where the military and political hierarchy of the Galactic Empire could meet . Prior to the destruction of the first Death Star , the commanders of the station met in the conference room . Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin announced the dissolution of the Imperial Senate and the participants discussed the threat posed by the Rebel Alliance . Security . There was a high level of security around the conference room . Four security points , each requiring a higher level of security clearance than the last , had to be passed in order to reach the room from general areas of the space station . The room itself was constantly guarded regardless of whether it was in use or not . Two Navy troopers remained in the room during meetings , which also acted as a quiet reminder to delegates of the Imperial authority in the battle station . One reason for the high level of security was that the Empire was fearful of surveillance infiltration by the Rebels . Another more obvious reason was the fact that high level Imperials would meet in the conference room which made it an obvious target for Rebel spies to plant a bomb or perform a suicide attack . Room interior . The room had gray , metallic walls and a polished black table that gave it a menacing look that reflected the strength and ruthless ambition of the Empire . The table in the center of the room had twelve seats arranged around it . During the conference immediately following the capture of Princess Leia Organa , only nine of these seats were occupied . Although the table was round the seating arrangement had a distinct hierarchy . One of the chairs around the table had an extended back and was occupied by the senior Imperial official . During the period before the Battle of Yavin , Grand Moff Tarkin held this position . The officers next in the chain of command would sit either side of this chair and the most junior of attendees would sit opposite . When Darth Vader attended meetings held in the conference room he would rarely take a seat at the table preferring to hover menacingly around the backs of the other delegates . There were computer terminals installed at each position on the table that were linked to the Death Star central command computers . In the center of the table there was a highly polished holoprojector that was operated through the computer terminals . It could be used to display three - dimensional models of potential targets , as well as providing holographic tactical readouts for evaluations by Tarkin and the various Imperial strategists within the Military . Usage . The conference room had been contacted by X1 by hologram reporting that the Tributary beam component for the Death Star ' s superlaser was ready and on its way . However , the staff had not been present due to a firefight with the Rebel Alliance member X2 , who had infiltrated the battle station on a reconnaissance mission regarding the station ' s capabilities . It was later used after the Death Star ' s completion several times : Once by the commanding officer of the station , Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin , to announce that Palpatine had dissolved the Imperial Senate , with all the high members of the Imperial Military attended , where they , in particular Admiral Conan Antonio Motti and High General Cassio Tagge debated whether to use it immediately or not , as well as the legality in doing so . The meeting also resulted in Darth Vader briefly strangling Motti with the Force after the latter insubordinately retorted Vader ' s warning that the abilities of the Death Star were minuscule compared to the Force . It was also used shortly after the Destruction of Alderaan , where Chief Siward Cass reported the findings of their sweep of Dantooine to Tarkin and Vader , with the former being incensed that Leia had lied to them , and Vader acknowledging her loyalty to the Rebels being high enough that she would not actually divulge the location of the hidden Rebel Base .