 > weaponry is one of the few things to have improved during the time of the empire. However, nearly all the improvements took the form of building a BIGGER gun, not a more compact gun with the same firepower. Matter of fact, it's very possible the death star's method of destroying planets relies more on anti-gravity than anything else; even so, it requir > es a massive device, and the second death star is bigger, not smaller. > > Other weapons appear to have the same firepower for a given size between the republic and empire. > > 