"It took no more than an instant. Tenn knew that the beam's total destructive power was much bigger than matter-energy conversions limited to realspace. At full charge, the hyper-matter reactor provided a superluminal 'boost' that caused much of the planet's mass to be shifted immediately into hyperspace. As a result, Alderaan exploded into a fiery ball of eye-smiting light almost instantaneously, and a planar ring of energy reflux—the 'shadow' of a hyperspatial ripple—spread rapidly outward."
Tenn Graneet fires the Death Star's superlaser against Alderaan[src]

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  1. --Alharo (talk) 04:38, December 1, 2014 (UTC)
  2. IFYLOFD (Enter the Floydome) 03:50, December 4, 2014 (UTC)
  3. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 03:56, December 4, 2014 (UTC)
  4. ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:37, December 7, 2014 (UTC)
  5. A convenient explanation, if oddly-placed in the novel. Almost "as you know" in effect. Still a good quote. JorrelWiki-shrinkableFraajic 04:45, January 11, 2015 (UTC)
  6. Sir Cavalier of OneFarStar(Squadron channel) 23:57, February 16, 2015 (UTC)
  7. Brandon Rhea(talk) 23:56, February 17, 2015 (UTC)
  8. Hanzo Hasashi (talk) 04:23, February 18, 2015 (UTC)

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