Discuss @Coiler 's latest article here
It might be a little bit of a digression, but I don't recall the second Death Star in Empire Strikes Back. Admittedly, my knowledge only really comes from the example of the Second Death Star as a Project Management Case Study, which I understand is fairly standard in many military developments. Construction starts well, then problems start to arise, specifications get changed, senior staff (in this case, Darth Vader) intervene to provide management teams with incentives to hasten production, and then the whole project is rendered moot by changing circumstances (in this case, being destroyed).
I'm sure those readers familiar with military procurement would be able to better comment.