adywan, I completely support your decision to use the shock wave. Not to put down the original, but I watched the video posted by tellan recently of Alderran exploding, and something about the way Alderann explodes in the original just isn't realistic. It looks like I am watching something small explode not a planet. I just prefer the shockwave over the original. Also, the death star explosion should look different, because it isn't the size of Alderran and doesn't have the same composition as Alderran. I am glad you are doing it this way.