Is it true that the Empire handed out private contracts for the construction of the Second Death Star? If so does that make its destruction the largest loss of innocent life in the war?

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jetshockeyfan

Not entirely. The majority of construction work was done by self-replicating construction droids. However, some of the resources that could not be obtained from the Endor system were procured from a company called Xizor Transport Systems, who leaked the details of the project to the Rebel Alliance.