Starquakes can indeed be caused by the first turbulence in the core of a very massive star. There are also other reasons why stars can have starquakes. Half of the stars or even more if you go to higher masses, they live together with two and then they have tidal forces. Just like in that scene in Star Wars, where Luke comes out, is it the sand planet and he sees a double sunset? That's the only accurate science in the entire series.

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