Superweapon/Legends

A superweapon was a weapon with capacities far out of line with normal military technology, such as destroying entire planets or star systems, and often requiring great resources to create.
==History==
Superweapons were created at various points in galactic history, such as the Mass Shadow Generator used during the Mandalorian Wars. World-devastating weapons often had an unknown origin, such as the ancient builders of Centerpoint Station, via its hyperspace tractor beams.
Another famous example was the Star Forge, built in pre-Republic times by the ancient Rakata. Arguably the most powerful weapon ever built, the Star Forge constructed an infinite armada of warships, taking energy directly from the star of the Lehon system, Abo. This had many notable advantages, including that the Star Forge could remain hidden while still conquering the galaxy, unlike most superweapons of the Galactic Empire.
One unique superweapon was the Shawken Device, with the potential to destroy the entire universe, but its method of functioning may have rendered it ultimately useless. Also, it is unknown if it was even operational.
During the era of Ulic Qel-Droma, the Sith constructed a superweapon known as the Dark Reaper. The Dark Reaper drew power from the Force itself, and all of its weapons, both primary and defensive, were powered by the dark side of the force. The thought bomb was designed to kill all force sensitives in a certain area around it. It was used in the Seventh Battle of Ruusan against Lord Hoth and the Army of Light, both to turn the tide of the battle and so Darth Bane could reform the Sith under the Rule of Two.
Rokur Gepta used a bioweapon, the electromagnetic torpedo, to wipe out all life on the planet Tund, and prevent life from ever returning.
The Galactic Empire, via the Maw Installation and Bevel Lemelisk, built the Death Star prototype, the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station, the Death Star II, possibly the Death Star III, the Tarkin, and the Sun Crusher, all before the Battle of Endor. When the reborn Emperor Palpatine surfaced, his loyalists at Byss built four more planet-destroying weapons: the Galaxy Gun, the World Devastators, the Eclipse-class dreadnought, and the down-scaled Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer.
Superweapons were typically designed and manufactured by interstellar governments, as most minor factions could not afford the materials and technology required to build them. However, at certain points in galactic history, superweapons were commissioned by powerful crime lords. Sise Fromm commissioned the Trigon One, and Bevel Lemelisk designed the Darksaber for Durga the Hutt.
It should be noted that large capital ships, such as the Interdictor-class cruisers, the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Providence-class carrier/destroyers, and the Empire's Imperial-class Star Destroyers, were capable of rendering entire planets lifeless, but not completely annihilating them. Unlike the use of superweapons, this usually required a sustained bombardment, a Base Delta Zero, a combined assault from a fleet of ships, the sabotage of planetary shields, or some combination thereof.
In later years, the Galactic Empire was criticized for its overuse of ultimately ineffective superweapons. Han Solo once discussed how the Empire might have reacted to the Yuuzhan Vong War:The New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way
==Superweapons==
Weapon 	Faction 	Created 	Destroyed 	Notes 	Era
Hyperspace nullifierHonor Among Thieves 	K'kybak 	Millions of years before the Battle of Yavin 	2 ABY 	Superweapon capable of controlling hyperspace travel and located on the planet Seymarti V. Destroyed by a Rebel Alliance strike team to prevent the Galactic Empire from obtaining the technology	Pre-Republic era through Rebellion era
Centerpoint StationLegacy of the Force: Fury 	Thuruht and other Killik hives Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse Corellia 	c. 100,000 BBY 	40 ABY, Corellian system 	Designed by The Ones 	Pre-Republic era through Legacy era
CorsairTales of the Jedi – The Sith War 4 	Sith Empire 	pre-5000 BBYTales of the Jedi – The Fall of the Sith Empire 4	3996 BBY, Cron Cluster 	Modified Derriphan-class battleshipKnights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide 	Old Republic era
Sun RazerThe Old Republic—The Lost Suns 4 	Sith EmpireThe Old Republic—The Lost Suns 5 	 	3643 BBY, Vesla system 	A large space station capably of rapidly producing a variety of superweapons 	Old Republic era
Ascendant Spear 	Sith Empire 	c. 3643 BBY 	3640 BBYThe Old Republic: Annihilation 	Advanced battlecruiser design that served in the Imperial Navy 	Old Republic era
Planet Prison 	Galactic Republic Sith Empire 	 	3643 BBY, Coruscant 	Could supercharge the upper atmosphere of a planet, essentially turning the entire atmosphere into an enormous ion cannon 	Old Republic era
Shock Drum 	Galactic Republic Sith Empire 	 	3643 BBY, Tatooine 	Generated intense ultrasonic vibrations, which could ultimately shatter a planet 	Old Republic era
Death Mark laser 	Galactic Republic Sith Empire 	 	3643 BBY, Alderaan 	Consisted of an orbital platform that was able to fire highly accurate beams of super-concentrated energy at a specific individual 	Old Republic era
Conqueror 	Galactic Empire 	 	1 BBY, Mustafar 	Modified Imperial-class Star Destroyer 	Rebellion era
Baradium fission deviceMillennium Falcon 	Galactic Republic Galactic Empire Rebel Alliance 	 	 	Planet buster used in a failed attempt by the Rebellion to destroy the Bilbringi Shipyards 	Rise of the Empire era
Baradium missileThe New Jedi Order: Star by Star 	New Republic Galactic AllianceLegacy of the Force: Tempest Imperial RemnantFate of the Jedi: Ascension	 	 	Used to destroy the moon Boreleo and large capital ships 	New Jedi Order era through Legacy era
Baradium bomb 	Galactic Republic Sith Empire The Gormak 	 	 	Baradium was used to create some of the most powerful explosive weapons in the galaxy, the Gormak attempted to use a scavenged baradium bomb to destroy the city of Voss-Ka 	Old Republic era
Barrager 	Galactic Republic Sith Empire 	 	 	A collection of planetary turbolasers capable of destroying orbiting fleets 	Old Republic era
Composite Beam SuperlaserDeath Star Designer 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Armed with a superlaser capable of rendering a planet uninhabitable by piercing the planet's core 	Rise of the Empire era
Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser 	Galactic Empire 	 	0 BBY; 4 ABY; 	The primary weapon of the Death Stars. Can fire a superlaser capable of destroying an entire planet in one fell swoop. 	Rise of the Empire era through Rebellion era
Cosmic TurbineStar Wars: The Old Republic - Codex entry The Third Great Schism 	Celestial Dark Jedi 	 	4250 BBYThe New Essential Chronology 	The activation of this weapon triggered a chain reaction which killed all the Dark Jedi and destroyed the entire Vultar system 	Pre-Republic era through Old Republic era
DarksaberDarksaber 	Besadii kajidic 	12 ABY 	12 ABY 	Design based on the set of plans from the original Death Star 	New Republic era
Dark ReaperStar Wars: The Clone Wars video game 	Sith Empire Confederacy of Independent Systems 	c. 5000 BBY 	22 BBYStar Wars: The Clone Wars video game 	Killed anything within range by draining its Force energy and focusing it into destructive energy beams 	Old Republic era through Rise of the Empire era
Desolator 	Sith Empire 	3643 BBY 	3643 BBYStar Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia	A ship mounted weapon that was used to destroy the planet Uphrades 	Old Republic era
Death Star I 	Confederacy of Independent Systems Galactic Empire 	 	0 BBY/ABY 	Its superlaser was used to destroy the planet Alderaan in 0 BBY 	Rise of the Empire era through Rebellion era
Death Star II 	Galactic Empire 	 	4 ABY 	Armed with a planet-killing superlaser, it was a much larger and more powerful version of the first Death StarStar Wars: Complete Locations 	Rebellion era
DevastationStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance 	Confederacy of Independent Systems 	21 BBYStar Wars Annual 2011 	21 BBY 	Modified Subjugator-class heavy cruiserThe Clone Wars Campaign Guide 	Rise of the Empire eraStar Wars: The Clone Wars: The Visual Guide
Eclipse-class dreadnoughtDark Empire Sourcebook 	Galactic Empire 	 	11 ABYStar Wars: Empire's End 	Armed with a superlaser that could penetrate planetary shielding and devastate worlds 	Rebellion era through New Republic era
Eye of Palpatine 	Galactic Empire 	 	12 ABY 	A colossal asteroid-shaped dreadnought 	Rise of the Empire era through New Republic era
Electro-proton bomb 	Galactic Republic 	 	 	Could release a powerful electromagnetic pulse capable of disabling or destroying droids 	Rise of the Empire era
Galaxy GunStar Wars: Dark Empire II 	Galactic Empire 	10 ABY 	11 ABY 	Fired hyperdrive capable projectiles equipped with a particle disintegrator warhead that could destroy an entire planet 	New Republic era
Gauntlet 	Sith Empire 	 	3640 BBY 	A light-speed Cannon that was capable of eliminating hyperspace targets 	Old Republic era
Gravitic polarization beamStar Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron: The Phantom Affair 	Confederacy of Independent SystemsStar Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes Galactic Empire 	 	 	A beam weapon that disrupted matter on an atomic level, causing it to rip apart 	Rise of the Empire era through Rebellion era
Hyperspace CollisionsStar Wars: Revenge of the Sith Incredible Cross-SectionsGalaxy of Intrigue	 	 	 	A hyperspace collision could destroy or devastate a planet, even if a planetary shield was in place 	Pre-Republic era through Legacy era
Interplanetary Ion Cannon 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Its ion beams could vaporize a terrestrial planet's atmosphere 	Rise of the Empire era
Ionic Ring Ship"The Second Kessel Run" 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Used a modulated ionic beam that could influence planetary weather systems 	Rebellion era
Kumauri Battleship 	Kumauri Empire 	10,000 BBY 	 	The design of this planet-buster battleship was copied by the Galactic Republic 	Old Republic era
Mass Shadow GeneratorStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords 	Galactic Republic 	3960 BBY 	3951 BBY 	Used to destroy the planet Malachor V 	Old Republic era
Malevolence 	Confederacy of Independent Systems 	 	c. 21 BBY 	Modified Subjugator-class heavy cruiser 	Rise of the Empire era
Omega FrostStar Wars (1977) 31 	House of Tagge Galactic Empire 	0 ABY 	0 ABYStar Wars (1977) 34 	Could instantly flash-freeze anything caught between two conductor towersStar Wars (1977) 32 	Rebellion era
Orbital nightcloakThe Courtship of Princess Leia 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	A network of hundreds of satellites that would prevent all sunlight from reaching a planets surface thus killing all life 	Rebellion eraImperial Sourcebook, Second Edition through New Republic era
Planechanga 	Hutt Empire 	 	 	Railguns capable of accelerating asteroids to planet cracking velocities 	Pre-Republic era
Planet-cracking missile 	 	 	 	Mentioned by Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik as a method of destroying planets 	
Planet Killer 	Confederacy of Independent Systems 	 	 	Could allegedly destroy an entire planet 	Rise of the Empire era
Radar-cloaking superweaponStar Wars: The Clone Wars mobile game 	Confederacy of Independent Systems 	c. 21 BBY 	c. 21 BBY 	Capable of shrouding entire armies from being detected by enemy radars. Destroyed by a clone trooper task team led by trooper Denal 	Rise of the Empire era
Resonance Torpedo Launcher 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Could allegedly destroy an entire solar system with resonance torpedos that would trigger supernovasJedi Search 	Rise of the Empire era
Shawken DeviceStar Wars (1977) 87 	Shawken 	 	 	Could allegedly destroy all matter in the universe through a series of hyperspace collisions 	Old Republic era through Rebellion era
Silencer 	Sith Empire 	 	 	Rapid-recharge "Fleet-Killer" Megalaser 	Old Republic era
Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Armed with a superlaser that could penetrate planetary shielding and devastate worlds 	New Republic era
Star ForgeStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 	Infinite Empire Darth Revan's Sith Empire 	30,000 BBY 	3956 BBY 	Giant automated shipyard 	Pre-Republic era through Old Republic era
Starkiller 	Confederacy of Independent Systems 	 	 	A hyperspace-point destabilizer, whose destruction devastated the planet Kromus 	Rise of the Empire era
Sun Crusher 	Galactic Empire 	 	11 ABYChampions of the Force 	This nearly invincible weapon used resonance torpedos to trigger stars to go supernova 	New Republic era
TarkinStar Wars (1977) 51 	Galactic Empire 	3 ABY 	3 ABY 	Its superlaser was used to destroy Aeten II 	Rebellion era
Thought bombStar Wars: Jedi vs. Sith 	SithDarth Bane: Path of Destruction Brotherhood of Darkness 	 	 	Was the result of an ancient ritual that could unleash the full volatility of the dark side of the Force 	Old Republic era
Undying 	Sith Empire 	 	 	 	Old Republic era
World Devastator 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Its tractor beam projectors would tear a planet apart and then military hardware would be created from the collected natural resources 	New Republic era
Yo'gand's Core TacticThe New Jedi Order: Vector Prime 	Yuuzhan Vong empire 	15,000 BBY 	 	A dovin basal targets a planetary satellite to slow its orbit and then crashes it into a planet 	Old Republic era through New Jedi Order era
Unidentified Republic superweaponMedStar II: Jedi Healer 	Galactic Republic 	 	23 BBY 	Accidentally wiped out all life on the planet Equanus 	Rise of the Empire era
Hammer StationStar Wars: The Old Republic - Codex entry Hammer Station 	Galactic Republic Advozse HegemonyStar Wars: The Old Republic 	 	 	Its massive gravity cannon could launch asteroids at near-relativistic speeds at a chosen target 	Old Republic era
Drill shipRebellion Era Campaign Guide 	 	 	 	Of unknown origin this ancient mining vessel could drill through and shatter a planet 	Rebellion era
Sky cannonThe Protocol Offensive 	Tahlboor 	 	 	Destroyed one of the twin moons of Tahlboor 	Rise of the Empire era
Cal-class battleshipCracken's Rebel Operatives 	Galactic Republic 	 	 	The last Republic planet-buster battleship class that was based on the Kumauri Battleship design 	Old Republic era
Infinity GateStar Wars (1998) 26 	Kwa Star Wars (1998) 24 Nightsisters 	 	31 BBY 	Used for interstellar travel, but could also produce a planet destroying Infinity Wave 	Pre-Republic era through Rise of the Empire era
Shadow Arsenal 	Galactic Republic 	 	3642 BBY 	Interplanetary missiles, each armed with a cloaking device and a warhead of continent-shaking power 	Old Republic era
Anti-matter bombStar Wars (1977) 54 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	These bombs could render large areas uninhabitable, an improvised bomb destroyed the Mascot Moon of Carida 	Rise of the Empire era through Rebellion era
Gravity gunLuke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 	Galactic Empire 	 	5 ABY 	Could launch Gravity bombs that would generate intense gravity waves designed to shake targets to pieces 	New Republic era
Metal-Crystal Phase Shifter 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	Capable of altering the molecular structure of metallic substances, ultimately weakening themLegacy of the Force: Revelation 	New Republic era through Legacy era
Visual electromagnetic intensifier 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	A network of hundreds of satellites that would enhance and focus visible light onto the planet, effectively cooking it to death 	Rebellion era
Two-wave gravshock 	Galactic Empire 	 	 	This device used gravwaves to affect a planet's gravitational field, causing effects that resembled groundquakes and other natural disasters 	Rebellion era
Null Cannon 	Galactic Republic 	 	 	Fired energy blasts that could render enemy technology useless 	Old Republic era
Infant of ShaaStar Wars: Zam Wesell 	Annoo-dat Prime Terrorists 	 	 	Served as receptacle for Force energy that, when released, would emit a disturbance in the Force great enough to rip a world apart 	Rise of the Empire era
Trigon One 	Fromm Gang 	 	 	Allegedly, at full power, this satellite could destroy a planet 	Rise of the Empire era
Darkstaff 	Sith Empire 	Thousands of years before the Clone Wars 	19 BBY 	An ancient Sith artifact that had the power to destroy planets 	Old Republic era through Rise of the Empire era
Gree dark matter deviceDawn of the Jedi: Into the Void 	Stargazers 	25,793 BBY 	25,793 BBY 	Any contact between dark matter and normal matter would create a black hole that could destroy a planet or even an entire star system 	Pre-Republic era through Legacy era
Death Star prototype 	Galactic Empire 	 	11 ABY 	It did not possess the firepower of the first Death Star, but its superlaser was powerful enough to destroy a moon 	Rise of the Empire era through New Republic era
==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
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* Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
* Star Wars: Tag & Bink Are Dead
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* Star Wars Infinities: Return of the Jedi
*Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace 
*LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
*LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
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