Proton beam cannon
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Proton beam cannons were powerful energy weapons used most prominently by the Galactic Empire.
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The most famous of these were the planetary proton beam cannons used to make up superlasers such as the ones found on the first and second Death Star.[1] These could completely obliterate a target world.[2]
There also existed smaller composite beam superlasers that were capable of making a planet uninhabitable by destroying its core.[1] An anti-capital ship proton beam cannon was also constructed on the surface of Dubrillion during the height of the Galactic Civil War.[3] Capital ship-scaled cannons were a feature of both the Eclipse-class and Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer models. These guns could sear entire continents in a moment, but not pulverize an entire planet.[4]
At the Empire's height, a much smaller proton beam cannon was mounted on the modified Imperial-class Star Destroyer, the Accuser.[5] Decades later, Booster Terrik had his private Star Destroyer Errant Venture fitted with a similar weapon said to be based on the Darksaber project.[6] A fighter-scale proton beam cannon was fitted to the Lancet Aerial Artillery vehicles used by the Empire.[7]
AppearancesEdit
- Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice
- Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Star Wars: X-wing
- Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (First appearance)
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi novel
- Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi junior novel
- Darksaber
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
SourcesEdit
- The Technical Book of Science Fiction Films
- Death Star Designer
- Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption: Prima Official Game Guide
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