Missile/Legends

Missile was a catch-all term for a type of projectile weapon. Many types of missiles were fired from starships, including capital ships and starfighters. Other types of missiles were utilized by ground vehicles, while still more could also be fired by a single soldier, from a hand-held or shoulder-fired missile tube. Sometimes soldiers were known to have Rocket launchers and they were described as a "rocket".

Basic structure and description
The typical missile was a ranged weapon that carried its own propellant fuel, enabling it to reach a target independent of the power source from which it was launched. Basic missiles dated from the earliest years of recorded warfare, developed from basic rockets. Most weapons of this type contained a guidance system, which allowed them to be locked onto a specific target, which the missile would then attempt to home in on. Size ranged from small "chip" missiles that could be fired from a man-portable device and were typically used against ground vehicles, to capital ship-grade warheads that could devastate enemy war vessels or planetary surfaces.

Missiles normally had armor and sometimes a shield. They were generally cylinder shaped, so they could penetrate capital ship and starfighter shields.

Terrorist Group(s)/Attack(s)
In 27 BBY, a terrorist group tried to use a home-made missile to assassinate Passel Argente on the planet Bartokk. However, their plan was thwarted by Jorus C'baoth, who used the Force to stop the missile from reaching it's target.

Battle of Muunilinst
Missiles were used during the Clone Wars, notably during the Battle of Muunilinst. Anakin Skywalker had the Clone pilots under his command fire their missiles into empty space and he lured a number of Separatist ships that were pursuing him into the path of them.

Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars)
During the Battle of Courscant, Discord missiles were fired apon Obi-Wan Kenobi's and Anakin Skywalker's Jedi starfighters, despite the homing systems Anakin managed to evade the missiles fired at his starfighter. Obi-Wan, however, was hit, the missiles flew in-front of his ship and then exploded, releasing Buzz droids which then set about destroying his starfighter. These missiles had homing systems.

Battle of Hoth
During the Battle of Hoth, rocket launchers were used, these rocket launchers fired homing missiles which could lock on to targets and then track them, following them.

Mission to Adumar
An illegal company, Dammant Killers, was producing missiles from a factory on Adumar. In 40 ABY, Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker went on a mission to uncover the factory.

Carbonite Missiles
Carbonite missiles were used by the Zann Consortium sometimes. They were used to slow people or units down. The M.A.L. could switch to Carbonite Missiles and regular explosive missiles in a matter of time. The M.A.L. was made by Merr-Sonn Munitions.

Concussion missile
Concussion missiles were short-range, anti-vehicle missiles produced by many manufacturers. Some types of these missiles could go an extremely far range, almost like a Corvette. The Venator-class Star Destroyer was capable of firing Concussion missiles.

Cruise missile
Cruise missiles were high-powered missiles capable of homing in on a target. A pirate named Nym was known to have these on his personal starfighter.

Discord Missile
Discord Missiles delivered Buzz droids to their targets during the Clone Wars.

Hex missile
Hex missiles had a special warhead containing a payload of the hex weapon Trihexalon. Hex missiles were launched from Hex Bombers.

Intruder missile
Intruder missiles were designed by Slayn & Korpil for the Rebel Alliance. The missile was designed to overload the shield generators on large ships, causing them to explode and damage the rest of the ship.

Nano missile
Nano missiles were small missiles that could be sensor-guided to a target. The Guardian Mantis was known to be equipped with these missiles.

Rockets
A rocket was a type of missile. During Jaden Korr's campaign against the Disciples of Ragnos he often used rocket launchers or a PLX-2M portable missile launcher made by Merr-Sonn Munitions, Inc. Rocket launchers were very similar to missile launchers, similar in shape and used for the same purpose: to launch missiles.