Proton torpedo

"A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."

- General Jan Dodonna briefs Rebel pilots on the attack on the Death Star

Proton torpedoes were a type of explosive ordnance used throughout the galaxy. Upon impact with a target, the energy warhead would release clouds of high-velocity proton particles.

They were used by the Royal Naboo Security Forces during the Invasion of Naboo, in which Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Trade Federation command ship with proton torpedoes.

Decades later, proton torpedoes were used by TIE bombers to bomb a carrier stolen by the Lothal rebels. Later, they were used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Battle of Yavin. After examining stolen plans for the Death Star, a planet-destroying space station operated by the Galactic Empire, the Rebel Alliance determined that the Death Star could be destroyed if proton torpedoes were fired into the exhaust port which led down into the reactor core. Using the Force, Luke Skywalker successfully destroyed the station using proton torpedoes during the battle.

Around 34 years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Resistance used miniaturized MG7-A proton torpedoes during their bombing run on Starkiller Base's thermal oscillator.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Tarkin
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
 * Darth Vader 20: End of Games, Part I
 * "The Misadventures of Triple-Zero and Beetee"
 * Star Wars 22: The Last Flight of the Harbinger, Part II
 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Battlefront: Twilight Company
 * Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
 * Aftermath
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
 * Aftermath
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * "All Creatures Great and Small"
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens