Weapon |
Faction |
Created |
Destroyed |
Notes |
Era
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Hyperspace nullifier[2] |
K'kybak[2] |
Millions of years before the Battle of Yavin (Estimated)[2] |
2 ABY[2] |
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[2] |
Pre-Republic era through Rebellion era[2]
|
Centerpoint Station[3] |
Thuruht and other Killik hives (formerly)[4] Corellia[3] |
c. 100,000 BBY[4] |
40 ABY, Corellian system[3] |
Designed by The Ones[4] |
Pre-Republic era[4] through Legacy era[3]
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Corsair[5] |
Sith Empire[5] |
pre-5000 BBY[6] |
3996 BBY, Cron Cluster[5] |
Modified Derriphan-class battleship[7] |
Old Republic era[5]
|
Sun Razer[8] |
Sith Empire[9] |
|
3643 BBY, Vesla system[9] |
A large space station capably of rapidly producing a variety of superweapons[8] |
Old Republic era[8]
|
Ascendant Spear[8] |
Sith Empire[8] |
c. 3643 BBY[8] |
3640 BBY[10] |
Advanced battlecruiser design that served in the Imperial Navy[10] |
Old Republic era[8]
|
Planet Prison[11] |
Galactic Republic (formerly)[11] Sith Empire[11] |
|
3643 BBY, Coruscant[11] |
Could supercharge the upper atmosphere of a planet, essentially turning the entire atmosphere into an enormous ion cannon[12] |
Old Republic era[11]
|
Shock Drum[13] |
Galactic Republic (formerly)[13] Sith Empire[13] |
|
3643 BBY, Tatooine[13] |
Generated intense ultrasonic vibrations, which could ultimately shatter a planet[13] |
Old Republic era[13]
|
Death Mark laser[14] |
Galactic Republic (formerly)[14] Sith Empire[14] |
|
3643 BBY, Alderaan[14] |
Consisted of an orbital platform that was able to fire highly accurate beams of super-concentrated energy at a specific individual[14] |
Old Republic era[14]
|
Conqueror[15] |
Galactic Empire[15] |
|
1 BBY, Mustafar[15] |
Modified Imperial-class Star Destroyer[15] |
Rebellion era
|
Baradium fission device[16] |
Galactic Republic Galactic Empire[16] Rebel Alliance[16] |
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Planet buster used in a failed attempt by the Rebellion to destroy the Bilbringi Shipyards[16] |
Rise of the Empire era[16]
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Baradium missile[17] |
New Republic[17] Galactic Alliance[18] Imperial Remnant[19] |
|
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Used to destroy the moon Boreleo and large capital ships[19] |
New Jedi Order era[17] through Legacy era[18]
|
Baradium bomb[20] |
Galactic Republic[21] Sith Empire[20] The Gormak[20] |
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Baradium was used to create some of the most powerful explosive weapons in the galaxy,[21] the Gormak attempted to use a scavenged baradium bomb to destroy the city of Voss-Ka[20] |
Old Republic era[20]
|
Composite Beam Superlaser[22] |
Galactic Empire[22] |
|
|
Armed with a superlaser capable of rendering a planet uninhabitable by piercing the planet's core.[22] |
Rise of the Empire era[22]
|
Concave Dish Composite Beam Superlaser[22] |
Galactic Empire[23][24][22] |
|
0 BBY[23]; 4 ABY;[24] |
The primary weapon of the Death Stars. Can fire a superlaser capable of destroying an entire planet in one fell swoop.[23][24][22] |
Rise of the Empire era through Rebellion era[23][24][22]
|
Cosmic Turbine[25] |
Celestial (formerly)[25] Dark Jedi[25] |
|
4250 BBY[26] |
The activation of this weapon triggered a chain reaction which killed all the Dark Jedi and destroyed the entire Vultar system[25] |
Pre-Republic era[25] through Old Republic era[26]
|
Darksaber[27] |
Besadii kajidic[27] |
12 ABY[28] |
12 ABY[28] |
Design based on the set of plans from the original Death Star[27] |
New Republic era[27]
|
Dark Reaper[29] |
Sith Empire (formerly)[7] Confederacy of Independent Systems[29] |
c. 5000 BBY[7] |
|
Killed anything within range by draining its Force energy and focusing it into destructive energy beams[29] |
Old Republic era[7] through Rise of the Empire era[29]
|
Desolator[30] |
Sith Empire[30] |
|
3640 BBY[31] |
A ship mounted weapon that was used to destroy the planet Uphrades[30] |
Old Republic era[30]
|
Death Star I[23] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems (formerly)[32][26] Galactic Empire[23] |
|
0 BBY/ABY[23] |
Its superlaser was used to destroy the planet Alderaan in 0 BBY[23] |
Rise of the Empire era[32][26] through Rebellion era[23]
|
Death Star II[24] |
Galactic Empire[24] |
|
4 ABY[26] |
Armed with a planet-killing superlaser, it was a much larger and more powerful version of the first Death Star[33] |
Rebellion era[26]
|
Devastation[34] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[34] |
21 BBY[35] |
21 BBY[35] |
Modified Subjugator-class heavy cruiser[36] |
Rise of the Empire era[37]
|
Eclipse-class dreadnought[38] |
Galactic Empire[38] |
|
11 ABY[39] |
Armed with a superlaser that could penetrate planetary shielding and devastate worlds[38] |
Rebellion era through New Republic era[38]
|
Eye of Palpatine[40] |
Galactic Empire[40] |
|
12 ABY[40] |
A colossal asteroid-shaped dreadnought[40] |
Rise of the Empire era[40] through New Republic era[40]
|
Electro-proton bomb[41] |
Galactic Republic[41] |
|
|
Could release a powerful electromagnetic pulse capable of disabling or destroying droids[41] |
Rise of the Empire era[41]
|
Galaxy Gun[42] |
Galactic Empire[42] |
10 ABY[42] |
11 ABY[39] |
Fired hyperdrive capable projectiles equipped with a particle disintegrator warhead that could destroy an entire planet[42] |
New Republic era[42]
|
the Gauntlet[8] |
Sith Empire[8] |
|
3640 BBY[31] |
A light-speed Cannon that was capable of eliminating hyperspace targets[8] |
Old Republic era[8]
|
Gravitic polarization beam[43] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[44] Galactic Empire[43] |
|
|
A beam weapon that disrupted matter on an atomic level, causing it to rip apart[43][44] |
Rise of the Empire era[44] through Rebellion era[43]
|
Hyperspace Collisions[45][46] |
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|
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A hyperspace collision could destroy[45] or devastate a planet, even if a planetary shield was in place[46] |
Pre-Republic era through Legacy era
|
Interplanetary Ion Cannon[22] |
Galactic Empire[22] |
|
|
Its ion beams could vaporize a terrestrial planet's atmosphere[22] |
Rise of the Empire era[22]
|
Ion Ring[47] |
Galactic Empire[47] |
|
|
Used a modulated ionic beam that could influence planetary weather systems[47] |
Rebellion era[47]
|
Kumauri Battleship[48] |
Kumauri Empire[48] |
10,000 BBY[48] |
|
The design of this planet-buster battleship was copied by the Galactic Republic[48] |
Old Republic era[48]
|
Mass Shadow Generator[49] |
Galactic Republic[49] |
3960 BBY[49] |
3951 BBY[49] |
Used to destroy the planet Malachor V[49] |
Old Republic era[49]
|
Malevolence[50] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[50] |
|
c. 21 BBY[51] |
Modified Subjugator-class heavy cruiser[36] |
Rise of the Empire era[50]
|
Omega Frost[52] |
House of Tagge[52] Galactic Empire[52] |
0 ABY[52] |
0 ABY[53] |
Could instantly flash-freeze anything caught between two conductor towers[54] |
Rebellion era[52]
|
Orbital nightcloak[55] |
Galactic Empire[55] |
|
|
A network of hundreds of satellites that would prevent all sunlight from reaching a planets surface thus killing all life[55] |
Rebellion era[56] through New Republic era[55]
|
Planechanga[48] |
Hutt Empire[48] |
|
|
Railguns capable of accelerating asteroids to planet cracking velocities[48] |
Pre-Republic era[48]
|
Planet-cracking missile[48] |
|
|
|
Mentioned by Grand Admiral Osvald Teshik as a method of destroying planets[48] |
|
Planet Killer[57] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[57] |
|
|
Could allegedly destroy an entire planet[57] |
Rise of the Empire era[57]
|
Radar-cloaking superweapon[58] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[58] |
c. 21 BBY[58] |
c. 21 BBY[58] |
Capable of shrouding entire armies from being detected by enemy radars. Destroyed by a clone trooper task team led by trooper Denal[58] |
Rise of the Empire era[58]
|
Resonance Torpedo Launcher[22] |
Galactic Empire[22] |
|
|
Could allegedly destroy an entire solar system with resonance torpedos[22] that would trigger supernovas[59] |
Rise of the Empire era[22]
|
Shawken Device[60] |
Shawken[60] |
|
|
Could allegedly destroy all matter in the universe through a series of hyperspace collisions[60] |
Old Republic era through Rebellion era[60]
|
Silencer[8] |
Sith Empire[8] |
|
|
Rapid-recharge "Fleet-Killer" Megalaser[8] |
Old Republic era[8]
|
Sovereign-class Super Star Destroyer[38] |
Galactic Empire[38] |
|
|
Armed with a superlaser that could penetrate planetary shielding and devastate worlds[38] |
New Republic era[38]
|
Star Forge[61] |
Infinite Empire (formerly)[61] Revan's Sith Empire[61] |
30,000 BBY[26] |
3956 BBY[26] |
Giant automated shipyard[61] |
Pre-Republic era[61] through Old Republic era[61]
|
Starkiller[62] |
Confederacy of Independent Systems[62] |
|
|
A hyperspace-point destabilizer, whose destruction devastated the planet Kromus[62] |
Rise of the Empire era[62]
|
Sun Crusher[59] |
Galactic Empire[59] |
|
11 ABY[63] |
This nearly invincible weapon used resonance torpedos to trigger stars to go supernova[63] |
New Republic era[59]
|
Tarkin[64] |
Galactic Empire[64] |
3 ABY[26] |
3 ABY[26] |
Its superlaser was used to destroy Aeten II[65] |
Rebellion era[26]
|
Thought bomb[66] |
the Sith[67] Brotherhood of Darkness[66] |
|
|
Was the result of an ancient ritual that could unleash the full volatility of the dark side of the Force[66] |
Old Republic era[66]
|
Undying[8] |
Sith Empire[8] |
|
|
|
Old Republic era[8]
|
World Devastator[38] |
Galactic Empire[38] |
|
|
Its tractor beam projectors would tear a planet apart and then military hardware would be created from the collected natural resources[38] |
New Republic era[38]
|
Yo'gand's Core Tactic[68] |
Yuuzhan Vong empire[68] |
15,000 BBY[68] |
|
A dovin basal targets a planetary satellite to slow its orbit and then crashes it into a planet[68] |
Old Republic era through New Jedi Order era[68]
|
Unidentified Republic superweapon[69] |
Galactic Republic[69] |
|
23 BBY[69] |
Accidentally wiped out all life on the planet Equanus[69] |
Rise of the Empire era[69]
|
Hammer Station[70] |
Galactic Republic (formerly)[70] Advozse Hegemony[71] |
|
|
Its massive gravity cannon could launch asteroids at near-relativistic speeds at a chosen target[70] |
Old Republic era[71]
|
Drill ship[72] |
|
|
|
Of unknown origin this ancient mining vessel could drill through and shatter a planet[72] |
Rebellion era[72]
|
Sky cannon[73] |
Tahlboor[73] |
|
|
Destroyed one of the twin moons of Tahlboor[73] |
Rise of the Empire era[73]
|
Cal-class battleship[74] |
Galactic Republic[74] |
|
|
The last Republic planet-buster battleship class that was based on the Kumauri Battleship design[74][48] |
Old Republic era[74]
|
Infinity Gate[75] |
Kwa (formerly)[76] Nightsisters[75] |
|
31 BBY[77] |
Used for interstellar travel, but could also produce a planet destroying Infinity Wave[75] |
Pre-Republic era[76] through Rise of the Empire era[75]
|
Shadow Arsenal[78] |
Galactic Republic[78] |
|
|
Interplanetary missiles, each armed with a cloaking device and a warhead of continent-shaking power[78] |
Old Republic era[78]
|
Anti-matter bomb[79] |
Galactic Empire[79] |
|
|
These bombs could render large areas uninhabitable,[79] an improvised bomb destroyed the Mascot Moon of Carida[38] |
Rise of the Empire era[38] through Rebellion era[79]
|
Gravity gun[80] |
Galactic Empire[80] |
|
5 ABY[48] |
Could launch Gravity bombs that would generate intense gravity waves designed to shake targets to pieces[80] |
New Republic era[48]
|
Metal-Crystal Phase Shifter[63] |
Galactic Empire[63] |
|
|
Capable of altering the molecular structure of metallic substances, ultimately weakening them[81] |
New Republic era[63] through Legacy era[81]
|
Visual Electromagnetic Intensifier[56] |
Galactic Empire[56] |
|
|
A network of hundreds of satellites that would enhance and focus visible light onto the planet, effectively cooking it to death[56] |
Rebellion era[56]
|
Two-Wave Gravshock Device[56] |
Galactic Empire[56] |
|
|
This device used gravwaves to affect a planet's gravitational field, causing effects that resembled groundquakes and other natural disasters[56] |
Rebellion era[56]
|
Null Cannon[82] |
Galactic Republic[82] |
|
|
Fired energy blasts that could render enemy technology useless[56] |
Old Republic era[82]
|
Infant of Shaa[83] |
Annoo-dat Prime Terrorists[83] |
|
|
Served as receptacle for Force energy that, when released, would emit a disturbance in the Force great enough to rip a world apart[83] |
Rise of the Empire era[83]
|
Trigon One[84] |
Fromm Gang[84] |
|
|
Allegedly, at full power, this satellite could destroy a planet[84] |
Rise of the Empire era[84]
|
Darkstaff[85] |
Sith Empire[85] |
|
19 BBY[86] |
An ancient Sith artifact that had the power to destroy planets[85] |
Old Republic era[85] through Rise of the Empire era[86]
|
Gree dark matter device[87] |
Stargazer Sect[87] |
25,793 BBY[87] |
25,793 BBY[87] |
Any contact between dark matter and normal matter would create a black hole that could destroy a planet or even an entire star system[87] |
Pre-Republic era through Legacy era[87]
|
Death Star prototype[59] |
Galactic Empire[59] |
|
11 ABY[63] |
It did not possess the firepower of the first Death Star, but its superlaser was powerful enough to destroy a moon[63] |
Rise of the Empire era[26] through New Republic era[63]
|