In the Legends/EU continuity, other forms of mass-driver weaponry existed, too. Now, that's not to say that mass-driver technology like modern real-world railguns and gauss cannons isn't used in Star Wars in fact, it is and it's seen onscreen with the cannons mounted atop the Grand Army of the Republic's All-Terrain Tactical Enforcer walkers in Episodes II and III. Smaller meteoroids/meteorites would probably break apart and bounce off the shield, partially vaporized. Shields similar to the one surrounding Scarif in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story were capable of deflecting anything from a shot from a laser cannon to a capital ship's turbolaser batteries, and as seen in the movie, torpedo attacks and even an X-wing starfighter slamming into the surface had next to zero effect on its integrity.
Well, for one thing, planetary-based particle shields would defend against many such attacks. A meteorite, real or artificial, so close cannot be deflected. We see that hyperspace travel is not possible on the surface of the planet, but we also see ships entering hyperspace just outside the atmosphere. Yet, we see none of these in any episodes of Star Wars. Or a truckload of sand? It would be easier to spread and more difficult to recapture, and would reach the atmosphere and create a giant fireball. What about a dark, cold metal rod? It would be almost invisible, and if properly designed, would penetrate the crust of an Earth-like planet causing devastating volcanic eruptions and lava flows. Other type of projectiles would be even more deadly or even less detectable. Why don't they come out of hyperspace at high speed, release some rocks, and reenter hyperspace immediately?Ī big rock, traveling as fast as a real meteorite could kill most life on a planet far more easily than the Death Star did. We often see that they have no difficulty matching the speed of the spaceship to the orbital velocity of the nearest planet, or to the already waiting other ships.
A ship coming out of hyperspace can have any speed. They move large ships, lots of cargo, even entire planets across the galaxy. Hyperspace travel seems to be cheap and easy in Star Wars.
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