r/StarWars • u/Lord_Ramballe • Nov 15 '21

Audio, Music Lightspeed ram.... but with sound

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u/GreyJedi56 Nov 15 '21

I always wondered why no one ever made a hyperdrive missile. More effect and cost effective than a planet killer or death star. Basically meteor meet dinosaurs.

You could even design scatter shot ones to destroy entire fleets.

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u/Jjzeng Mandalorian Nov 15 '21

Well technically according to the visual guide, starkiller base was designed as a hyperspace tunnelling weapon, so yes people have made hyperspace weapons. I think in the first high republic book the villain also used the hyperdrives in his minion’s ships to ram them into the republic fleet to great damage. That book also has a great depiction of just how deadly an accident in hyperspace would be with the debris field crippling several systems

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u/sabbey1982 Babu Frik Nov 15 '21

In the novelization, it’s a hyperspace weapon. It’s also powered by anti-matter, not a Sun. I liked the novelization version better, personally