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Superlaser

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Superlasers were laser-based superweapons. The primary weapon of the Death Star battle stations, a superlaser could destroy entire planets in one blast.

Text and facts from the “Superlaser” article on Wookieepedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Modified for this site.

Facts

Purpose
Mass destruction

Appearances

64 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars Battlefront II
  2. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (as a hologram)
  3. Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
  4. Ghosts of Mortis (in a vision)
  5. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  6. Entombed
  7. Rix Road
  8. Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess (in a flashback)
  9. Vader - Dark Visions 3
  10. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
  11. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novelization
  12. Star Wars: Rogue One: A Junior Novel
  13. Rogue One Adaptation 2
  14. Rogue One Adaptation 6
  15. Bounty Hunt
  16. Age of Rebellion - Grand Moff Tarkin 1
  17. Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (first appearance)
  18. A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy (indirect mention)
  19. Star Wars: A New Hope junior novelization
  20. A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
  21. Star Wars: The Original Trilogy – A Graphic Novel
  22. Star Wars: Heroes Path
  23. Escape from Darth Vader (as a hologram)
  24. Verge of Greatness
  25. Trapped in the Death Star!
  26. Contingency Plan (indirect mention)
  27. Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (mentioned only)
  28. Darth Vader (2015) 8 (as a hologram)
  29. Doctor Aphra (2016) 3 (mentioned only)
  30. Doctor Aphra Annual 1 (mentioned only)
  31. Doctor Aphra (2016) 22 (pictured only, as a hologram)
  32. Darth Vader (2020) 11 (as a hologram)
  33. Star Wars (2020) 18 (in a flashback)
  34. Darth Vader (2020) 24 (in a flashback)
  35. Star Wars (2020) 34 (indirect mention)
  36. Darth Vader (2020) 47 (indirect mention)
  37. Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (mentioned only)
  38. Hyperspace Stories 12
  39. Trooper Trouble (indirect mention)
  40. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  41. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
  42. Any Work Worth Doing (mentioned only)
  43. TIE Fighter 1 (in a flashback)
  44. When Fire Marked the Sky (indirect mention)
  45. Blade Squadron
  46. The Emperor's Red Guards (mentioned only)
  47. The Levers of Power
  48. To the Last (mentioned only)
  49. The Rising (in a flashback)
  50. Alphabet Squadron
  51. Aftermath (in a flashback)
  52. Star Wars: Squadrons
  53. Aftermath: Empire's End (indirect mention)
  54. Shadow of the Sith (indirect mention)
  55. All Creatures Great and Small (mentioned only)
  56. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel (mentioned only)
  57. Join the Resistance: Attack on Starkiller Base
  58. Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
  59. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition
  60. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: A Junior Novel
  61. Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  62. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
  63. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
  64. A Eulogy for Snap
Non-canon appearances: 1
  1. Star Wars: Battle Pod

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