Planetary Shields Destroy Ships
ESB introduced us to Planetary Shields that can deflect artillery bombardment from orbit. Clearly space vessels cannot fly through this shield, as we learned when General Veers had to land his army beyond the shields and proceed by land, underneath the shield's influence. Then in ROTJ, this is reinforced when the Rebel attack is aborted because the DS2 shield from Endor is still operational. And in Rogue One, we see what happens when a starfighter collides with a planetary shield: BOOM.
So we know that these shields exist in Star Wars, we know that "conventional" weapons cannot penetrate them, and we know that spacecraft cannot fly through them.
The Rebels on Hoth had a power generator they used to project their shield. This generator was not really that large. Much smaller than a planet, or even a moon. I would even say it was much smaller than a Star Destroyer.
It's a good thing the Empire never thought to put a shield like that on the Death Star itself. Would have been unstoppable.
So we know that these shields exist in Star Wars, we know that "conventional" weapons cannot penetrate them, and we know that spacecraft cannot fly through them.
The Rebels on Hoth had a power generator they used to project their shield. This generator was not really that large. Much smaller than a planet, or even a moon. I would even say it was much smaller than a Star Destroyer.
It's a good thing the Empire never thought to put a shield like that on the Death Star itself. Would have been unstoppable.
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He means onboard shields like capital ships, heavy fighters and bombers have.
Good answer...good answer!
And it would rip a whole in the shield. Or get deflected (lol)
That shield was on the moon, not on-board the station itself.
Plausible, but they would not have to power them simultaneously. Drop the shield long enough to fire the laser, then raise it up again as needed. Yes, they would be vulnerable while the shield was down, but that would be where the other turbolaser defenses come into play.
DS2 had no trouble firing through the deflector shield projected from Endor.
Well Han in TFA had to fly the Falcon at lightspeed between the Starkiller base shield fluctuations.
Uh. That's because it was far away from the Death Star.
Magnetic pulses and stuff otherwise.
SW magic technology, obviously!
Let's just be thankful they never put the shield generator on the DS itself, or it would have been an unbeatable doomsday weapon.
At the end of the day it is a sci-fi/adventure movie and there has to at least be some level of suspense of disbelief.
Isn't there 2 types of shields?
One that protects against solid objects (torpedoes, missiles, ships, etc), and the other was to only protect against energy.
I was sure I read that from somewhere...
Started mid-FEB 2017, and not trying to reach the top.
Yes. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Deflector_shield
It would make sense that the DS2 would only have a concussion shield - protecting it from debris/hard objects (torpedoes, ships and asteroids etc) - as no blaster fire could do any real damage to it anyway, which is why it could shoot through its own shields.
As there are energy shields/ray shields that deflect blaster fire (personal shields and those used by ground forces) I am sure it is possible to then also have a 3rd type of shield that utilizes both forms of shield for maximum protection - like on ships etc, like the Wiki article suggests.
Now we can have multiple different shield types at any combination and now every shield type seen in star wars is now explained.