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A ray-shielded blast door onSkytop Station
- "See this wavy light around my body? It's a ray shield. Blaster fire can't get in or out. Neat, huh?"
- ―Feylara Raed[1]
Aray shield was a common type ofdeflector shield. It was designed to absorb blasts from energy weapons such aslaser cannons andturbolasers. Ray shields absorbed a large amount of the impact of the weapons strike, rocking the ship and leaving the underlyingarmor plating scored.[2]
The energy requirements for keeping ray shields active was tremendous; as such, they were only raised when combat was expected. The ray shield permeated thehull, sheathing the vessel in layers of energy. The shield could extend out from the hull bymillimeters or a fewcentimeters, and was so powerful that it was often fatal to anyone unlucky enough to come into contact with it.[2]
History and usage[]
- "The shaft is ray shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."
- ―Jan Dodonna[3]
A pair offambaas with a Gungandeflector shield generator projector
Manystarships contained ray shields as a defense against laser weapons. They absorbed lasers like a sponge, and they even deflected some. When a shield took too many hits, it burned out and needed to be recharged.
Ray shields varied in size according to what they were protecting. Large capital ships such asImperialStar Destroyers had multiple arrays, and some wealthysystems even had planetary shields.Personal shields were on the other end of the spectrum: JediKyle Katarn used one to protect himself during most of his battles, andHan Solo andChewbacca used personal ray shields when they were gladiators inthe Big Game.
TheImperial AgentCipher Nine used ray shield to try to contain theSith LordDarth Jadus.
TheGungans in theBattle of the Great Grass Plains used energy shields for personal defense against theTrade Federation.
During theClone Wars, bounty hunterCad Bane used a ray shield to holdPadawanAhsoka Tano hostage in an attempt to persuade her Master to open aholocron for him.
TheRebel Alliance uses ray shields during theGalactic Civil War.
TheRepublic military base onCoruscant used ray shields to keep captives inside its prison cells.
In19 BBY,Anakin Skywalker,Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the recently rescuedPalpatine were captured byGeneralGrievous inHallway 328 of theInvisible Hand through the use of a ray shield to trap them in the middle of the hallway.[4]
TheDeath Star'sthermal exhaust port was protected by a ray shield, since a particle shield would prevent it from venting; therefore,Allianceproton torpedoes could penetrate it, a fact which was pivotal in thedestruction of thebattle station.[3]
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Non-canon appearances[]
- LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
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