10 Deadliest Superweapons In Star Wars

10. World Devastator

The World Devastators, or World Smashers, were created by the Dark Empire in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, and were one of the most useful superweapons used by the Imperials. The large machines were equipped with strong tractor beams on their lower halves, meaning they were able to tear the surface beneath them, causing complete chaos.

Unlike the Death Stars, these World Devastators were not merely planet-killing machines. These superweapons could be used to ruin a planet's surface, stomping out rebellious defiance, whilst harvesting the resources of the planet it was wreaking havoc upon. These resources would later be used to both power the machine's foundries, which produced warships and weaponry, as well as fuelling itself, making the World Devastators very sophisticated, yet terrifying mechanisms.

The World Devastators were first seen in the Star Wars: Dark Empire comic book line in 1992, where they began to devastate the New Republic's temporary home world, Mon Calamari. It was only through R2D2 creating a virus, which was then fed to the machines, that Luke Skywalker able to destroy the World Devastators, and free Mon Calamari from the Imperial destruction.