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[Star Wars] Can an ion canon form Hoth disable the Death Star?

Or would it only disable partial aspects of the battle station?

Also, if it was shot at a person, would it shock them to a coma or kill them?  i.e. Hoth ion canon firing at a defenseless Palpatine.
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> Also, if it was shot at a person, would it shock them to a coma or kill them? i.e. Hoth ion canon firing at a defenseless Palpatine.

Yes it would. Ion canons fire ionized particles (meaning charged particles). So basically it just depends on how much power you put in and it will fry a person.

> Or would it only disable partial aspects of the battle station?

It likely wouldn't disable the whole station. That canon was built to disable capital ships but the Deathstar is quite a bit bigger. It also has way more surface area and volume and likely way more fail-safes to guard against something like that. 

An ion canon basically functions like an EMP in that it overloads the systems with so much electricity that they fry / shut down. Sufficient electrical and thermal shielding will keep you safe.