Re: Planetary Shields
 

He was talking about Episode I, which featured no shielded Coruscant. Think gungans... In other SW movies, such as Episode V, shields are not penetrable by slow objects (like drop ships).

Re: Planetary Shields
 

I believe Empire Strikes Back is more appropriate.

"Lord Vader, the rebel base is protected by a deflector shield. It is strong enough to resist any bombardment"
"General Veers. Prepare your men for a surface attack"

Basically I think you can't cover the entire planet unless you are a galactic level civilisation. Do what the empire did, land armour a few kilometers away and attack via land.

Re: Planetary Shields
 

Quick question: if you have a shield regenerator, that means you will nearly always have more than 1 shield point... could your ship be boarded then?

Re: Planetary Shields
 

You need to take out either the shield generators or the shield regenerator in order to board.