The shielding in star wars is "Ray shielding" I reckon it doesn't stop ships.
There is a moment in the first movie where they buffet going through the shield of I recall.
That is the problem when talking different sci-fi worlds. It's all made uo and specific to the rules of that world.
That was the second death star that was still under construction. When fully built they were shielded.
Solar yes battery would be a problem from a weight stand point. That much weight that far out could cause acrwy things.
In the other hand hard say of the solar would be that useful for the cost to install since there is no guarantee it would be facing the sun correctly. Creating a deck cover of solar though could be useful.
That's how it is in Georgia to. You make your selection, receive a print out which has your chooses visible on kt, put that into the counting machine which is next to a table where you get your I voted sticker so it's monitored for tampering. They then take your print out and put it in a box for manual recounts if called for.
Go check out who runs GPS. Starling being nationalized isn't happening, but if it did the service would likely keep on keeping on.
That's fair. Star Wars never really tried to be hard science fiction. It was always a space opera or science fantasy.