12 Incredibly Unique Force Powers From Across The Star Wars Universe
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Shatterpoint
Photo: LucasfilmShatterpoint is a Force ability which allows the user to sense the weak points in an object or person, enabling the Force user to easily exploit that weakness. In the novel Shatterpoint, Mace Windu describes the power as follows: "I sometimes can see the weak places in an opponent - shatterpoints where the unbreakable can be broken. They can occur in individuals… and in events."
For example, Mace was able to sense that former Jedi, Count Dooku, was a shatterpoint in the war between the Republic and the Separatists. If he killed Dooku, he could have ended the war and perhaps prevented the rise of the Empire, but his attachment to his former friend kept him from doing so.
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Force Cloak
Photo: BioWareThis Force-based illusion manipulates the light and sound waves around the user, rendering them invisible to those around them. Unlike the Jedi Mind Trick, it does not alter the minds of its targets, but rather the space around the user. While it is extremely effective, maintaining a Force Cloak is taxing, which is why it is rarely used. Among those known to be skillful in creating Force Cloaks are Maris Brood, Jedi Master Tholme, and the Sith Lord Darth Traya.
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Electric Judgement
Photo: Del ReyElectric Judgement is primarily a Light Side power and is very similar to Force Lightning. However, unlike Force Lightning, Electric Judgement often appears as green or yellow lightning and, for some of its users, doesn’t require tapping into the Dark Side of the Force. A handful of Force users, like Darth Plagueis, believe Electric Judgment to be a lackluster version of Force Lightning.
Since the power was associated with the Dark Side skill, Force Lightning, many Jedi frowned upon its use. However, Master Plo Koon uses the power without feeling any anger or hate. It is believed that Luke Skywalker is also able to use the power in the Dark Nest Trilogy. During a battle, he produces green lightning to save his niece and nephew, killing a Slayer who threatened his kin. - 4722 VOTES
Dark Transfer
Photo: Dark HorseDark Transfer was initially a power thought to be accessible only through the Dark Side. It allows the user to resurrect the dead, but it can also be used to kill someone. The most notable user of Dark Transfer is Cade Skywalker, who uses it to kill the Sith Lady Darth Talon (he uses the power again to resurrect her). Cade later learns that he can access the power through the Light Side, resurrecting Deliah Blue and his Morrigan Corde with love and compassion.
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Psychometry
Photo: LucasfilmThis ability allows its user to gain insight and valuable information by touching inanimate objects. Essentially, the Force user can pick up impressions, memories, and even emotions from the object's past and the beings who came into contact with the item.
Quinlan Vos uses Psychometry during the Clone Wars to determine the location of Ziro the Hutt. He also uses it in the novel Dark Disciple when Count Dooku prompts him to touch his late master’s lightsaber. Upon touching the saber, he learns that his master was murdered by his current lover and former Sith assassin, Asajj Ventress.
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Crucitorn
Photo: LucasfilmCrucitorn is primarily a Light Side ability which allows the Force user to alter the pain threshold of its target. For example, the Jedi could lower a victim’s pain tolerance, making a minor scratch feel like a massive wound. They could also do the opposite for their allies, making the pain from a severe or fatal injury disappear. The only known user of Crucitorn is Jedi Master Eeth Koth in the TV series Clone Wars.
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Force Wormhole
Photo: Dark HorseForce Wormholes are a powerful Dark Side power that allows the user to create hyperspace wormholes that could span several kilometers in diameter. These wormholes could transport people and objects across space and even time. It could also wreak havoc on planet surfaces. This skill required a great amount of concentration, and if the practitioner loses control of the wormhole, they run the risk of being consumed by it. Palpatine once used the power to abduct Luke Skywalker from Coruscant.
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Wall Of Light
Photo: Dark HorseAccording to the book, Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, within a Jedi’s wheelhouse of abilities is Wall of Light, the most powerful offensive ability. The ability is one that requires the combined powers of several Jedi. Together, they create a Wall of Light that can imprison a Dark Side user or sever a being’s connection to the Dark Side. In the Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War comic, thousands of Jedi create a massive Wall of Light to defeat Exar Kun, a Dark Lord of the Sith.
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Battle Meditation
Photo: BioWareThis Force ability is more common than some of the other powers on this list, but it's rarely seen in action. Battle Meditation allows the user to enhance the coordination, morale, stamina, and battle skills of their allies while weakening the resolve of the opposition. Battle meditation could turn the tide of any war.
As such, this ability is frequently used by the likes of Yoda, Palpatine, and other adept Jedi and Sith. One notable user of Battle Meditation is Bastila Shan, who uses it to great effect in the Knights of the Old Republic games during the Jedi Civil War and the Battle of Rakata Prime.
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Deadly Sight
Photo: LucasfilmDeadly Sight is a rare Dark Side ability that appears in the Star Wars Card Game. It focuses the user’s hatred into pure energy, allowing the Force wielder to dissolve targets by just looking at them. While it is a powerful skill, a downside is that the user’s deadly gaze will burn friends and foes alike. The only known user of this power is the Force-sensitive Prophetess, Sariss.
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Memory Walk
Photo: Del ReyThis power allows the user to reach into their target’s subconscious and force them to relive their most painful memories over and over again. Sometimes, the pain from the memories is so great it causes the victim physical pain. Surprisingly, despite being tortured, victims of Memory Walk experience an increase in their intelligence and efficiency.
Rokur Gepta, a Force sensitive being, created the skill and used it on his arch nemesis, Lando Calrissian. In the novel Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon, Gepta plans to use the the power to torture Lando to death, but like a true opportunist, Lando finds an opening to escape.
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Force Scream
Photo: LucasfilmA Force Scream is a Dark Side power that involuntarily triggers when the Force user experiences a great deal of pain or frustration. The Scream generates shock waves that would reverberate through the Force. The most notable use of this power is when the newly turned Darth Vader learns about of the death of his wife, Padme Amidala. His Scream is so intense that it destroys the equipment and the droids within his medical chamber, while reverberating throughout the entire medical facility.
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