Force vision/Legends

"Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future."

- Master Yoda

Force Visions were rare&mdash;but powerful&mdash;aspects of the Force, and considered the cornerstone of the Unifying Force. Generally, when peering deep into the Force, a Force user had the potential to see events that could happen in the future. Force Visions were extremely rare, and uncontrolable. Often, one would meditate to gain a vision, but only a few would actually succeed.

Anakin Skywalker and his descendants&mdash;particularly his son Luke and his grandson Jacen&mdash;were often prone to Force visions. Master Yoda felt that visions were of great importance to the Force, and often acted on them as best he could. However, the Jedi were always prone to warn people that the future was always in motion, and that the events were only possible. As such, interpereting a vision by oneself was generally considered dangerous.

The Sith were also very vision prone, but unlike the Jedi, they believed&mdash;either through experience or just because they wanted to believe it&mdash;that visions would always come to pass, and that they must work to make it so. Darth Sidious was perhaps the most vision prone Dark Lord of the Sith in history, and used it to ensure his own election as Supreme Chancellor, and his ascension as Galactic Emperor. Emperor Palpatine also consulted on his visions with the Prophets of the Dark Side, a Sith splinter group that was dedicated to studying the future through the dark side of the Force.

Some Sith, such as Darth Traya, could even peer into the future many thousands of years and predict events with great accuracy.

The visions could be a form of Precognition

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Heir to the Empire
 * Specter of the Past
 * The Last Command
 * Dark Empire
 * Balance Point
 * Edge of Victory I: Conquest
 * Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
 * The Unifying Force
 * The Unseen Queen