Force rage

"Good! Use your aggressive feelings, boy! Let the hate flow through you."

- Emperor Palpatine to Luke Skywalker

"I can feel your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger."

- Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker

Force Rage was a dark side Force ability. The Force user would tap into his or her innermost fears and hate, converting them into intense anger. The user would then channel the anger to increase his or her own speed, strength, and ferocity. However, the body could not handle such rage for long periods of time, so the user became greatly weakened for some time after the rage subsided.

The following are likely occurrences of Force Rage:


 * Obi-Wan Kenobi used Force Rage against Darth Maul after the Sith slew Qui-Gon Jinn, which is how he nearly outmatched the powerful Sith Lord. When the rage subsided, Kenobi became weakened and he was pushed into the pit.


 * Anakin Skywalker employed rage in his slaughter of the Tusken Raider camp after the death of his mother.


 * Anakin Skywalker was forced to use Force Rage to defeat Asajj Ventress on Yavin 4, bringing him closer to the dark side of the Force.


 * Anakin Skywalker again applied Force Rage against Count Dooku when Obi-Wan Kenobi was forced out of the battle. He used it to decapitate Dooku in his anger.




 * When Mace Windu and his Jedi task force attempted to arrest Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Sidious used this technique to quickly kill Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin, and later, Kit Fisto. Palpatine's Rage was countered by the "superconducting loop" property of Mace's Vaapad, which deflected the rage like a blaster bolt. When Palpatine unleashed Force lightning on Mace, he likely called upon his rage to intensify the attack. Any user of Vaapad has to be aware of the side-effects, which can turn into Rage. Sora Bulq and Depa Billaba were not cautious enough and combined Vaapad with Rage, resulting in their seduction to the dark side.


 * Overheating rage compromised Darth Vader on Mustafar, and the enraged Dark Lord made a tactical error by jumping at Obi-Wan Kenobi, who already had the high ground.


 * When Darth Vader defeated Luke Skywalker on Bespin, he seemed to employ Rage to gain the advantage over the young Jedi.


 * Luke Skywalker used his rage against Darth Vader when the Dark Lord threatened to turn his sister, Leia Organa to the dark side. During his Force Rage, Luke mirrored Vader's Form V bladework and responded with his own variation of Form V's raw power. Later, when Skywalker saw his father's mechanical arm, the rage was alleviated.


 * Some of Desann's Reborn, and later Tavion Axmis's Sith Cultists and New Reborn used Force Rage actively in the battle against the Jedi of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum.

Alternate Version/Use

 * In Shadows of the Empire, Vader managed to employ Force Rage in an alternate form, (probably closer to the dark side version of Force Heal) in which meditation on anger and frustration at his life and circumstances would allow his lungs to function without the aid of his hyperbaric chamber or his life support suit. He only managed to maintain this power for a brief time, as the pleasure he received at the healing process caused a break in his concentration. He perceived that, with practice and willpower, he would eventually no longer be constricted by his life support system.

Behind the scenes

 * The Jedi Exile learns the Force Rage ability from Kreia in Knights of the Old Republic II if the player chooses to follow the dark side. However, the light side story is likely considered canon.


 * Players in Star Wars: Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast multiplayer mode can select Force Rage as one of the powers in their dark side arsenal. Using this power increases speed, strength, and defense; but the user's health is slowly depleted until either the user terminates the power or the user is left with only 1 unit of health. Users of Force Rage also experience a moment of exhaustion, slowing the player's movement and attack.


 * Force Rage is one of the powers in Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy that Jaden Korr can learn through his training.


 * It is debated to what extent Force Rage is a Force Power, rather than a result of a Force sensitive embracing his or her fear, anger and hatred and being bestowed with dark side power as a result. Its status as a "power" could very well be considered a game mechanic.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars: Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
 * Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
 * Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy