Force healing/Legends



Force Healing was a power that used the Force to accelerate the natural healing process rapidly. Initial levels required meditation, but greater aptitude usually granted faster regeneration, without need of meditation. Greater levels of attainment were also able to mend far more severe injuries, even complete damage to flesh and bone. It was unlikely, however, that this power was able to regenerate lost matter, as neither Luke Skywalker nor Darth Vader utilized the ability to replace their severed limbs.

There is a variant requiring immense knowledge of the Dark Side of the Force. It is the ability to create, maintain, or save life by the influencing of midi-chlorians to a certain degree. Darth Plagueis stated that a child born of this power would the embodiment of the force. Plagueis could have used this power to create Anakin Skywalker, but this has never been proven. Darth Plagueis is the only person known to have complete control over this power, although Darth Sidious, the apprentice of Plagueis, and the man to whom the knowledge of this power was told, may have the ability to use this.

Jedi Healers used this power to diagnose and treat the ailments of their patients. A notable case of this use of Force Healing was Cilghal using the Force to cure Mon Mothma of a molecular poison that was incurable by conventional means.

Obi-Wan Kenobi used a basic form of this ability on Luke Skywalker after his confrontation with the Tusken Raiders on Tatooine in 0 BBY.

The Jedi of the New Jedi Order use this ability in the form of a trance.

Behind the scenes
In games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the Dark Forces series, the player can give this power to the protagonists, to cure themselves and their party members of injuries or even poison.

Also in these games, the healing power is represented by a cross that strongly resembles the Swiss cross.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Jango Fett: Open Seasons
 * The Approaching Storm
 * Medstar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Medstar II: Jedi Healer
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Shadows of the Empire novel
 * The Truce at Bakura
 * ''Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
 * Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Champions of the Force
 * I, Jedi
 * Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef
 * Dark Tide II: Ruin
 * Star by Star
 * Betrayal
 * Star Wars Legacy: Broken