Force barrier/Legends



"This ain't real! That beast is throwin off some kind of Force field!"

- Gudb about Master Thon

Force Barrier or Force (war) shield was both an offensive and defensive force power, related to but weaker than a Protection Bubble. Defensively this power created a barrier or wall around the intended target, absorbing a wide variety of physical or energy based attacks the target may have encountered. Offensively this power created the same barrier around an assailant, effectively preventing them from commencing an attack. Depending on the Jedi's strength in the Force, the barrier could only withstand a few attacks before collapsing. It could be manifested as a shimmering stasis field of light-side energy, or an invisible, nigh-impenetrable barrier.

Notable uses
"You want that horny-monster instead? He's throwin off a force field that'd stop a sandcrawler!"

- Gudb



While training with the Beast Master Thon on the planet Ambria, Nomi Sunrider, her daughter Vima, and Thon were attaked by Bogga the Hutt's gang of pirates. When the thugs fired upon Thon and his apprentices from their hovercraft, the Jedi Master was able to use the Force and deflect the incoming salvos. Later, when the gang surrounded and seemingly captured the Jedi trio, Master Thon again used the Force as a shield to repel the incoming attacks. The pirate Gudb described Thon's shield as being "strong enough to stop a sandcrawler".

During the Freedon Nadd Uprising, Jedi Knights Dace Diath, Nomi Sunrider, Kith Kark, and Shoaneb Culu used the Force collectively to create a defensive war-shield of protection against the attacking Naddists. The Force barrier they created was not visible, but it was successfull in repelling the onslaught of attacks the Jedi faced as they charged forward.

During the Duel on Tython Jedi Lord Valenthyne Farfalla used Force barrier both offensively and defensively against Darth Bane. As Raskta Lsu dueled with Bane, Farfalla shielded her from his dark side assault with a Force barrier. When the Dark Lord tried to rush Worror (who was providing a source of empowerment to the Jedi through his Battle meditation), Farfalla again threw up a Force barrrier around Bane to halt his attack. Farfalla gathered energy from the light side of the Force, and at the last moment released it in a single concentrated burst of energy, encasing Bane in a stasis field of light side power. This was not enough to subdue a Dark Lord of the Sith however. The shield exploded into energy fragments as Darth Bane broke free.

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)
 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles
 * Darth Bane: Rule of Two