Magic

"It's not the Force, it's magic!"

- Adler Roty

Magic was a catchall term referring to any of a number of supernatural techniques outside of conventional Force powers.

Overview
The exact nature of magic remains in dispute among philosophers, as does its relationship to the Force proper. It is possible that all "magic" traditions were simply different methods of accessing the same Force, or were emanations of different aspects of it. More so than the Force, magic potency could be trapped in artifacts or locations&mdash;but again, this may be just due to different methods of accessing and using the Force.

The term was also sometimes mistakenly used by primitives or less-informed people to refer to the Force powers of mainstream Jedi and Sith, who were likely to be called "wizards" and their abilities attributed to "magic." The Rakata for example referred to Revan's powers as magic, to much of Revan's dismay who tried to explain the difference to them.

Derivatives of the word "magic" and words such as "witch" are terms describing dark side users or powers (Witches of Dathomir, Sith Magic, Sith Alchemy, Morag identified as "Witch," Emperor's Mage) which had almost exclusively negative connotations.

Finally, it referred to the non-supernatural stage trickery of entertainers like Wim Magwit.

Behind the scenes

 * Fans generally attribute textual references to "magic" (and for that matter, supernatural phenomena attributed to religions) as simply different interpretations of the Force.
 * In Star Wars RPG Force powers have the role of magic spells of traditional fantasy RPGs.
 * A connection of fantasy magic and the Force has been "attempted" during an April Fools' joke which wanted the midichlorians originate from the "planet Andowyne," the fantasy world of Willow

Appearances

 * Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith
 * Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
 * Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Ewoks
 * X-wing Rogue Squadron: Requiem for a Rogue
 * The Courtship of Princess Leia
 * Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda
 * Willow
 * Shadow Moon
 * Shadow Dawn
 * Shadow Star