Force power/Legends

Force powers are the manifestations of a Jedi/Sith's connection with the Force. The various abilities have been seen in both the movies and Star Wars games licensed or developed by LucasArts, where 'official' names and definitions are given.

The term 'Force Power' originated in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, where they could be gained via a system of Force 'points'. The game has twelve powers, each labeled as being Neutral (later known as 'Core'), Light and Dark. Note that some powers although have different names, are describing the same power, in different levels or ways of use. The names are often preceded by Force.... For example Grip is mostly known as Force Grip.

According to the theory that the Force is one, the Light and Dark powers actually don't describe the Force, but they define how an individual uses it: to harm directly his enemies, or help himself overcome situations. Thus the aggressive abilities belong to the Dark Side, while those who are healing, defensive or diversionary belong to the Light Side.

This is demonstrated in the games: In Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, the dark Jedi cast powers that belong to the Light Side (like Persuasion). Kyle Katarn who belongs to the Light Side, in the game Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast makes use of Grip and Lightning, possibly because of his experience while fighting Maw, and later in Dromund Kaas. This indicates that Jedi of high level, can use these abilities according to their wisdom since their high experience averts them from slanting towards the Dark.

Core
The Core powers are the first a Jedi learns, and directly affect his own body or objects without actually harming or benefiting anything (except of Push which can be used against enemies).


 * Telekinesis
 * Force Pull/Push
 * Force Jump/Leap
 * Force Speed
 * Force Sense
 * Force Seeing
 * Saber Throw
 * Force Cloak
 * Force Concealment

Light
To the Light Side are powers who benefit the Jedi personally by protecting or defending him. Those who affect others, make no direct or permanent harm to targets, rather than help the Jedi overcome situations.


 * Force Healing


 * Affect mind or Jedi mind trick or Force Persuasion
 * Force Projection
 * Force-Meld
 * Hibernation Trance


 * Force Protection - A power only achieved by high-rank Jedi masters, Force protection will make the bearer invulnerable to a wide range of attacks. The ultimate power in terms of defense.
 * Protection Bubble - With this Force power, the user can create a defensive sphere around the body, which will protect him from a wide range of attacks, deflect laser blasts and inflict a certain amount of damage upon contact with the enemy.
 * Force Defend - Reduces damage taken by Force powers.
 * Force Absorb - A trained Jedi may convert all kinds of Force attacks used against them to additional Force charge. As the energy used to perform Force-related powers is limited, a Jedi can use the enemy's attacks to their own benefit, instead of receiving damage from them. In Attack of the Clones, Obi-Wan used this to absorb Count Dooku's Force Lightning with his [[lightsaber. Mace Windu did a similar thing, only that he redirected the lightning against Darth Sidious, thus disfiguring him. Yoda is so skilled with the Force that he uses his palms to absorb dark lightning, as he did in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.


 * Force Blinding
 * Battle Meditation

Dark
To the Dark Side belong powers used to harm or kill targets. Some (like Rage or Drain) are used to benefit the caster personally, like some powers of the Light Side, with the difference that these can be used in the expense of his own health or an other individual's Force reserve. While it is stressed (particularly in the games) that the powers themselves are not inherently evil, but rather reflect the alignment of the force-user (Jedi/Sith), these powers are often labeled as "evil" due to their common usage or because of the people who use them. Some of these powers can be used for good, just as some powers traditionally considered light can be used for malevolent purposes. Yet although they become evil only when used for personal gain, it has been reported that continuous use of dark powers has a corrupting effect on the force-user.


 * Force Grip
 * Chokeholding
 * Force Crush


 * Force Lightning


 * Lightning (Droid)
 * Chain Lightning - Pretty much the same as the previous type of Lightning with the change being that now the target is one and there is a chance that the lightning will move to another person. It appears only in the Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith game, and curiously is used by Kyle Katarn and Mara Jade who belong to the light side.


 * Force Throw - Causes objects to be hurled towards a target. Darth Vader used this to hit Luke in The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Maul used it in The Phantom Menace in order to hit a switch and open a door while fighting, and Count Dooku used it in Attack of the Clones to drop part of a pillar onto an unconscious Obi-Wan Kenobi and an injured Anakin Skywalker. A skilled force-user can throw multiple large objects simultaneously at great speed, as evidenced by Darth Sidious during his duel with Yoda in the Senate chamber. During the same duel, Jedi Master Yoda hurled a spinning delegate seat at Sidious, suggesting that this ability may be used by Jedi and Sith alike.


 * Force Rage - For a short time, augments speed, strength and fierceness of the caster, with the expense of health. A noted ability of Sith Marauders


 * Force Drain - Same as Heal, except that the user drains the target's Force reserves to fuel the regenerative process, or to replenish their own strength in the Force. Greater aptitude allows exceptional drainage speed and the ability to drain multiple people at once. A very few (possibly Darth Nihilus alone) have taken this ability to such heights that they can feed on entire worlds at a time. Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine fed off the inhabitants of his retreat world of Byss collectively with his dark side adepts. More commonly used in Star Wars games.


 * Force Destruction - Certain gifted Sith warriors are able to perform devastating explosive attacks upon their enemies. The Force destruction power, fueled by the Sith's hatred, can create a massive energy field and throw it at any direction.


 * Destruction Orb - Used by the Dark Jedi Boc and Jerec in the game "Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight", the force destruction orb is another energy-based attack in which a powerful blast of energy is fired. Even if it doesn't kill the victim, it will still cause severe physical damage.


 * Deadly Sight - The power of the dark side is capable of making Sith masters inflict damage upon their enemies merely with their sight. With this power, the user can also damage entire groups within the field of vision.


 * Force Storm - Possibly the most powerful Force ability known, Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine was able to generate and control, to a limited degree, limited-duration, self-sustaining storms of warped space and time. These storms could range from the size of a small starship like a freighter to huge maws capable of obliterating whole starfleets. The smaller storms appear more easily controlled and from a greater distance. No other Force user has exhibited this talent.


 * Force Field - Generates a large energy field around the user, damaging and knocking out nearby foes.


 * Force Spark - With this power, the user can create an energy spark that will track and hit the nearest enemy.


 * Mind Control - Rarely used, this is a very powerful Force move. A more advanced form of "Persuasion/Suggestion" allowing one to enter another's mind and control brain activity. Darth Sidious seems to have perfected this ability to an extent not before seen. His exceptional force perception allowed him to plot intricately layered plans that stretched long into future; he also mastered the art of force telepathy, and was able to effectively grasp and manipulate the feelings of others. This latter ability was strikingly demonstrated when he used Anakin's love of Padmé and belief that she might die, neither of which were publicly known, to manipulate Anakin into becoming his Sith apprentice.


 * Thought bomb - The most destructive Force power ever displayed. Only known to be activated by Lord Kaan in the Battle of Ruusan, the Thought Bomb exterminates all life within a large radius (known to be potentially as large as planets) by targeting the brain or nucleus (with one-celled organisms and such) and wiping out all information in it. Ever since Lord Kaan detonated the Thought Bomb, Ruusan was left uninhabited. The only one to ever escape a Thought Bomb was Darth Bane.


 * Force Scream - This power is an involuntary reflex of a Dark Jedi as a result of frustration from battling an opponent. If a Dark Jedi is being beaten and frustrated by his foe, he may let out an enraged scream, amplified through the Force, that triggers shock waves that ripple through the Force, devastating both the Dark Jedi and those who are unfortunate enough to be in close proximity. The Force Scream has been called “a wave of hatred, amplified and fueled by the dark side, that is capable of smashing through mental and physical defenses with ease”. A number of references to Dark Jedi in Old Republic archives often mention the Dark Jedi losing control, violently, in the final moments of battle.