Transfer essence

"The dying is painful. The transition is not an enjoyable experience. But it is all a small price to pay...for eternal life."

- Emperor Palpatine

Spirit transference was a radical Force power. Spirit transference was used to transfer a person's consciousness into another body. If the invading conscious was powerful enough, they could override and destroy the spirit of the body that was invaded. However, the person taking over the body would have to remain in the body they took over, as their original body was rendered lifeless as a result.

Emperor Palpatine was the most famous user of this rare power, using it to transfer his body into fresh clone bodies of himself after each death. However, Palpatine's strength in the dark side of the Force caused each clone to degenerate at an accelerated rate, forcing him to take new clone bodies periodically.

Appearances

 * Dark Empire
 * Dark Empire II
 * Empire's End