Force power/Legends

In Star Wars games licensed or developed by Lucasarts, the Force is commonly separated into certain 'powers'.

Force powers are the manifestations of a Jedi/Sith's Force connection. 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.

The various abilities have been seen in both the movies and games, where 'official' names and definitions are given. They are as follows:

Core

 * Force Pull/Push - Telekinetic ability to pull or push objects away. The greater the user's aptitude with this, the heavier the object that can be pushed or the more wide arc or radius of the force 'wave'. It can be used to pull the weapons from enemies, or push themselves away. In The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon Jinn used this ability to throw a team of battle droids away while fighting.


 * Force Leap/Jump - Uses the Force to augment the user's natural leaping ability. Force users adept in this can perform record-smashing vertical/horizontal leaps with impunity. Luke Skywalker used it while fighting with Darth Vader, and this as well helped Obi-Wan Kenobi hitting his fatal blow against Darth Maul.


 * Force Speed - Makes the user to maintain sprinting speeds (even moving in awkward directions like backwards) for as long as the effect lasts. Since Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast it seems that it bends the subjective time of the caster making everything slower. Greater aptitude grants boosts to speed and/or greater duration. The ability is demonstrated at the beginning of The Phantom Menace.


 * Force Seeing/Sense - A neutral Force power that enhances the bearer's visual and spatial perception even in the dark or behind walls. Trained users are can have their sight amplified and are able to counter-attack persuasion and blinding powers of the Force. When Luke destroyed the first Death Star he must have used this ability, even unbeknownst to him. The dark Jedi Master Jerec relied on this power constantly in lieu of his physical blindness.

Light

 * Force Heal - The user uses the Force to accelerate the natural healing process rapidly for a short duration. Initial levels require meditation, but greater aptitude usually grants faster regeneration, without need of meditation.


 * 'Jedi mind trick' - This has various levels of use: It can confuse and persuade others towards the caster's will while in conversation. Used by Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan in A New Hope, and Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. Hutts and Toydarians are immune to it.


 * Force Persuasion - Other levels of use are when trained warriors can use the 'mind trick' on their advantage to persuade the enemy on thinking they are not there, or that they are their allies. With this power, the bearer can turn completely invisible to people of weak mind. It is very useful on planning surprise attacks or avoiding dangerous confronts.


 * Force Blinding - With this power, a Jedi can obfuscate any person's vision, making it very difficult of being spotted and targeted, converting the enemy to a more fragile position.


 * 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 into their own benefit, instead of receiving damage for them. Yoda used this to absorb Count Dooku's Lightning, and Yoda even threw it back at Dooku.


 * 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.

Dark

 * Force Grip - It allows the user to grip the target's internal organs causeing immobilisation, choking (even to death) and also lifting and slamming the target into a wall, or send the target flying over an edge. Original usage by Darth Vader in the movies.


 * Force Lightning - The user is able to project lightning from his hands. The greater the user's aptitude, the more power the lightning bolts possess and the more they fork, allowing the possibility of striking multiple foes at once. Used by Count Dooku and Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine.


 * Force Lightning (Droid) - This version of Force lightning is attuned to generate maximum damage to electronic systems such as processor circuitry, but do absolutely nothing to the electrical systems of organic creatures.


 * Force Throw - Makes objects be hurled on a target. Darth Vader used this to hit Luke in The Empire Strikes Back.


 * Force Rage - For a short time, agments speed, strength and fiercness of the caster, with the expense of health.


 * Force Drain - Same as Force 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.


 * Force Cloak - Rarely seen, users with this rare ability can use the Force to bend light around themselves, rendering them invisible to others. The liability of this ability can be seen when machines/aliens that can scan beyond the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infra-red, easily note the person.


 * 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.


 * Force 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 Crush - Possibly the darkest Force ability known to both the Jedi and the Sith and used only by the greatest of the Sith Lords, this deadly Force ability lifts the opponent off their feet, and instantaneously, as they are floating, their body literally implodes as it is crushed from within.


 * 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.

Undetermined
The following are not clear to which 'side' they belong. Some of them are mentioned in Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith which gives powers in general, not distincting them by side.


 * Force Projection - Creates an apparition similar of the caster. Not known if related to 'mind trick' as above.


 * Saber Throw - Not clear if an ability or a technique of combination of powers (like Pull). Throws the lightsaber in a boomerang fashion, cutting its way through, and then returns to the hand of the caster with Pull. In the movies it is demonstrated by Darth Vader.


 * FarSite - Makes the mind of the Jedi fly through space and perceive around.


 * 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.


 * Defend - Reduces damage taken by force powers.


 * 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 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.


 * Battle Meditation - This power can influence the course of an entire battle, raising the morale of allies, and sapping the will to fight from enemies. Themost prominent person to master this ability was Bastila Shan.


 * 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 as large as to surround planets) by targeting the brain or nucleus (with one-celled organisms and such) and wiping all information in it out. Ever since Lord Kaan detonated the Thought Bomb, Ruusan was left uninhabited. The only one to escape a Thought Bomb was Darth Bane.