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In this episode I will be going over the question: What are Force Powers?
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To begin, force powers are abilities that can be harnessed by force sensitive individuals
using the Force.
Some powers can be accessed by the subconscious mind as reflexes, while others can only be
brought out through conscious effort.
The latter require skill and training in order to be used with ease.
While some abilities can be achieved by any force sensitive individual, certains ones
can only be achieved by light sided force users and others by dark sided force users.
There are many different force powers that can be accessed by both light and dark sided force users.
The first one I will go over is telekinesis.
Telekinesis is the ability to move and manipulate objects using the force instead of by physical means.
For an unskilled force user larger objects were more difficult to manipulate.
However with more training and practice, the size of the object became an obsolete factor
in the force users ability to manipulate it.
Notable users of telekinesis include Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rey, Kylo Ren and Ezra Bridger.
Next we have the Mind Trick.
Although it is known alternatively as the Jedi Mind Trick, this force power can be accessed
dark sided force users as well.
It is the ability for the force user to influence the thoughts of especially weak-minded individuals.
This was often done to benefit the force user.
They would usually change the tone of their voice and follow it with a particular hand
wave in front of the face of the person being manipulated.
Certain species, such as Toydarians were immune to this technique.
"What you think you're some kind of Jedi waving your hand around like that,
I'm a Toydarian, Mind tricks don't work on me, only money."
Users of the Mind Trick included Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu,
Qui-Gon Jinn and Asoka Tano amongst many others.
Force visions allowed force users to see into the past and the future.
At one point it was a skill that all Jedi could harness, however leading up to the time
of the Galactic Empire, it had become more or less obsolete.
Sith and other dark users of the Force were also capable of having force visions, and
they had the ability to manipulate these visions.
Known users included Rey, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul and Darth Sidious amongst others.
The Mind Probe was a force power that was typically practiced by dark sided users,
though light sided users also had the ability.
It was a highly invasive technique that allowed the force user to search for useful information
in the thoughts of their target.
"You've seen it."
If the target was also a force user, or at least force-sensitive, they had the ability
to not only resist such probes,
"I'm not giving you anything."
But to also reverse the probe on the original force user.
"You, you're afraid,
that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader."
Examples of individuals who have used the mind probe include Kylo Ren, Darth Vader and Darth Maul.
Next we have Farsight.
Farsight was the ability to see other things that were happening in different times and places.
"I sense Lord Vader is in danger."
Farsight visions would often develop as a result of strong emotional states.
Being skilled in the farsight ability was highly beneficial to the Jedi or Sith using it.
It allowed them to detect if friends or loved ones were in danger,
"Han? Leia!"
or it could be used to predict the moves of an opponent in battle.
Known users of farsight include Luke Skywalker and Darth Sidious.
Other force powers that can be accessed by both light and dark sided force users include
Force Deflection: which was the ability to use the force to deflect energy based attacks,
Force Absorb: which was the ability to absorb energy, and
finally an overall increased athleticism allowing for increased speed and agility.
And now onto force powers that can only be accessed by light sided force users.
In general, these abilities tend to be defensive in nature, unlike their opposition whose tend
to be aggressive in nature.
The first light sided force power is the ability to become a force ghost.
Instead of passing into the eternal consciousness that was the cosmic force when they died,
certain individuals were able to maintain their identities and come back instead as force ghosts.
This could only be achieved with special training, and the only known users capable of doing this were the Jedi.
Animal taming is another force power that has only be accessed by light sided users.
This ability allowed the user to connect mentally to a wild animal, to either calm them or to control them.
Known users of this ability include Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus and Kirak Infil’a.
Now onto the dark sided force powers.
Dark sided users of the force used the ideas of power, anger, and hatred to harness abilities
that could not be harnessed by their light sided counterparts.
The first of these abilities is force lightning.
This ability was utilized by the Sith and involved releasing electricity from their
hands and severely harming their target through electrocution.
If the charge was large enough, you could see the electricity through the skin of the target
penetrating their skeletal system.
Users of force lightning include Darth Sidious and Darth Tyranus.
Next we have the power of possession.
Possession was an ability that involved taking over the body of another person.
It was done by the Nightsisters of Dathomir using magick.
Lastly, though arguably the most impressive force power, was the ability to create life.
Stories have been told that a powerful Sith Lord Darth Plagueis had the ability to manipulate
midichlorians and create life itself.
"He could use the Force to influence to the midichlorians to create life."
And that’s it for today, all the Force Powers that are Canon, briefly described and explained.
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