Questions tagged [the-force]
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Are there any additional belief systems regarding The Force, other than Light, Dark and Grey?
That I know of, there is the Light, the Dark and the Grey.
You make a concious decision which of these paths to follow, but are there any additional belief systems someone could adhere to if they ...
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Does every living thing pass into the force after it dies?
In the "Clone Wars" Series 6, episode 12 "Destiny", Yoda has a hallucination where he sees a vision of a dying Ashoka within the Jedi Temple. She asks
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Are there Light side powers and "Light Jedi"?
To put into context, Force powers such as Force Lightning are considered exclusively Dark side powers. Dark Jedi are defined as Force users who have succumbed to the Dark side, yet are not officially ...
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Elements of The Force in A New Hope
It occurred to me recently, having re-watched Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, that I didn't notice any occurences of the Force being used to physically manipulate anything throughout the movie. Obi-...
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Can one's future self cause one's past self to have a Force vision?
Mastery of the Force can lead to many fantastical things, such as empathic and telepathic abilities, telekinesis, life extension, and the ability to predict the future to some extent (so-called "Force ...
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How old was Emperor Palpatine, and did the dark side keep him alive?
Does anyone know how old Emperor Palpatine was? He seems about 60 in Episode 1 and about 70 in 2 and 3 (I'd guess) so pretty old in the original trilogy - 90 ish? And, I think this counts as the same ...
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Are there animals that can use the Force?
The statement
"Midi-chlorians are a microcopic lifeform that reside within all living cells..."
made by Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace implies that any living creature could potentially ...
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Could several Jedi peacefully overpower one Sith opponent through nonviolent Force techniques?
This question, and the answers it produced, got me thinking - could a group of Jedi working together confront a single Sith opponent and peacefully subdue him/her by using nonviolent Force techniques, ...
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What exactly was the plague that stripped the Rakata of their Force powers?
In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, we learn that long before the original Republic, the galaxy was ruled by the Builder Empire, an oppressive regime of dark-side Rakata who used the dark side ...
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Can Force Lightning be projected from a distant source (e.g. the sky)?
Can Force Lightning be projected from a distant source (such as the sky or a charged object) rather than from a Sith's body?
If possible, this could potentially (EE pun intended) make it more ...
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How did Yoda counter Count Dooku's Force lightning?
In the scene where Master Yoda fights Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus on Geonosis in Episode II, Dooku uses Force lightning on Yoda.
Here's a relevant clip. The lightning starts around 3:22
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Would a Jedi (Sith) clone be force-full or force-less
Just seen a picture of Vader Force-choking a trooper. And then I started wondering: what if they had cloned a Sith (or a Jedi). Would the clones have the Force? Specifically, would they have the same ...
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Why don't the Jedi use tutaminis instead of using their lightsabers?
Tutaminis (force energy absorption) allows a Jedi to catch blaster bolts and even stop lightsabers with their body using the Force:
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Is there any organization that would hunt force sensitive animals?
There seems to be a lot of force sensitive animals, some of them rare. Did anyone set out to hunt of the rare ones and why?
I'm much more interested in organisations than individual hunters, but if ...
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Isn't the Force always with you? [duplicate]
Characters frequently say, "may the force be with you." Based on what we learn about midi-chlorians, isn't the force always with you?
These organisms exist in one's body, and they are responsible for ...
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Is there a species that don't have Force Sensitives? [duplicate]
In Star Wars, we see that the ranks of the Jedi and Sith are made up of a myriad of different sentient species throughout the galaxy.
Are there races in the galaxy that just simply can't have force-...
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Are hand motions required to use the Force?
In almost every canon (that is, visual) source, Force users typically wave a hand to invoke the Force to move or manipulate objects, people and thoughts. I get out-of-universe this is a visual cue ...
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Does the power of the Force change in relation to how many people are alive?
I was reading about the Force in Star Wars.
Since the Force is tied to all living things, wouldn't wars reduce the Force’s overall power depending on the users alignment, or just generally if there ...
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What are the ways used by Sith to dramatically extend their lifetimes?
One of the point brought up in the debate about Dark Side vs Light Side power is Dark Side users being able to use the Force to dramatically extend their lifetimes.
One of the ways, EU says, Sith ...
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Is the Dark Side of the Force more powerful?
I was watching the battle between Obi-Wan and Anakin in Revenge of the Sith, and it struck me that most of the time Obi-Wan was getting pushed back by Anakin, and he only really got the upper hand ...
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Are Sith stronger than Jedi? [closed]
It always seems that the Sith have the upper hand against the Jedi, even though since the 'Rule of Two', there are only two Sith and countless Jedi. So is the dark side of the Force stronger than the ...
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Are there any neutral Force Users?
Has there ever been any neutral force users (including but not limited to Jedi)? Someone who didn't belong neither to the light nor the dark side of the force, but somewhere in the middle?
I've never ...
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Do Sith experience fear?
In the Clone Wars when Count Dooku first encounters Asajj Ventress and she claims to be Sith, he rebuffs her claiming that Sith do not feel fear and he senses fear in her.
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Are there any known Jedi or Sith Ewoks?
Are there any known Jedi or Sith from the Ewok species?
It seems to me that any species with enough intelligence is capable of becoming Force sensitive.
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Are there any known Sith from Yoda's species?
I have been doing some reading and researching about Yoda's species.
It seems that, even if their species name and homeworld remain a mystery (and are wanted to remain a mystery), there is evidence ...
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Did "the force" ever use a different name?
I know that the dark side and the light side of the force were referred to as Bogan and Ashla (in reference to both Typhon's light and dark moons), But did "the force" as a collective ever use a ...
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Was there a first known "force" user/s?
As the Dai Bendu (pre Je'daii) were the first to use the force, was there ever a documented case of "a first person" to actually use the force before anyone else? or was the force something that ...
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Why doesn't someone try to turn ON/OFF enemy's lightsaber using the Force?
Lightsabers turn OFF when its wielder drops it or he/she dies. It means there's some kind of pressure button on lightsabers which needs to be always pressed to keep is ON.
In case of lightsaber throw,...
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Can the Jedi manipulate electronics?
Can a Jedi manipulate electronics? For instance could they scramble the machine code running on a robot?
If they can't why not? They can manipulate physical objects so manipulating the insides of a ...
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How is the Jedi mind trick not a dark side technique?
How is the Jedi Mind Trick not a Dark Side technique? Isn't tricking another person's mind unethical? How can the Jedi use it and not become Dark?
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Does one's ability to use the Force depend on distance?
In all the action scenes I'm familiar with, the Force is used only on people or objects nearby within visual sight of the Force user.
However there are situations where force users can sense ...
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Are only Force Sensitives able to see Force Ghosts?
And is the clarity of the Force Ghost as visible to you directly proportional to how much training in using/sensing the Force you have?
In the Original Trilogy, Obi-Wan's ghost only appears to Luke; ...
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Do Hutts have a biological resistance to Force manipulation?
The question Why was Jabba immune to Luke's powers of the Force in Return of the Jedi? posits that Jedi Mind Tricks do not work on Jabba because he is strong willed.
This makes a good deal of sense, ...
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Why do Jedi trust the Force which isn't immutable?
The Sith conduct experiments with the Force and they have changed the Force many times (for example, the Grand Experiment). Provided that the Jedi have researched both the Force and the Sith, it's ...
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What makes a place strong in the Force?
In Star Wars: The Clone Wars S06E11 - Voices, Yoda told R2-D2 that Dagobah was strong in the Force.
High midi-chlorian counts makes a person strong in the Force, but what makes a place strong in the ...
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Is there a general term for Jedi and Sith?
Is there a term for the Jedi and Sith?
I mean if you don't know if the person is a Jedi or a Sith, but you know the person is using a lightsaber and has a big knowledge about the force, what a term ...
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How much close control over physical objects is possible with the Force?
The Jedi can control objects with the mystical power called the Force without touching them.
In the movies you can see, that the Jedi or Sith are moving objects really fast and really well controlled ...
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Long-distance Mind Trick
In the Star Wars universe, could a Jedi Mind Trick be performed over the telephone?
For instance, could Yoda have called up the Imperial embassy on Dagobah and mind tricked whoever answered into ...
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Why do the Jedi insist on the concept of "No Attachment"? [duplicate]
At the surface, it sounds like a complete butchering of the Buddhist concept of attachment, which is not what most people think, and has more to do with more to do with denying ourselves suffering and ...
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Are Midi-chlorians able to be infused or transplanted?
The more questions about the Force I read in here, the more Midi-chlorian count is used as a reference. As I understood, Midi-chlorians are the measurement for the Force power level of one user.
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Does a Force-sensitive person broadcast Force presence signal while asleep?
Can the Force presence of a sleeping Force-sensitive person be detected?
As I understand it, Force presence has to do with midi-chlorian presence in the fabrics of the Force realm. So, the Force ...
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Physics behind the "force push"
When a gifted character uses "push" on something or someone, he or she doesn't get involved in action-reaction force pairs.
Here is some force on human body as an action.
Where is the ...
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Why don't Jedi (or Sith) use the Force to snap their foes' necks?
I understand that the Jedi use the Force for self defence, but still, couldn't they just use the Force to snap their foes' necks and be done with it? Like when Jaina Solo was hunting down Darth Caedus....
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From how far away can Force Choke be used?
In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader uses Force Choke to kill Admiral Ozzel. At the time Vader is in his meditation chamber while Ozzel and Needa are presumably on the bridge of the Executor.
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Why did Obi-Wan disappear instead of being cut in two pieces? [duplicate]
In A New Hope, at the climax of the duel, we are led to believe Obi-Wan turns instantly into a force ghost. Why did he not get cut in two, similar to how Anakin was diced in episode 3, taking away ...
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Force throw defense
In various scenes, a Jedi or a Sith moves big & heavy objects (like in the Yoda vs Dooku duel at the end of Attack of the Clones) and throws it to opponent. Isn't the other way easier - throwing ...
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Where is this source for Kinetite powers?
If you check the Kinetite page on Wookieepedia, it states that Sith masters used this power to flatten ferrocrete bunkers. Where is the canon source that states that?
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What did Yoda mean when he said "Strong am I in the Force, but not that strong"?
In Return of the Jedi, as Yoda lies dying, he speaks to to Luke:
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Soon will I rest. Yes, forever sleep. Earned it, I have.
Yoda sits himself on his bed, with great effort.
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Did Luke's Force ability prevent Vader from aquiring target lock in the trench above Death Star 1?
From TVTropes "The Force Is Strong With This One": (usual TVTropes link alert)
Star Wars. Vader names the trope when he's chasing Luke down the Death Star's trench, and finding himself unable to ...
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Can someone become artificially Force-sensitive?
Can someone become artificially Force-sensitive?
I'm a film student working on a script on a Star Wars film as a personal project. Without giving too much away, one of the main key parts of the story ...
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