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0:00The forces responsible for over 100
0:02distinct abilities across Star Wars
0:04canon, from pushing objects across a
0:06room to literally transferring your soul
0:09into someone else's body. So, today
0:11we're breaking down every single force
0:13ability and explaining exactly how they
0:15work, starting with the one that makes
0:17all of it possible, force sensitivity.
0:20Before any Jedi can lift a rock or choke
0:22out an Imperial officer, they need this.
0:24Force sensitivity is the entry ticket.
0:27You either have it or you don't. Most
0:28commonly, you inherit a force sensitive
0:31parent. Sometimes it shows up randomly,
0:33no family history required, and in the
0:35rarest cases, it can be artificially
0:37given to someone, which is, you know,
0:39not ideal. The biological mechanism
0:41behind all of this is midi-chlorians,
0:43microscopic organisms living inside your
0:45cells. Your average person has about
0:482,500 per cell. Anakin Skywalker, over
0:5120,000, higher than Yoda, higher than
0:54anyone ever recorded. But, having a high
0:56count doesn't automatically make you
0:58powerful. [music] It makes you capable.
1:00What you do with that connection starts
1:02with the most basic ability every force
1:04[music] sensitive develops first, force
1:07sense. Force sense is the training
1:09wheels of the Jedi Order, and it's the
1:11one ability that makes every other
1:13ability on this list possible. Without
1:15it, you're just a person holding a
1:17glowing sword.
1:17>> [music]
1:18>> At its core, force sense allows a user
1:20to feel emotions, detect future events,
1:23and identify the dark side. But, the
1:25most useful part, the danger sense. It
1:27operates completely involuntarily, like
1:30a tingling that says something terrible
1:31is about to happen. Yoda used exactly
1:34[music] this to survive Order 66,
1:36sensing the clone troopers betrayal
1:38before a single shot was fired. But,
1:40perhaps the most impressive
1:41demonstration belongs to Kanan Jarrus,
1:44who, after being permanently blinded,
1:46developed his force sense to the point
1:48where he could fight in complete
1:49darkness. No eyes, zero problem. But, if
1:52sensing danger is impressive, wait until
1:54you see See happens when force users
1:56start moving things with their minds.
1:58Telekinesis. Telekinesis is the Swiss
2:01Army knife of force abilities. It's the
2:03one power that literally every force
2:05user picks up and for good reason. The
2:07concept is simple. Move things with your
2:09mind instead of your hands. But here's
2:11the thing. It doesn't care how big you
2:13are or how much you can bench press.
2:15Telekinesis runs entirely on willpower,
2:18which is why a tiny green creature who
2:20weighs about as much as a medium dog can
2:22rip an X-Wing out of a swamp. The three
2:25building blocks are force push, force
2:27pull, and force grip. Every fancy
2:29application you've ever seen, crushing
2:31droids, yanking someone's weapon out of
2:33their hands from across a room, all of
2:35it traces back to those three basics.
2:37Sufficiently skilled [music] users can
2:39even manipulate liquids and explosive
2:41forces, which is, you know, not ideal
2:43for whoever's standing nearby. But if
2:45moving objects around sounds impressive,
2:48wait until you see what the force does
2:50to gravity. Force jump. [music] Force
2:52jump is exactly what it sounds like and
2:54yet somehow way more interesting than
2:56you'd expect. A force sensitive channels
2:58the force through their body to launch
3:00themselves across ridiculous distances,
3:02completely ignoring what gravity has to
3:04say about the situation. Here's what's
3:06wild though. You don't even need
3:08training to do it. Both Ezra Bridger and
3:10Leia Organa pulled off force enhanced
3:12leaps instinctively with zero formal
3:15instruction. [music]
3:16The force just kind of kicked in and
3:17said, "We're jumping now." The most
3:19iconic example, Luke Skywalker launching
3:22himself out of the carbon freeze chamber
3:23on Cloud City. He later described the
3:25sensation as though the air itself was
3:28moving him, which is either poetic or
3:29terrifying depending on how you feel
3:32about invisible forces yeeeting you
3:34[music] upward. But if you think
3:35enhanced jumping is impressive, wait
3:37until you see what the force does to
3:39someone's speed. Force speed. [music]
3:41Force speed is one of those abilities
3:43that sound straightforward until you
3:44think about what it actually means for
3:46the person using it. On the surface, it
3:48lets a force user maintain sprinting
3:50speeds for brief periods with greater
3:52aptitude granting longer duration.
3:54Simple enough, but here's the thing. The
3:56increased speed doesn't just make them
3:58faster, it makes the entire world slow
4:01down around them. They perceive and
4:03react to everything in slow motion,
4:05dodging attacks that should be
4:06impossible to avoid and striking with
4:08pinpoint accuracy. This is why
4:10lightsaber duels look the way they do.
4:12Force speed is baked into nearly every
4:14clash, amplifying both offense and
4:17defense simultaneously. Even Darth
4:19Vader, a man held together by machinery
4:21and spite, frequently uses it to augment
4:24his speed [music] despite his mechanical
4:25limitations, which is, you know,
4:28terrifying. But if moving fast is
4:29impressive, wait until you see what the
4:31force can do [music] to someone's mind
4:33without them even knowing. Mind trick,
4:35this is the one your mom knows about.
4:37Even people who've never seen Star
4:39[music] Wars can do the hand wave, but
4:40most people don't think about what's
4:42actually happening here because it's
4:44genuinely unsettling. Mind trick lets a
4:47force user rewrite someone's thoughts
4:49and bend their will. It works best on
4:51the weak-minded, and certain species
4:53like Hutts and Toydarians are [music]
4:54completely immune. You could wave your
4:56hand at Watto all day and he'd just
4:58stare at you like you owed him money.
5:00The Jedi call this a peaceful
5:02negotiation tool, which is a lovely way
5:04of saying I'm rewriting your brain so I
5:06don't have to fight you. Obi-Wan
5:07convinced stormtroopers they weren't
5:09looking for the droids. Those troopers
5:11walked away fully believing thoughts
5:13that weren't theirs. That's not
5:14diplomacy, that's polite mind control.
5:17But at least mind trick leaves you
5:18[music] alive. The next ability doesn't
5:20even guarantee that. Force choke.
5:23Telekinesis is versatile. [music]
5:25You can push, pull, lift, throw. But if
5:28you take that same power and wrap it
5:29around someone's throat with the
5:31specific intent to watch the life drain
5:33out of their eyes, now you've got force
5:35choke. This is a dark side
5:36specialization where the user strangles
5:38a victim, usually with that iconic
5:41claw-like hand gesture. It works as both
5:43a killing technique and a psychological
5:45terror tool. You don't just die, you die
5:47knowing exactly who's doing it and that
5:49they could stop at any moment, but
5:51won't. Darth Vader turned this into an
5:53art form. He killed Admiral Ozzel
5:55through a viewscreen while sitting in
5:57his meditation chamber on an entirely
5:59different ship. No line of sight, no
6:00proximity, just pure dark side reach.
6:03The only limitation is concentration.
6:05[music]
6:06Break focus and the target goes free.
6:08But if choking people through a screen
6:10is unsettling, wait until we get into
6:12what the force can do when it's inside
6:14your head. Telepathy. Most force
6:16abilities are loud. Lightsabers hum,
6:18lightning crackles, objects [music] go
6:20flying across the room. Telepathy is the
6:22opposite, completely silent, completely
6:25invisible, and honestly one of the most
6:27overpowered things in the entire force
6:29toolkit. It allows force users to
6:32transmit thoughts, emotions, and
6:34information directly into someone else's
6:36mind. No comms, no signals to intercept,
6:39no frequency to jam, just pure
6:41undetectable communication. Unlike a
6:44force bond, which is a permanent, often
6:46involuntary connection between two
6:48people, telepathy is deliberate. You
6:50choose when to use it, who to reach, and
6:53what to send. Jedi used it to coordinate
6:55in combat. Sith used it for covert
6:57manipulation. The force doesn't care
6:59about your alignment when you're [music]
7:00just sending a text message with your
7:02brain. Range varied wildly. Luke
7:04projecting his distress to Leia across
7:06Cloud City remains the most famous
7:08example, reaching someone with zero
7:10formal training. Not ideal for subtlety,
7:13but extremely impressive as raw power.
7:15But if telepathy lets you talk without
7:17speaking, the next ability lets you heal
7:20without medicine,
7:21>> [music]
7:21>> force healing. Force healing is one of
7:24those abilities that sound
7:25straightforward until you realize it's
7:27basically a transaction. You're not
7:29casting a spell, you're pouring your own
7:31life energy into someone else's wound,
7:33and that vitality has to come from
7:35somewhere. The user places their hand
7:38over the injury, channels the force, and
7:40the flesh mends. Sometimes there's a
7:42blue-white pulse, sometimes a golden
7:44glow, sometimes nothing visible at all,
7:47but the cost is always there. Normal
7:49healing can be recovered through rest
7:51and meditation. Resurrection, though,
7:53that's a completely different price tag.
7:55Ben Solo used Force healing to bring Rey
7:57back from the dead, and the amount of
7:59life energy required to pull that off
8:01drained him entirely. He died, which is,
8:04>> [music]
8:04>> you know, not ideal. On the flip side,
8:06Darth Sidious achieved similar results
8:08through Force drain, stealing health
8:09from others rather than offering his
8:11own. Same outcome, opposite philosophy.
8:14But if transferring life force sounds
8:15dangerous, wait until you see what
8:17happens when the Force gets weaponized
8:19into pure electricity,
8:20>> [music]
8:20>> Force lightning. This is the one
8:22everybody pictures when they think of
8:23the dark side, and honestly, it earns
8:25that reputation. Force lightning is a
8:27raw discharge of electrical energy fired
8:30directly from the practitioner's hands,
8:32and it can kill, disfigure, cause
8:34unimaginable pain, or straight-up
8:36disintegrate a target. It can also
8:38destroy starships and physical objects,
8:41parry other Force abilities, or stun
8:43opponents into submission, which is, you
8:45know, not ideal if you're on the
8:47receiving end. It's most commonly
8:48[music] associated with Sith Lords and
8:51Palpatine frying Luke Skywalker in
8:53Return of the Jedi basically cemented it
8:56as the iconic [music] dark side power.
8:58But here's the thing, the Jedi Order
9:00banned it, sure, but ancient Jedi
9:02actually used it against the Sith. So,
9:03the real question isn't [music] whether
9:05it's evil, it's whether the technique
9:07itself is inherently dark or just a tool
9:09that dark people happen to love using.
9:12But even if you could survive a full
9:14blast of Force lightning, that doesn't
9:15mean you could do anything useful with
9:17all that energy. Unless, of course, you
9:19knew how [music] to absorb it, Force
9:21absorption. Every Jedi initiate learns
9:24this one on day one. Tutaminis, as the
9:27Order officially classified it, is the
9:29foundational defensive technique that
9:31allows a Force user to draw harmful
9:33energy into their body and either
9:35diffuse it or channel it away
9:36completely. Heat, electricity,
9:39electromagnetic radiation, even hard
9:41radiation like gamma rays, all fair
9:43game. But here's the thing, while every
9:45Jedi student gets the basics, actually
9:48dissipating concentrated energy like a
9:50blaster bolt [music] or a lightsaber
9:52blade is extraordinarily rare. Most Jedi
9:55never get there. The ones who do
9:56essentially [music] turn enemy attacks
9:58into fuel. After absorbing that energy,
10:01they can redirect it to heal wounds or
10:03power [music] other force abilities.
10:05It's basically a non-harmful version of
10:07force drain, except instead of ripping
10:09life out of someone, you're just [music]
10:11eating a blaster shot and using it to
10:13patch yourself up, which is, you know, a
10:15handy trick. But if you think freezing
10:16energy in place sounds impressive, wait
10:19until you see what happens when you
10:20freeze an entire person. Force [music]
10:22stasis. Most telekinetic abilities
10:25require you to actively hold something
10:27in place. You're concentrating, [music]
10:29you're gesturing, you're basically arm
10:31wrestling the universe the entire time.
10:33Force stasis throws all of that out the
10:35window. You freeze a target completely,
10:37[music] cancel out all their motion, and
10:40just walk away while they hang there
10:41like a paused video. Kylo Ren gave us
10:44the definitive demonstration during the
10:46attack on Tuwanul. A resistance fighter
10:48fires a blaster bolt directly at him,
10:50and Ren freezes the bolt midair while
10:52simultaneously locking the shooter in
10:54place. Two targets, one moment, zero
10:56effort [music] on his face, which is,
10:58you know, a pretty solid way to
11:00introduce a villain. What separates
11:01stasis from regular telekinesis is that
11:04it doesn't require continuous effort to
11:06maintain. You set it and forget it. Cal
11:08Kestis turned this into a staple across
11:10both Jedi games, making [music] what was
11:12once a rare display into something
11:14players spam on every stormtrooper
11:16[music] they meet. But freezing people
11:18in place is gentle compared to what the
11:20force can do to entire armies, which
11:22brings us to battle meditation. Battle
11:24meditation. Most force abilities are
11:26about what one person can do. Battle
11:28meditation is about what one person can
11:31make an entire army do. It's a rare
11:33force ability that links minds together
11:35for coordinated [music] action at scales
11:37that should be physically impossible.
11:39During the Valo atrocity, Porter Engle
11:41used battle meditation to unite other
11:44Jedi so they could fly starfighters in
11:46synchronized formation with him. No
11:48verbal communication, no hand signals,
11:50just pure force linked consciousness
11:52piloting ships in perfect unison. Adi
11:55Gallia pulled off something similar
11:56during the Clone Wars employing battle
11:58meditation while piloting her Delta 7B
12:01alongside a V-19 Torrent in active
12:03combat. So she's flying, fighting, and
12:05psychically networking with other pilots
12:07simultaneously, which is, you know,
12:09casual. The ability is exceptionally
12:11rare and for good reason. Turning the
12:13force into a tactical communications
12:15network for an entire fighting force
12:17requires mental discipline most Jedi
12:20never come close to achieving. If
12:22anyone's going to mentally coordinate an
12:23army, it's the 900-year-old green guy.
12:26But if coordinating sentient minds
12:28sounds impressive, wait until you
12:30[music] see what the force can do with
12:32creatures that don't even speak. Animal
12:35Bond. Most force abilities are about
12:37dominating something, pushing it,
12:39choking it, freezing it in place. Animal
12:41Bond is the opposite. It lets the user
12:43calm a creature and then use it as a
12:45mount, a guard beast, or just stop it
12:48from eating your face. And it was taught
12:50to younglings, literal [music] children,
12:52which tells you exactly how foundational
12:54the Jedi considered this skill. Here's
12:56the thing though, Animal Bond doesn't
12:59work like a mind trick. You're not
13:01overriding a creature's will. You're
13:02forming an empathic connection,
13:04projecting calm and intent until the
13:07animal recognizes you as not a threat.
13:09It's less, "These aren't the droids
13:11you're looking for." and more, "Hey
13:12buddy, please don't gore me." Anakin,
13:15Obi-Wan, Ezra Bridger, and Kanan Jarrus
13:18all demonstrated mastery of this
13:19ability. Ezra in particular treated it
13:22less like a tool and more like a
13:24conversation, which raises an
13:26interesting question. Is this genuine
13:28partnership or just polite mind control?
13:30The animals seem happy about it at
13:32least, but if calming a beast sounds
13:34peaceful, the next ability is the exact
13:36opposite of peace.
13:38>> [music]
13:38>> Force Rage. Force Rage is essentially
13:40the dark side's version of a pre-workout
13:43supplement, except instead of creatine
13:45and caffeine, you're fueling yourself
13:47with your deepest fears, pain, and
13:49hatred, which is, you know, not ideal.
13:52The user channels all that negativity
13:54into pure con- centrated rage. Strength,
13:57speed, agility, endurance, ferocity, all
14:00cranked to the absolute maximum. For a
14:03brief window, you become a nearly
14:05unstoppable force of destruction. But
14:07here's the kicker, your body literally
14:09cannot handle it. The moment the rage
14:11fades, you're left completely drained.
14:13Exhaustion, depression, physiological
14:15damage, the works. In Jedi Outcast
14:18multiplayer, using Force [music] Rage
14:20would actively eat away at your health
14:22while active, and once it ended, your
14:24character slowed to a crawl. And if a
14:26light side user taps into it, it can
14:28sever their connection to the light
14:30entirely. It's a power that gives you
14:32everything in the moment and takes twice
14:34as much when the bill comes due. But if
14:36Force Rage borrows power from your own
14:38body, the next ability just takes it
14:40from someone else entirely. Force Drain.
14:43Remember Force Healing? How a Jedi pours
14:46their own life energy into someone else
14:48to mend their wounds? Force Drain is
14:50that, but in reverse, and way worse.
14:53Instead of giving, the practitioner
14:55takes. They rip the life energies from
14:57another person and absorb [music] it
14:58directly into themselves, strengthening
15:01their connection to the dark side in the
15:03process. A Jedi sacrifices their own
15:06vitality to save someone. A Sith just
15:08takes yours. Here's where it gets
15:10genuinely terrifying though. Sith Lords
15:12used [music] this technique to extend
15:14their lives for centuries beyond their
15:16natural expiration. Not decades,
15:19centuries. They'd siphon life from
15:20captives to keep themselves alive long
15:23past when their bodies should have given
15:25out. Darth Sidious took it further using
15:27Force drain to actively restore his own
15:30health by ripping it from others,
15:32[music] which is, you know, not ideal
15:33for the others. The philosophical gap
15:36here is massive. Light side healing
15:38costs you something. Dark side healing
15:41costs everyone else. But if draining
15:43someone's life force sounds invasive,
15:45wait until you hear about a power that
15:47lets you rip memories straight [music]
15:49out of objects. Psychometry. Most Force
15:52abilities are about projecting outward,
15:54pushing, pulling, choking, all that fun
15:56stuff. Psychometry is the opposite. You
15:58touch an object and the object talks
16:00back. A Force user grabs something, a
16:02weapon, a piece of clothing, anything,
16:05and they're hit with visions. Distorted
16:07sight, warped [music] sound, raw
16:09emotions, all belonging to whoever held
16:11that object before them. You're not just
16:13learning about the past, you're [music]
16:15experiencing it. Every sensation the
16:17previous owner felt floods into your
16:20brain like a bad dream you can't wake up
16:22from. Jedi Master Quinlan Vos was the
16:25poster child for this [music] ability,
16:27using it to track targets across the
16:29galaxy like a Force-powered bloodhound.
16:31[music]
16:31Personal items gave the clearest
16:33readings, while objects handled by
16:35multiple people turned into static. But
16:37here's the dark part. If the object was
16:39used for something horrible, [music] the
16:41experience doesn't just show you what
16:43happened. It contaminates you. Dark side
16:45residue seeps in through the vision and
16:48dark side practitioners skipped objects
16:50entirely, ripping memories straight from
16:53living brains, [music]
16:54which is, you know, not ideal. But if
16:56touching dead objects sounds disturbing,
16:59wait until you hear about Jedi who could
17:01make plants [music] attack people. Plant
17:03surge. Most Force abilities are about
17:05destruction [music] or manipulation.
17:07Plant surge is about gardening.
17:09Aggressive gardening, but gardening
17:11nonetheless. Officially known as
17:13Consitor Sado, Plant surge is a light
17:15side technique that channels life energy
17:17directly [music] into plants,
17:18accelerating their growth and
17:20controlling the direction they grow. In
17:22a calm setting, a Jedi could coax a
17:24dying crop back to health. Useful, sure.
17:26A little boring, absolutely. But in
17:28combat, it gets interesting. [music] A
17:30skilled practitioner could cause vines
17:32and roots to erupt from the ground at
17:33incredible speed, twisting around
17:35opponents and locking them in place.
17:37Once ensnared, the victim couldn't
17:39dodge, couldn't fight back, and couldn't
17:41move. Which is, you know, not ideal when
17:44you're wrapped in something [music]
17:45actively trying to become a tree around
17:47your legs. The Jedi loved it because
17:49nobody had to die. You just got hugged
17:51by a bush until you calm down. It's one
17:54of the most creative non-lethal
17:55techniques [music] in the entire Force
17:57toolkit, and it requires genuinely
17:59precise control over biological
18:01organisms, which is harder than it
18:03sounds [music] when you're mid-combat
18:05trying to convince a fern to do your
18:07bidding. But if Plant Surge represents
18:10the Force's connection to living things,
18:13the next ability takes that connection
18:15in the opposite direction, past death
18:17itself. [music] Force ghost. Most Force
18:19abilities let you do incredible things
18:21while you're alive. This one lets you do
18:23incredible things after you're dead,
18:25which is, you know, a bit of an upgrade.
18:26Force ghosts are the preserved
18:28consciousness of deceased Force
18:30sensitives who essentially told death no
18:33thanks and kept existing anyway. When a
18:35Jedi masters this technique [music] and
18:37dies, their physical body vanishes
18:39completely, sublimating into pure
18:42energy. What's left is the spirit, fully
18:44aware, fully themselves, hanging around
18:47in an intermediate state known as the
18:49netherworld of the Force. Obi-Wan, Yoda,
18:51and Luke are the most [music] famous
18:53examples. These manifested spirits can
18:55wield Force powers, appear to the
18:57living, and travel instantaneously
18:59[music] to any point in the galaxy by
19:01sheer force of will. Here's the thing,
19:03though. This knowledge is only
19:05accessible to those who fully embrace
19:07the light side. Some Sith figured out
19:09similar tricks through essence transfer,
19:11but the pure version of spiritual
19:13immortality remains a light side
19:14exclusive. But, if you think preserving
19:16your consciousness after death sounds
19:18extreme, wait until you hear about the
19:20ability that killed Luke Skywalker
19:22before he even became a ghost, force
19:24projection. This is the ability that
19:26killed Luke Skywalker, not in some
19:28metaphorical poetic sense. It literally
19:31drained the life out of him. Force
19:33projection allows a force user to create
19:35an illusory copy of themselves and
19:37transmit it across [music] vast
19:39distances. We're talking light years.
19:41The user pours their living force into
19:43the cosmic force, generating a
19:45simulacrum so convincing it can fool
19:47sensors, droids, and even other force
19:49[music] users standing right in front of
19:51it. Here's the thing, the projection
19:53isn't really there. Luke's simulacrum on
19:55Crait walked through every weapon the
19:57first order had without a scratch. Kylo
20:00Ren swung a lightsaber through him,
20:02nothing. He even projected a younger
20:03appearance and a lightsaber he didn't
20:05actually possess anymore. The illusion
20:07was that complete, but the cost is
20:09obscene. Kylo told Rey she would die if
20:11she attempted it. Luke managed to pull
20:13it off from Ahch-To all the way to
20:15Crait, bought the Resistance time to
20:16escape, and then peacefully became one
20:18with the force,
20:19>> [music]
20:19>> which is a very polite way of saying the
20:21effort killed him. If force projection
20:23proves anything, it's that the force
20:25connects people in ways that go [music]
20:26far beyond what most abilities can
20:28achieve, which brings us to an ability
20:31that's literally [music] built on that
20:32connection, force bond. Most force
20:35abilities are things you [music] do.
20:37Force bond is something that happens to
20:39you. It's a deep persistent connection
20:41between two force sensitive individuals
20:43that links their minds across the
20:45galaxy, and neither party gets a say in
20:48whether it switches [music] off. When
20:49active, both people manifest in each
20:51other's location simultaneously. [music]
20:53They can see each other, hear each
20:55other, feel each other's emotions, all
20:58while standing in completely different
21:00star systems. It's not a hologram. It's
21:02closer to two people occupying the same
21:05room through sheer willpower of the
21:07force itself. The most significant
21:09example is the bond between Kylo Ren and
21:11Rey. As [music] a force dyad, their
21:13connection was so rare the Sith Eternal
21:15considered it prophecy, while the Jedi
21:18had basically forgotten it existed,
21:19[music] which is, you know, not ideal
21:21for record-keeping purposes. What made
21:23it genuinely unprecedented was how far
21:26it [music] escalated. By the end, Ren
21:28and Rey could physically transfer
21:30objects through the force across
21:31light-years. On one occasion, Ren's
21:34glove ended up wet from the rain on
21:36Ahch-To because Rey was standing in it.
21:38That's not telepathy anymore. That's the
21:40force [music] just casually ignoring the
21:42laws of physics. But, if the force can
21:44connect two minds across a galaxy, wait
21:47until you hear about the ability that
21:49lets someone see exactly [music] where
21:51the entire universe is about to break.
21:53Shatterpoint, Mace Windu is one of the
21:55most powerful Jedi to ever live, and
21:58most [music] people only know him for
21:59the purple lightsaber, which is, you
22:01know, not ideal because his actual
22:04signature ability is way more
22:05interesting than his blade color.
22:07Shatterpoint is a rare force ability
22:09that lets certain force sensitives
22:11perceive critical weaknesses [music] in
22:13people, objects, or even events. Fault
22:15lines in reality itself that, if struck
22:18at the right moment, cause everything to
22:19collapse. Windu could look at a
22:21situation and literally see where it
22:23would break. The ability first appeared
22:25in the 2003 Shatterpoint novel, then got
22:28tossed into Legends during Lucasfilm's
22:302012 continuity purge. Gone, [music]
22:32just like that. But, here's where it
22:34gets interesting. The 2022 Brotherhood
22:36novel included a direct reference to
22:38Mace Windu and Shatterpoints, and recent
22:40Marvel comic materials went even
22:42further, seemingly [music] confirming
22:44the restoration outright. So,
22:46Shatterpoint spent nearly a decade in
22:47canonical limbo, and now it's quietly
22:49back like nothing happened. An ability
22:52that lets you see exactly where to apply
22:53pressure to shatter anything. That's
22:55terrifying. But, if [music] sensing
22:57weaknesses sounds overpowered, wait
22:59until you hear about a technique that
23:01weaponizes your own [music] inner ear
23:02against you, Malacia. This one is
23:05genuinely elegant and almost nobody used
23:07it. Malacia was a force technique that
23:09induced powerful [music] dizziness and
23:11nausea in enemies by turning their own
23:13equilibrium against them, not projecting
23:16energy outward, [music] not throwing
23:17anyone across a room, just quietly
23:20flipping a switch inside their inner ear
23:22and letting gravity do the rest. [music]
23:24The target would become completely
23:26incapacitated, sometimes to the point of
23:28vomiting, but here's the thing. It
23:30caused zero physical damage, [music]
23:32which means the Jedi Council couldn't
23:33even classify it as a dark side power.
23:36You're not hurting anyone, you're just
23:37making them really, really wish they
23:39were dead for about 10 minutes. What
23:41made Malacia unique was that the Force
23:43user transformed the target's existing
23:45energy rather than expending their own.
23:48Most Force abilities are about
23:49projection. This one is about
23:51redirection. Peak sophistication. Jedi
23:54Master Oppo Rancisis perfected the
23:57technique and tried teaching it to
23:59[music] basically every Jedi who'd sit
24:01still long enough. Almost none of them
24:02actually mastered it. Most preferred
24:04just Force pushing someone into a wall,
24:06which is, you know, less refined, but
24:08gets the job done. But if Malacia sounds
24:10dangerous in a subtle way, wait until
24:12you hear about Morichro, a technique so
24:14lethal it earned the name the touch of
24:16death. Morichro. [music] The Jedi Order
24:18had a lot of rules about what you could
24:20and couldn't do with the Force. Don't
24:22choke people, don't shoot lightning,
24:23standard [music] stuff. But Morichro is
24:25one of the few light side techniques
24:27where the Order said, [music] "Yeah, no.
24:29Almost nobody gets to touch this one."
24:30Morichro, also known as the touch of
24:32death, rapidly slows down an opponent's
24:34bodily functions to the point of death.
24:37Heart rate, breathing, brain function,
24:39all grinding to a halt like flipping a
24:40switch, which is, you know, not ideal
24:42for the person on the receiving end.
24:44Master Yaddle was one of the few Jedi
24:46actually permitted to practice it, and
24:48that tells you everything.
24:49>> [music]
24:49>> She wasn't just filling a council seat,
24:51she was deeply attuned to the will of
24:53the Force and skilled in deadly
24:55little-known techniques. If the Order
24:57trusted anyone with a kill on contact
24:59ability, it was her. Here's the thing
25:00though, when the Sith I take Sarak
25:02claimed to have mastered Morichro, Jedi
25:04Knight Vildar Mac dismissed it as a
25:06myth. A trained Jedi genuinely believed
25:10it didn't exist. The order didn't
25:11[music] just restrict this technique.
25:13They buried it so deep, their own
25:15knights thought it was a fairy tale. And
25:17honestly, you can see why. This is one
25:19of the only explicitly lethal light side
25:21abilities in the entire canon. Not a
25:24Sith corruption, a Jedi art that kills
25:26people. But if Morichro represents the
25:28force silencing a body, the next ability
25:31is about doing the exact opposite.
25:33Amplifying what you can hear beyond
25:35anything physically possible. Force
25:37listening. Most force abilities are
25:39about pushing your will onto the world.
25:41[music] Force listening is the opposite.
25:43It's about shutting up and actually
25:44paying attention. Theron force listening
25:47was a technique developed by the Theron
25:49listeners. A species that figured out
25:51how to hear through the force itself.
25:52With it, a force sensitive could
25:54understand words spoken in a completely
25:56different language or eavesdrop on
25:58organic beings talking from enormous
26:00distances. Basically, a universal
26:02translator and a long-range wiretap
26:04rolled into one. Which is, [music] you
26:06know, not ideal if you're the one being
26:08listened to. Jacen Solo learned the
26:10technique directly from the Therons
26:12themselves after the Yuuzhan Vong War.
26:14Spending time with their culture and
26:16picking up an ability no Jedi had ever
26:18formally taught. [music] His sister
26:19Jaina later learned it, too. What makes
26:21this one interesting is that it wasn't
26:23invented by the Jedi or the Sith. It
26:25came from an entirely separate force
26:27using culture that developed a technique
26:29perfectly suited to their own needs. The
26:31Jedi just borrowed it. Or more
26:33accurately, one Jedi showed up, thought
26:34it was cool, and brought it home like a
26:36souvenir. But if you think listening to
26:38someone is unsettling, wait until you
26:40hear about the force power that kills
26:42people just by looking at them. Deadly
26:44sight. You can force choke someone. You
26:46can electrocute them with lightning. But
26:48what if you could just look at somebody
26:49and they burst into flames? [music]
26:51That's deadly sight. Pure concentrated
26:54hatred projected through an intense
26:55glare that blisters skin and ignites
26:58flesh. You don't need to raise a hand,
27:00you just stare at someone and their body
27:02starts to burn until they die, which is,
27:05you know, not ideal for the person being
27:07stared at. Here's the thing, deadly
27:09sight is fueled entirely by raw fury and
27:12hatred channeled through the user's
27:14gaze. [music] There's zero finesse
27:16involved. You're essentially weaponizing
27:18your own anger through eye contact and
27:21the results are about as controlled as
27:24you'd expect from something powered by
27:26[music] pure rage. For most of Sith
27:28history, this technique was extremely
27:30rare. Even dark side practitioners
27:33looked at this one and said, "That seems
27:35excessive." It was primarily associated
27:37with Emperor Palpatine himself and the
27:39Jedi Order naturally condemned it, which
27:41feels redundant since no Jedi should be
27:44channeling that much hatred through
27:45their eyeballs anyway. Even for a Sith
27:47Lord, deadly sight is a commitment. It
27:49demands enormous dark side energy and
27:52sustained concentration, so you get
27:54[music] a few seconds of terrifying eye
27:56contact murder, then you're running on
27:57fumes. But if you think killing someone
27:59with a glare is dark, wait until you
28:01hear about the Sith who figured out how
28:03to [music] steal someone's entire body
28:06just to avoid dying, essence transfer.
28:08[music] This is the big one, the final
28:10boss of dark side abilities. Essence
28:13transfer is exactly [music] what it
28:14sounds like. You rip your consciousness
28:17out of your own body and shove it into
28:19someone else's, which is, you know, not
28:21ideal for the person already living in
28:23that body. Ancient Sith Lords used this
28:26technique to cheat death over and over
28:28again, haunting their tombs for
28:29centuries and possessing anyone unlucky
28:32enough to stumble across their
28:33sarcophagi. If the invading
28:35consciousness was powerful enough, it
28:37could straight up override and expel the
28:39original mind. Your body's not yours
28:42anymore, you're just gone. Here's the
28:44kicker, though, the the
28:45own body disintegrates [music] when the
28:47power is invoked. One-way ticket every
28:50single time. But the most ambitious
28:52practitioners figured out the ultimate
28:54workaround. They combined essence
28:56transfer with advanced cloning
28:58technology, hopping from body to body
29:00across generations. Immortality through
29:02an endless supply of spare vessels. Not
29:05exactly the noble path to transcending
29:07death that the Jedi had in mind, but
29:09effective. And that's every force
29:11ability in Star [music] Wars. From
29:13pushing rocks with your mind to
29:15literally stealing someone's body to
29:17live forever. [music]
29:18The force is somehow both a beautiful
29:19cosmic energy field and the most
29:21terrifying weapon in the galaxy,
29:23depending entirely on who's using it.
29:25>> [music]
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