Registered: Mar 2005
Location: United States, Earth
Is it necessary for Force users to have to use their hands when using the force?
Im just asking because I remember Luke using the Force in Return/Jedi, as if it was telepathic, on C-3PO while on that chair in the scene where Luke tried to help C-3PO convince the Ewoks that he was an upset God.
Like say could've Count Dooku broke the metal platform in ep. 3 down onto Obi Wan by just mentally using the Force with no hand gestures?
Or could Force push be mentally done with no hand gestures. I always wanted to know...
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Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Hiding from zombies
Probably more like a feeling of self assurance and not so much neccessary. Theatrically, it's interesting. When you think of lifting things, choking people, or obliterating the enemy with a blast of energy, do you not see yourself raising your hand?
Also, it's probably a signal during the scene for others to "react" to force feats that are edited in later, or perhaps even to rehearse without visible special effects.
Janus: *Uses Jedi Mind Trick* You love me
Date: I love you...
Janus: You will go to my house
Date: I will go to your house
Janus: We'll have fun there...
Date: I will have fun in your house.
Registered: May 2005
Location: .::The Anti-Fanboy Confederation::.
Re: Is it necessary for Force users to have to use their hands when using the force?
Any kind of levitation can be done without hand gestures. In ESB you see Luke levitating stones and R2 while doing a handstand. Vader throws some things at Luke during their duel in ESB without making hand gestures. Other powers like force jumps, force speed and so on don't seem to requite gestures.
Force lightning of course can only be done with a handmovment ("aiming") but for the rest I'd say it only has some "dramatical" effect. For example Luke force chokes the Ghamorrean guards at the beginning of ROTJ points and the first one and still force chockes the first while pointing to the second one.
I mean...come on...it would look very stupid when force users would just stand around doing nothing while dropping stuff on their opponents, force push them around or do things like that.
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Oct 23rd, 2005 05:32 PM
