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The first analyzed is Malgus deacelerating and holding a back a freighter/modified dropship for some time in the novel Deceived.

The feat:

quote:
He reached out with the Force as Razor continued its rise, tried to take it in his mental grasp. Its ascent slowed. He held forth both of his arms, made claws of his hands, and shouted with frustration as he sought to hold back the power of the ship�s thrusters.

He felt a tightness in his mind, the string of his power being drawn taut, stretching, stretching. He would not release the ship. Its thrusters began to whine. He held it, teeth gritted, sweat soaking his body, his breath a dry rattle through his respirator.

Deceived

Measuring the beast:

First of all, we're going to assume the Razor, the ship in question, is a mundane freighter/modified dropship. It's length should be around 25-40 meters and it's weight should be around 200-300 tons.

The math:

The math on this one is fairly simple. If we consider that the ship's thrusters were at full power or close to - supported by the part that was stated "they began to whine" - and assuming that spaceships in Star Wars can accelerate at hundreds, or even thousands of G's. Here's an exemple of acceleration. I'll analyze three scenarios:

Scenario One: The ship does have a very conservative acceleration of 52 G's.

In this case the ship's thrusters is applying a Force F equal to F = 300,000*510 (one G has been ignored due to gravity). F = 153000000 N. This value is equivalent as if Malgus could throw a 15,300 tons ship with an acceleration of 1G.

This is equivalent as if Malgus could throw a Kilauea-class ammunition ship with an acceleration of 1G. The ship does have 172 meters of length.

Scenario Two: This one is the most likely scenario, in my opnion, given the listed acceleration capacity of many ships. Here, the ship does have an acceleration of 202 G's.

In this case the ship's thrusters are applying a Force F equal to F = 300,000*2020 = 606000000N. This value is equivalent as if Malgus could throw a 60,000 tons ship with an acceleration of 1G.

This is equivalent as if Malgus could throw the SS Chesapeake with an acceleration of 4 G's or the USS Kitty Hawk with an acceleration of 1G. The first ship does have 224 meters of lenght and the USS Kitty Hawk, 326 meters.

Scenario Three: This one, while possible, is highly unlikely as dropships and freighters aren't usually listed to have access to this kind of acceleration. Here, the ship does have an acceleration of 1002 G's.

In this case the ship's thrusters are applying a Force F equal to F = 300,000*10020 = 3006000000N. This value is equivalent as if Malgus could throw a 300,000 tons ship with an acceleration of 1G. This is also equivalent as if Malgus could throw the USS Kitty Hawk with an acceleration of 5 G's. The ship does have 326 meters of length.

Even the most conservative estimate provides a most impressive feat, especially considering Malgus was significantly pre-prime when he accomplished that.