The passage does not specify that the green lightning is ever murderous; it says the "murderous form of lightning" is the dark side weapon.
This is his use of "the murderous form of lightning":
There's no indication that that is akin to the "brilliant emerald fire" he uses here; to the contrary, it appears to be simply be a powerful manifestation of traditional Sith lightning, and it's probably what Jacen was referring to. He could have killed them with that lightning instead of simply incapacitating them with the "blaze[s] of fire."
I'm not suggesting that Jacen would never be able to kill with the technique, and given that he's only nineteen and this is the first time he's ever used the power, it really isn't even to his detriment.
I'm really not sure what you're getting at, in all seriousness.
In the passage from Destiny's Way that you provided, the "brilliant emerald fire that lanced from his fingertips" is identified as a variant of Force lightning, not an entirely different technique. The author identifies it in the next sentence as such -- "the Force lightning threw the first rank of Yuuzhan Vong back into their comrades."
You're splitting hairs: the author identifies it as a form of Force lightning, not a similar technique nor a related technique, but the same technique.
I assumed the "it" you were referring to was the specific attack I brought up, the "brilliant emerald fire." I believe the narration was distinguishing between the traditional, dark side lightning - hence the description of what he could have killed them with as a "murderous... dark side weapon" - and whatever it is he hit them with in its stead, rather than implying that it's the "emerald fire" that he could have killed them with in a murderous fashion.
The two don't have to be completely different techniques for that conclusion to be valid.
True that, I think the books/comics/works have only defined TWO instances of Electric Judgment, Plo Koon and Luke. Jacen's Force Lightning in Destiny's Way wasn't defined as such. Please correct me if there are more instances that were clearly defined.
I was; the narration clearly refers to the "brilliant emerald fire" as Force lightning; what Jacen uses is the same thing that the Hidden One uses (which was brilliant white lightning) and the same thing that Emperor Palpatine uses (purplish) and the same thing that Count Dooku uses (blue). The color might designate the level of intensity or lethality, but it's the same technique.
That Jacen didn't use the green Force lightning to kill (as Luke did in the Unifying Force) seems to be because of a personal decision to restrain himself. What I was saying was that it's impressive that, at that stage, nothing indicates he lacked the capability to use the technique as it was used in the Unifying Force.
You beat me to it! I was just confirming my source about Luke in Unifying Force. The book doesn't define it, I thought it had, only Plo Koon.
I think most fans assume so because EL is thought to be the light-side version of Force Lightning. When Jacen used FL in Destiny's Way, he was using it from the dark side, I recall.
Does the Skywalker bloodline get stronger with every generation?
I have heard this mentioned before: that subsequent generations of Skywalkers (or Solos, basically the descendents of Anakins Skywalker) become more and more powerful. This has been conjectured by many with the advent of the Legacy comics, due to Cade Skywalker's healing ability.
Question: Was Jacen Solo's Force potential the same as Luke's, or greater? Can anybody cite any texts in the EU that indicates this phenomenom?
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Having to call you "G" would be completely unfair. [As in, "you're a g."] It would imply that you're cool, and there would be no way to avoid it under that particular system of address.
I often wondered if the color and intensity were loosely based on the electromagnetic spectrum but Palpatine's gay lightning is superior to the while lightning and Luke's green lightning is superior to all. Also I was alluding to the fact that the description of jacens lightning was similar to electric judgment.
Was Luke's lightning in The Unifying Force referred to specifically as green? If so, then its safe to assume that Jace was using at least a similar attack.
Didn't Ben use force lightning on Zoist? I think I remember he used it when he was unarmed and a little scared too. Or was it a young Anakin same senario?