'Force Push was the ability to create a telekinetic impulse via the Force, launching a concussive burst of pressurized air-not unlike the blast of an archaic 'pipe bomb'-that would impact a target with enough force to knock it over, launch it into the air, or even (particularly in the case of fragile materials such as ceramics) shatter it into pieces. The greater the user's telekinetic aptitude, the larger the pressure differential, and thus the stronger the effect and the heavier the target. With practice, a skilled Force user could increase the range and arc of the blast without lowering the average kinetic energy, creating a blanketed wave instead of a focused impulse. Truly gifted practitioners could generate a concussive blast that would radiate from them for dozens of meters in all directions, detonating with the force of a conventional explosive.
This power was an effective tool for keeping enemies at a distance. A well-aimed push could have sent the target crashing into a nearby wall or other obstruction, resulting in bludgeoning damage and possible disorientation or blackout. A force push could also cause direct damage, by striking an enemy in the form of a telekinetic fist which had the power of a pile driver. This could injure or even kill enemies through the sheer power of the kinetic blast alone, rather than the damage caused by the collision of the target with a larger obstruction. Particularly ruthless Force users would use a well-timed Force push to send their enemies tumbling off penthouse balconies or into deep chasms. Aditionally, Force users who were exceptionally skilled could even use Force Push to kill their opponents, as evidenced by Darth Vader's use of Force push on multiple occasions during the Second Battle of Kashyyyk to kill Wookiee warriors. Beyond offense, this power had many utilitarian applications, such as activating a control panel that would ordinarily have been out of reach, or pulverizing heavy debris and other obstructions too large to remove without specialized equipment.
A trained Force user could resist Force Push, presumably by generating an opposing pressure surge whose wavefront canceled out their opponent's attack. The opponent usually responded by ramping up the pressure to compensate for the increased resistance. From here it became a telekinetic arm-wrestling match, with a seemingly motionless facade belying each combatant's desperate struggle to overpower the other. As events progressed, a pocket of air equidistant from the opponents would have been slowly compacted, until the pressure reached sufficient strength to bend duranium like kshyy vines. As the pressure increased, the pocket would begin to rapidly destabilize, until even the smallest atmospheric disturbance would cause it to rupture. When the pressure reached a critical threshold, the bubble would burst, generating a powerful shockwave. A textdoc example was provided by Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi when their duel progressed into the control room of the mining platform on Mustafar. The two had simultaneously used the ability while resisting each other's at the same time. Like magnets of the same pole, the combined force eventually hurled them violently to opposite sides of the room.
Applications of telekinesis deriving from uses of Force Push:
Force Whilwind:
A more advanced form of Force Push, and a feeble version of Force Wave. The Jedi would alter the air currents around an opponent, turning it into a maelstrom. This swirling force would lift an opponent into the air, spin them around, and completely immobilize them. This allowed the Jedi to attack without resistance. One of the most notable uses of this ability was from Jacen Solo when confronting Tsavong Lah on Duro. Jedi Master Streen and Teneniel Djo demonstrated a natural talent for this ability, as well as Plo Koon, who further modified it with his knowledge. Darth Malak used this ability during his confrontation with Revan on the Leviathan. The former Dark Lord of the Sith, as well as the Ho'Din Jedi Master Plett may also have known how to use it. This ability was known to the Witches of Dathomir as the Spell of Storm. The Jedi Exile and her companions may also have used this force power during her quest to save the galaxy. '
I am merely a messenger. The text makes too much sense to just write it off as the ravings of a mad wiki editor.
Originally posted by axel_jovan
No. It contradicts common sense, mind you. And clearly I’m not the only one seeing this.But you know, nevermind. I'm just going to do a little editing thing and it will be alright 😄
No it really doesn't. Utilising the Force in this way is an extremely efficient way of creating large explosive force with just a little manipulation of the air currents. In fact, its something that enables the Force user to effectively scale the effects with skill instead of raw power- 'With practice, a skilled Force user could increase the range and arc of the blast without lowering the average kinetic energy.' This is an incredibly smart usage of the Force. To see just how effective the results are just look at the afore mentioned pipe bombs.
I think that would be an unbelievably stupid thing for you to do. You're trying to manipulate canon (or the information on canon available to people) without any evidence but your own interpretations and limited logic. Its just going to end up making you look incredibly silly.
Originally posted by Nephthys
No it really doesn't. Utilising the Force in this way is an extremely efficient way of creating large explosive force with just a little manipulation of the air currents. In fact, its something that enables the Force user to effectively scale the effects with skill instead of raw power- 'With practice, a skilled Force user could increase the range and arc of the blast without lowering the average kinetic energy.' This is an incredibly smart usage of the Force. To see just how effective the results are just look at the afore mentioned pipe bombs.
Let me get this straight. We have a Wookie info that seems to you too well-written to be put by a mad editor, though we know Wookie is at times unreliable, precisely because every mad editor can edit it.
On the other hand we have a scene from CW series, which is T-canon and approved by Lucas himself, that depict an apparent force-push used in vacuum of space, and you say we should stick to Wookie’s interpretation and not accept what we see (as it also does not contradict anything that we have seen in canon sources).
I would go with canon scene without over-interpreting it with Wookie article, which as a source is fallible.
Originally posted by Nephthys
[BI think that would be an unbelievably stupid thing for you to do. You're trying to manipulate canon (or the information on canon available to people) without any evidence but your own interpretations and limited logic. Its just going to end up making you look incredibly silly. [/B]
WTF? That was a joke, my man, so easy there.
No DE, if you can't give a source, your wookie is a waste of time. I thought you had a source. Sounds like you just copied wookie... Which has been wrong in the past. What makes GOOD SENSE to you, makes NO SENSE to the rest of us.
So for you to say that it counts because it MAKES SENSE is pretty lame, since no one else shares your view of sense.
If that sentence was followed by an endnote, then we could get someone with the source to follow up on it. And as far as I can tell, that's the only place that describes air as being a necessary component to a Force blast (Force Whirlwind excepted, for obvious reasons). The entry on Force Wave beneath it specifically says it "was essentially a wave of pure Force-energy that pulsed out from the Force user that utilized it, which knocked back anything within the power's blast radius." Emphasis mine.
Either the person who wrote the entry on Force Push was speaking from personal interpretation, or the official descriptions of the technique are just that stupid.
Gentlemen, we've got a discrepancy on our hands. That clip from The Clone Wars is T-canon. That sentence from Wookiee is not cited. What shall be done?