Star Wars: Every Force Power Not Shown In The Movies
The Star Wars books, comics, and games have introduced a number of canon Force powers that have never been seen in the films themselves.
Here are all the canon Force powers not shown in the Star Wars movies. The Force is a powerful ally, but oddly enough, its power has frequently been best displayed away from the big screen. In part this is because it simply wasn't possible to go too far with the special effects in the original trilogy, and therefore the precedent was set for Jedi powers not to be too spectacular. Tie-ins soon became a lot more spectacular, though; Tom Veitch's Dark Empire comics saw a resurrected Palpatine wield planet-sized Force Storms through hyperspace, while Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy featured a scene in which Luke Skywalker walked over an active lava lake.
All these were branded non-canon when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, and since then the franchise has trodden carefully in terms of expanding the Force. Animation may open a lot of opportunities, but Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels have only added a few new powers. Oddly enough, the sequel trilogy probably featured the most impressive displays of Force powers to date, notably during the Battle of Exegol in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. There, the resurrected Emperor unleashed those familiar Force Storms upon the Resistance fleet.
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There are still, however, some impressive Force powers that have been seen in the TV shows, novels, comics, and games, but that have never made their way on to the big screen. That doesn't mean they can't appear in film in the future; they just likely won't happen with a Skywalker involved.
Force Refresh was introduced as a game mechanic to allow playable characters to regain their health at checkpoints. It essentially allows a Jedi to meditate on the Force, and in doing so to heal their wounds and refresh their energy. The power is seen in Jedi: Fallen Order, and it's also appeared in Justina Ireland's novel A Test of Courage, which reveals not every Jedi is gifted at this skill - and its its strength depends on the environment. It is presumably most effective in a place soaked in the light side of the Force.
Another power seen in Justina Ireland's novel A Test of Courage, Environmental Telepathy is used by young Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh to scout out the area around her. She is able to bond with plants and animals alike in order to interpret a dark and ominous jungle environment, swiftly understanding its dangers. "If I listen closely I can feel the animals thinking about resting and the plants talking about burying their roots to not get swept away, so that most likely means heavy rainfalls are a regular thing here," she explained. No doubt this ability will prove key in the Star Wars: The High Republic transmedia initiative, set 200 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, which sees the Jedi of the High Republic Era go up against a race of plant creatures called the Drengir.
All Jedi possess the ability to do a surface skim of the minds of animals, but some Jedi are capable of a greater feat, bonding with them on a deeper level. Ezra Bridger, one of the main characters in Star Wars Rebels, was particularly accomplished in this area, although the connections had differing degrees of intensity. This is definitely more than mere telepathy, because Ezra's connection to plants and animals was sometimes surprisingly intimate.
Timothy Zahn's novel Thrawn: Alliances introduced a new Force power called "Skywalking". This is a logical extension of the double-vision power that allows a Jedi to swat aside blaster bolts, in which a Force-user sees both present reality and future threat. It allows a Force-sensitive to navigate the hazards of the Unknown Regions, an "unexplored infinity... closed off by a labyrinth of solar storms, rogue magnetospheres, black holes, gravity wells, and things far stranger." The power seems to manifest more among children than adults, although Darth Vader has displayed it, making him a literal Skywalker.
In the old Expanded Universe, novelist Matt Stover granted Mace Windu a unique Force ability known as "Shatterpoint". This allows Mace to intuitively sense the greatest point of weakness in any being or situation, and it explains how he knew to go for Jango Fett's neck in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, given most of Fett's body was protected by lightsaber-resistant beskar armor. Shatterpoint is referenced in Stover's novelization of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, with the writer revealing Windu sensed Anakin Skywalker was Palpatine's weakness - but did not understand what he was sensing enough to thwart the Sith Lord's plans. It was fully restored into the canon in Chuck Wendig's novel Aftermath: Empire's End, which referenced Shatterpoint.
Force Meld was one of the greatest Force powers in the Expanded Universe, and it has recently been re-canonized courtesy of Charles Soule's Light of the Jedi. This introduced another Jedi Master of the High Republic Era, Avar Kriss, who possesses a unique understanding of the Force. As Charles Soule explained at the High Republic Panel at New York Comic Con 2020, "all the different Jedi have their own tones and instruments, and it all comes together into this great symphony of dissonance and assonance, and all these beautiful things that she is able to perceive." Even better, she is able to draw the Jedi together like the composer of an orchestra, uniting all their Force power in order to accomplish feats beyond those of any individual Jedi.
Star Wars: Battlefront II gave Palpatine a sinister power called "Dark Aura," in which his mere presence caused those nearby to weaken and age. The game mechanics are considered canon, so Palpatine presumably possesses this ability in reality as well. Little is known about Dark Aura to date, not least whether it is a power the Emperor has to consciously trigger or is simply a side effect of being in the presence of such a powerful dark side being.
Finally, the Nightsisters of Dathomir possess a mysterious and distinctive set of Force abilities that may not be related to the aspects of the Force associated with Jedi or Sith. It is unclear how these powers can be learned, or even how they fit in with the rest of the various Force traditions, but certainly Palpatine had studied them. One of the most disturbing powers was the ability to possess the bodies of others, with the Nightsisters proving even capable of possessing Jedi in Star Wars Rebels. The most powerful dark side sorcery - such as a horrific dark side ritual that ravaged Mustafar - require the use of kyber crystals or Holocrons.