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star wars - Why isn't Force Speed used more often?


Force speed is a light side power that many Jedi, including Padawans are capable of. In Episode I, Qui-Gon uses it twice (once to outrun droids and once on Jar Jar's tongue), Obi-Wan uses it once and Anakin uses high speed reflexes for the entire duration of the pod race with no formal training.


According to this in-universe publication the power has a high drain and requires a longer recovery period than other powers. And then of course there are hilarious drawbacks such as this.



But why wasn't this power used in the following scenarios (and many, many others):



  1. The Redshirt Jedi who accompanied Windu to arrest Palpatine, before they were summarily dispatched to the Nether.

  2. Qui-Gonn, to avoid a lightsaber through his gut.

  3. Yoda, to avoid flying senate seats.

  4. By Windu, who is supposedly a notable practitioner.



Answer



I am not certain when you think the examples you quote should have used them. Generally to start using the power the jedi must be running. In the movies the points where they would have used the power would have most likely been cut.


Second you noted the high drain. After using the power the jedi feels like he just ran a marathon and needs some time to recover... That is not good if you are going to be in a light saber battle for your/ and other peoples lives.



Jacen Solo does make use of a power similar to this to enhance his combat abilities but no other jedi prior to his learning it on his sojourn post NJO, had demonstrated the ability.


The enhanced reflexes that Anakin and Luke both possess naturally allow them to see a few microseconds into the future. This allows them to seemingly act with super human reflexes as they know what is about to happen an instant before it does.


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