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xkcd - What is the biggest display of power through the Force in Star Wars?


I just read today's xkcd "what if" episode How much Force power can Yoda output?.


In there, it is said that the biggest display of Force power is made by Yoda when he lifts the X-Wing out of the swamp in Dagobah. The article only takes into account the original trilogy, though.


I would be very interested in what the Force really could achieve at a maximum level. I remember, for example, that in Star Wars The Force Unleashed you stop an entire spaceship (an Imperial Star Destroyer in fact!) from falling down on you.



So what is the biggest display of the Force in the Star Wars universe?


I know this question might be closely related to Who is the most powerful user of the Force?, but that one has more of a different angle, as it asked for the person that theoretically would be strongest instead of an actual display of the Force.



Answer



There are many notable displays of significant force powers in Star Wars. Most of them are seen through the works of the Expanded Universe. As most are never compared, and George Lucas to my knowledge has never "ranked" force events, here are some of the most powerful displays of the Force:



  • Darth Nihilus could use the Force to feed off other Force users, encompassing entire planets and drain them of life (source)

  • Emperor Palpatine supposedly used the Force to mind blank everyone who saw the burial of Lusankya under Coruscant's surface (source)

  • In death, Anakin Solo became a blinding pillar of light and was able to channel pure Force energy, fighting against overwhelming odds for far longer than should have been possible (source)

  • "In arguably the finest display of telekinesis ever, Jedi Dorsk 81, utilizing the channeled Force powers of all available Jedi of Luke Skywalker's Jedi Praxeum, used telekinesis to push not one, but seventeen Imperial I-class Star Destroyers out of the Yavin system. The massive amount of Force energy claimed the Jedi's life." (direct quote from here)

  • The Sith Lord Naga Sadow was supposedly able to channel to force to cause a star to go supernova (source 1, source 2)


  • Cade Skywalker was able to use Dark Transfer to resurrect the dead, and other seemingly impossible acts (source)

  • The Thought Bomb; it's an extremely powerful ancient Sith ritual. You can read about it here.

  • Starkiller (Galen Marek) was able to pull a Star Destroyer down (source) (cheers to DavRob60)


I'm sure there are others, but these are some examples of extremely powerful force 'incidents'.


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