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star wars - Can Force Ghosts fight with each other?


We were just talking nonsense in the Star Wars Rumorfest chat room and then @DrRDizzle said:



Force Ghost Palpatine vs Force Ghosts Anakin, Yoda and Obi-Wan. Also, Qui-Gon, why not.
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It got me wondering... can Force Ghosts really fight with each other?


As far as I know, this has never been happened in the main canon, so I am looking for answers from Legends.


Note: While the question mainly revolves around non-verbal fights like Force Push, Lightsaber battle (if ghost clothes can exist, ghost lightsaber surely can), some kind of Sith/Jedi magic attack etc., I'd also like to know whether verbal psychological warfare (which seems possible) has happened in Legends or not.



Answer



Within the main Star Wars canon, the only "Force ghosts" that exist are former Jedi masters such as Yoda and Ben Kenobi as well as the newly reformed Anakin Skywalker. A quote from the novelisation of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith makes it abundantly clear that there is no such thing as a Dark Side ghost since no Sith can achieve sufficient oneness with the Force as to survive after death, except as a vague remnant of their former selves



"Eternal life…"


"The ultimate goal of the Sith, yet they can never achieve it; it comes only through the release of self, not the exaltation of self. It comes through compassion, not greed. Love is the answer to the darkness."




This is also quite nicely backed up by a tweet from Pablo Hidalgo of LucasFilm fame;



Nic Benham ‏@nicbam14 - Just had a thought, are force ghosts exclusively part of the light side? Or are there sith force ghosts too?


Pablo Hidalgo ‏@pablohidalgo: The idea of the Force afterlife is that it's unknowable to the dark side, for it is requires selflessness.



Since I can see no good reason why two Jedi masters would genuinely fight with each other, therefore the answer is no.


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