The FORBIDDEN Force Power LUKE SKYWALKER Used On Darktroopers in Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 8
9,640As Luke Skywalker began absolutely shredding through Moff Gideon’s Dark Troopers with his Green lightsaber in the Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 8, Luke used a very interesting force ability that was forbidden by the Jedi of the Republic era because of how cruel it was.
I’m going to breakdown exactly how Luke Skywalker used Force Crush against the dark troopers, and all of the other times it was used by the Jedi Order, in some pretty harsh and cruel ways.
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The ability known as “Force Crush” was one of the most violent and vicious force abilities that was known by both the Jedi and Sith Orders. When using the technique, it’s user often, but not always, liften the opponent into the air - and while they were floating, the force user would implode the enemy’s body as if it were brutally crushed by the force.
This technique was very often used by those strong in the dark side, and the ability required the Dark side to flow strongly through it’s user. For this reason, the Jedi council heavily frowned upon it’s use, especially against organic, living, breathing enemies. The Jedi however even look down on those who used the force crush ability against non-sentient beings like droids, because it of course required the dark side to be channeled, potentially opening the door for the darkness to corrupt it’s user.
After Luke arrived on Moff Gideon’s light cruiser, he very quickly entered the main bays of the vessel and began absolutely tearing his Dark troopers to pieces, slashing, melting and slicing them until they dropped. This was absolutely incredible and I was so hyped to see it. Let me know in the comments what your reaction was as soon as Luke appeared on screen. At what point did you realize it was him? For me, as soon I saw the single X-Wing land, I had a very strong feeling that it would be Luke.
Near the end of Luke’s awesome hallway scene, he approaches a Dark Trooper and holds it in place, before brutally crushing it, destroying it’s inner circuitry and compressing it’s armored plating. This was of the course the force crush ability.
This actually makes a lot of sense, because we know that Luke’s new Jedi order, which hasn’t fully formed by this point in the time, is moving away from the dogmatic views of the Republic Era Jedi. Luke is not afraid of the darkness like the old Jedi were, but instead understands it’s dangers and recognizes that it can corrupt a person if embraced too deeply. The Republic era Jedi were blinded by the Light side of the force, and through discovering Jedi artifacts, studying Jedi texts and visiting old temples, Luke has learned this, and is aiming not to make the same mistake. For this reason, it’s very fitting for Luke to use this ability, which utilizes the Dark side.
Furthermore, Luke’s also wearing his Black outfit from Return of the Jedi. We know George Lucas absolutely loves his color symbolism, and Luke’s robes went from white in the earlier two movies, to Black in Return of the Jedi because of his struggles with the Dark side in that film. The first moment we see Luke enter Jabba’s palace, he force chokes the two Gammorean guards.
Now I’ll break down some of the times the Force choke ability was used trhoughtou the Clone Wars and later.
Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi used this brutal technique on two commando Droids on the planet Kiros, home to colonists of the Togruta species, during the Clone Wars. After they arrived on Kiros, Obi-Wan and Anakin discovered that blast charges had been planted around the area, putting the Colonists in severe danger. Obi-Wan used the dark ability so that he could recover his lightsaber, after fighting the Zygerrian Slaver Darts D’Nar, and . The use of this ability was justified because it gave Anakin Skywalker time to destroy blast charges that were planted around the city, saving the Togruta Colonists.
Later in the Clone Wars, Mace Windu also used the Force Crush ability on the Cyborg General Grievous, as he was attempting to transport Palpatine to his ship, the Invisible Hand, after kidnapping him during the Battle of Coruscant. Mace Windu’s use of the Force crush ability on Grievous crushed his lungs horribly, leading him to experience constant choking, and is actually where he gets his cough from, which we see in Revenge of the Sith. This was one of the very few times where a Jedi was ever seen using the Force Crush ability on a living being, as of course it was extremely violent and channeled the dark side heavily. Mace Windu however, was one of the few Jedi who was known to balance the Dark Side of the force. He even used the Vapaad fighting style, which incorporated the Dark side into his combat.