Force meld Force Meld , otherwise known as Jedi meld or Battle meld , was a technique where a number of Force users joined their minds together through the Force , drawing strength from each other . A refinement of battle meditation , it was known to the ancient Jedi , though dangerous . While battle meditation could influence both the Force - sensitives and the insensitives of both sides , Force Meld concentrates on coordinating and improving the Force - sensitives of the user ' s side . Overview . Because the number of Force - sensitives participating in a full scale battle was usually much smaller than the insensitives , in a way the demand of Force Meld was smaller than that of battle meditation as the meld influenced a smaller number of sentient minds . As a result , Force Meld was believed to be relatively easier to master , as the number of meld practitioners in the New Jedi Order was almost half of all the known battle meditation practitioners in the old order . Jorus C ' baoth performed it at least eight times in his life . Anakin Solo redeveloped it for the New Jedi Order during the Yuuzhan Vong War , which allowed the Jedi fighting the Yuuzhan Vong to act as a single , powerful entity . Under the coordination of Jacen Solo , Force Meld played an important role during the Mission to Myrkr , boosting the efficiency of the Myrkr strike team . Later , inspired by Joruus C ' baoth ' s legendary power during the Thrawn campaign , Jaina Solo further fine tuned Force Meld as a starfighter squadron tactic used in her Twin Suns Squadron . Shortly afterward , Madurrin applied the meld as an inter - squadron coordinating tactic , with Jacen and Luke Skywalker soon taking up such a post as well . Prolonged use of this technique will cause the users to start finishing each other ' s sentences or thoughts . This power can also be seen as a form of telepathy . Obi - Wan Kenobi warned that Force Meld took a Master of great power and depth in the Force to create a single entity state without killing or destroying the minds of everyone involved . The drawback of Force Meld was one of the elements which led to the Dark Nest Crisis . The enhanced power brought by Force Meld worked both ways : while the entity could influence a large number of minds with much more power , a great disturbance in the Force could overwhelm the melding participants as they received the pain through their enhanced senses . If the pain was caused by the minds the melding participants were touching , it would bring devastating effects to the participants , sometimes to such a degree that the participants would lose control of their own minds and become ignorant to other threats . The majority of light side meld participants could prevent a single participant from slipping to the dark side . However , if the meld participants were divided in thoughts and could not focus to a common objective , the meld would become a liability rather than an asset . Behind the scenes . During a statement to reporters , U . S . President Barack Obama unintentionally referred to the Force meld when he made mention of a " Jedi mind meld . " Some fans were angered by his merger of terms from both the Star Wars and Star Trek universes , while others , including Lynne Hale , pointed to this article on Wookieepedia depicting the existence of a Jedi meld . An alternate name of the Force meld is indeed the " Jedi meld , " as mentioned in " " .