Telekinesis

**Telekinesis**, abbreviated **TK**, was a neutral ability that most Force-sensitives had which allowed them to move and otherwise manipulate physical matter in a variety of ways, all with the power of the Force. The ability was virtually ubiquitous among Force-sensitive individuals and organizations, though the techniques could differ greatly. It had a tremendous number of applications, both combative and utilitarian.

## **Overview**

The primary purpose of most telekinetic powers was to manipulate physical matter, allowing the user to touch, hold, and otherwise move with a target. Force-users could use this ability to push, pull, and lift targets. It could also be used to disarm or physically attack opponents, as well as a method of defense for the user or the target. For a sufficiently skilled or powerful practitioner, the size, distance, weight, and mass of the object did not matter. One could lift something as small as a piece of fruit to an X-Wing or be able to affect a target from another room or even several light-years away while looking at them through a holocomm or viewscreen, so long as they possessed physical awareness of the target's location in relation to themselves.

Telekinesis also entailed applying and defying physical forces without physical contact and from a distance, with the strength and intensity of this force causing the feats performed with it ranging from making small to medium-sized objects float or levitate weightlessly, to slowing or completely halting the motion of moving targets, to crushing targets with the strength and resilience of metal with extreme amounts of pressure. This manipulation of force can also be enough to generate shockwaves, vibrations, and even seismic energy, as well as concussive or explosive force, which could be used to repel, damage, or destroy targets. In addition, telekinesis could also utilize the air to achieve its effects by manipulating air pressure, currents, and pockets. This allowed a user to perform feats, such as creating explosive bursts of force or powerful winds. Not only could it be utilized for an attack, but telekinesis could allow a user to create a usually invisible field or barrier of physical force with various sizes, shapes, and intensities for defense. Many of these abilities could manifest generated directly from or around the user's body.

Despite the ability allowing the user the ability to manipulate and interact with targets without physical contact and from a variable distance, the precision, accuracy, magnitude, range, and intensity of the ability were tied to the users' concentration, willpower, emotions, senses, and spatial awareness. Therefore, a user's power could be weakened, causing said user to be unable to properly control it. For most users, physical or mental fatigue, stress, or disorientation would subsequently nullify the use of such an ability.

Despite the many possible applications of telekinesis, the power often could cause physical and mental stress and exhaustion, especially when used on objects larger or heavier than the user or that already had greater amounts of force being exerted on it, such as falling objects or moving vehicles. The size, weight, and distance of a target could also affect how quickly and how easily it could be moved by the user. As the target was influenced by the user's sheer concentration and conscious effort, most Force-users were naturally unable to focus their abilities upon multiple targets for long periods and required their physical senses, such as sight and hearing, to be able to lock onto their target. In the event of exhausting or stressing their powers or themselves, physically or mentally, users would require time to regain their composure before being able to continue using their abilities properly. Additionally, Force users actively utilizing the ability were often left unable to perform other tasks in the meantime, including moving in the most extreme cases, as they were forced to divert most of their concentration and effort on the specific task, which could leave them vulnerable in dangerous scenarios such as open combat, lest they be interrupted and lose their hold on their target. Such instances would regularly hamper or limit the ability's use, especially in combat, resulting in Force users resorting to physical combat, especially with the use of a lightsaber. Alternatively, a user's telekinetic strength could be enhanced by intense emotions such as stress, anger, hate, fear, desperation, which lessened the effort of maintaining a hold on a targeted object or allowed a user to apply abnormally precise or extreme amounts of force beyond their natural limits.

The ability is usually channeled through bodily gestures, specifically the motion of the eyes, hands, fingers, or occasionally the entire body. Such gestures are the most common way to use the power, especially when the user's mind or senses are strained or overwhelmed, as the user requires comparatively less concentration, focus, and effort to manifest their ability. However, the feature can also limit the use of one's abilities if the user is restrained or otherwise rendered immobile.

## **Applications**

Telekinesis had an extraordinary number of applications. These abilities were used to move objects, people, and so on. They could be used in both a utility-oriented manner, or as a form of attack. Skilled and trained Force users would learn techniques that allow them to easily use certain applications without giving it much effort or thought, but this would require an already certain level of efficiency.

## Technical Information

### Variations

* Force Throw
* Force Grab
* Saber Throw

The basic use of telekinesis that involved stretching out one's feelings and will through the Force to take physical hold of a targeted object or objects, exerting one's will on it so that it performed as the user wished. The Force power functioned on the theory that the Force reacts to a Force-user's strength of will, allowing a user to apply the Force with their mind to some other space or object. While this technique allows the user to exerts force on a target as if they where physically interacting with it, it can also be used to suspend force already exerted on a target, such as gravity, allowing a user to levitate a target, defying its weight, or to attract and repel an object in a similar manner to magnetic or gravitational force.

## Technical Information

### Variations

* Force Disarm
* Knockdown

### **Force Pull**

A telekinetic ability using the Force that could cause a material body to draw close to the user. The greater the user's aptitude with this, the heavier the object that could be pulled or the more wide arc or radius of the Force "wave". It could be used to pull weapons from enemies, or, at higher levels of skill, could be used to pull enemies themselves closer to a Jedi's lightsaber range. This power was also very useful when a chasm or hole lay between the caster and the opponent. It could also be used to pull foes to the ground.

## Technical Information

### Variations

* Force Blast
* Force Repulse
* Force Deflect
* Force barrier

### **Force Push**

The most basic applications of Force Push utilized telekinetically-derived force to push objects away from the user. It could be used to varying degrees, from simply nudging or softly moving targets away from the user, to shoving and staggering them, to knocking them backwards or to the ground, to sending them flying through the air. Functioning as both an offensive and defensive technique, the ability was a common method for Force users in repelling opponents or clearing obstacles.

## Technical Information

### Variations

* Force Choke
* Force Crush
* Force Suspend
* Freeze

### **Force Grip**

A highly versatile and adaptable use of telekinesis, as it was used to grip a target, usually an enemy, with the Force. This technique was used either to restrain or immobilize its target, forcibly control the target's movements, or, at a high enough degree, apply a damaging amount of pressure that had the potential to crush an opponent's bones and organs. This ability had the potential to cancel out the motion of a target to not only reduce its speed, but to completely halt and suspend it in place. Oftentimes, the target of the ability was not only seized with great strength, but also lifted off the ground and suspended in the air. Due to its potential for bringing harm and its prioritization on controlling and dominating a target, Force Grip and its variations are often regarded as dark side techniques. However, as a Jedi could use it to peacefully and harmlessly immobilize an opponent, the ability could be used without accessing the dark side and without using emotions related to the dark side.

## Technical Information

### **Force Burst**

Force Burst was a sphere of concentrated Force energy shot at or sent after a target at the utmost accuracy and speed. The strength of the Burst depended on the amount of time and energy put into it. A Burst's size and intensity could range anywhere from huge and combustible, to small but relatively deadly. It was usually semi-transparent with a blue shade, while the Sith variant had a reddish shade.

## Technical Information

### Variations

* Force Jump
* Force Flight
* Force Glide
* Force Dash

### **Levitation**

Levitation was a Force power that allowed Jedi to suspend themselves against the Force of gravity. Levitation required no direct physical contact. Using the Force, an individual could then hover in place or move about wherever they desired. Skilled and powerful Force users were able to use this ability to temporarily defy gravity, inertia, friction and other physical forces to enhance their mobility, to the point of gliding.