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Rare Force abilities, epic manoeuvres, and those other one-off Star Wars moments of POWER!
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00:00In terms of the animated and live-action drama seen going down on screens across the galaxy far,
00:06far away, each of these unquestionably cool moves and abilities all memorably popped up
00:11once before never being seen ever again. Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 10
00:17Star Wars Power Moves We've Only Seen Once.
00:2010. Force Projection Episode 8 The Last Jedi
00:24The Last Jedi debuted a first on-screen look at the brilliant Force power known as Force
00:29projection late on. With Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and his First Order targeting what was left of
00:35the Resistance on Crait, Luke Skywalker suddenly arrives to save the day. However, as the one-time
00:40Master and Apprentice engage in a duel on the sandy terrain, the one-time Ben Solo soon realizes he's
00:46not clashing with a present Skywalker at all. Instead, Luke used extreme focus and concentration
00:52to project himself halfway across the galaxy through the Force in his bid to buy Leia and her pals some
00:58time to escape the planet. But using this awesome power came at a cost. In the wake of spending
01:03several minutes putting his all into distracting Ren as a younger-looking version of himself,
01:08Skywalker actually ended up dying and becoming one with the Force. And no one has ever been shown
01:13trying to replicate the Son of the Chosen One's immense projection feat ever since.
01:189. Pyrokinesis Star Wars Rebels
01:20The most formidable force of evil in the galaxy didn't half of a few tricks up his droopy sleeves,
01:26and one of the many one-time showcases of his unlimited power actually went down in the
01:32middle of Ezra Bridges' trip into the World Between Worlds. With Kanan Jarrus' Padawan and
01:36Ahsoka Tano trying to navigate this mystical plane during Rebel Season 4's A World Between Worlds
01:42episode, the two are soon joined by Darth Sidious himself. That portal arrival was made possible
01:47through Sith sorcery, but Palps was not done there. Whilst using a Sith ritual altar, the Emperor was
01:53actually able to manipulate and conjure up fire energy, with said ability looking rather similar
01:59to the pyrokinesis seen in Star Wars Legends stories. This blue fire wasn't simply a hot way
02:04to dispose of one's enemies either. As seen during the episode, Palpatine was actually able to seize
02:09hold of Bridger via this energy, and that connection then allowed the Dark Lord of the Sith to enter the
02:14Virgin Scatter. Tano was ultimately able to briefly block the flames and sever said connection with her
02:19lightsabers in the end. But for a minute there, this one-off ability looked like it could spell
02:24real trouble for our four sensitive heroes. 8. The Prototype B-6 Starfighter's Cruiser
02:30Killing Laser Beam – Star Wars Rebels
02:32Sticking with the animated source of joy that is Star Wars Rebels, Season 2's Wings of the Master
02:38episode also brought with it one hell of a rare power move. Rather than being a case of a Jedi or
02:44Sith tapping into the Force to produce a staggering display of power though, on this occasion it was a
02:49Starfighter showing off its ability to unleash insane power. With Harrison Dula eventually
02:54convincing the Mon Calamari known as Quarry to let her pilot his prototype B-6 Starfighter,
02:59aka the Blade Wing, the Rebel Legends early tests of the ship's firepower on Shantipo showcased how
03:05this heavy assault machine could deal out some serious damage. So when the Twi'lek finally arrived
03:10to assist her pals late in the episode, the sight of an entire Command cruiser being blown out of the sky
03:15thanks to just one blast of the B-6 Starfighter's Hyperdrive powered composite beam laser didn't
03:20come as too much of a surprise to fans, though it certainly caught the Imperial blockade above
03:25Ibar off guard. But rather than use this cruiser killing piece of weaponry again in the wake of
03:29helping get supplies to the people of Ibar, the B-6's composite beam laser was never actually seen
03:34at any other point in the series. What a waste!
03:38Number 7. Force Drain Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker
03:41A back-from-the-dead Darth Sidious was once again completely outgunning his adversaries
03:46during the closing stages of The Rise of Skywalker. On the back of somehow returning early on in
03:52Episode 9, Palpatine can eventually be found unleashing the first-ever on-screen look at the
03:56ability to completely drain a Force user of their power. Not long after uniting to take down the
04:01sinister Big Bad, Sidious grips both Rey and Ben Solo before realising that the life force of the
04:07pair's bond was capable of restoring him to full power. And sure enough, the despicable Sith Lord
04:13proceeds to drain both his granddaughter and Darth Vader's grandson of their Force energy until he
04:18once again looks like a slightly less wrinkled zombie pensioner. But even a fully recharged Sidious
04:23was no match for a Rey channeling the power of all the Jedi. With this one-off draining manoeuvre
04:28still not being able to keep Palpat from being horrifically obliterated by his own Force
04:32lightning in the end. And speaking of which...
04:35Number 6. Force Storm Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker
04:38Fresh off of absorbing the Force energy present in the Force dyad known as Ben Solo and Rey,
04:44Darth Sidious decided to flex his recently restored muscles in The Rise of Skywalker. So after batting
04:50away Solo like an annoying Force-sensitive fly, Palpatine takes a seat on his rather excessive throne
04:55and proceeds to fire his trusty Force lightning from his fingers. Only this time, rather than
05:01just a few flickers of painful electricity shooting out of his mitts, an entire lightning
05:05storm erupts from his hands with this ridiculous show of power taking out numerous ships fighting
05:11in the Exegol Sky. And while this Force storm had been used by the likes of Darth Bane and
05:16Revan in Legends continuity, Sidious' Episode 9 Tempest, one which disabled 14,000 resistance ships
05:22with apparent ease, still sits as the only ever big-screen example of such a terrific display
05:28of lightning carnage. There's going out with a bang, and then there's Darth Sidious' ridiculously
05:33explosive last hurrah, an end boasting not one, but two one-time-only showcases of typically
05:38outrageous power.
05:40Number 5. Dropping the Electro-Proton Bomb
05:43The Clone Wars
05:44Another example of staggering power only ever seen during a single episode of animated Star Wars
05:50goodness. The Republic's decision to proceed with deploying their power move by the name
05:54of the Electro-Proton Bomb, in their attempts to acquire the fuel found on Malastare during
05:58the Clone Wars, had some rather disastrous consequences.
06:01As the likes of Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker watched their clone forces and the Dugs struggled
06:06to overcome the Separatist forces on Malastare, the decision was made to drop said powerful
06:11weapon on their enemy. The Electro-Proton Bomb wouldn't harm any living beings, only emitting
06:16an electromagnetic field that would take down droids in its vicinity. And that's exactly
06:21what went down when it was finally dropped in the Xylo-Beast Season 2 episode. But as
06:25that title suggests, it also just so happened to disturb the planet's ecosystem and wake
06:30up a destructive beast that the Dugs had believed was extinct. The Xylo-Beast.
06:35So while the Electro-Proton Bomb certainly achieved what it was designed to do, the fact it also
06:39took out the Republic's electrical equipment and woke up a near-indestructible creature are probably
06:44just a few of the reasons this particular power move wasn't used again going forward.
06:494. The Starkiller Base Blast Episode 7 The Force Awakens
06:54Time and time again, the Empire showcased the ability to completely wipe out cities or even
06:59entire planets with their trusty Death Star kyber-crystal-powered superlaser. But the First
07:04Order took things to a whole new level during the events of The Force Awakens. After building
07:08a pretty impressive base on the ice planet of Ilum, it was eventually revealed that said world
07:13came equipped with the mother of all superweapons. This particular superlaser was charged up by the
07:19base consuming an entire sun. And in the first and only ever test of its firepower, General
07:24Armitage Hooks ordered the weapon to be fired on the entire Hosnian system. What came next is up
07:30there as one of the most devastating attacks in Star Wars history, as the laser shot across the
07:35galaxy and completely destroyed a large trunk of the New Republic. Thankfully, the megaweapon and the
07:40base itself were blown to pieces before it could fire on the Resistance base planet of Dakar. But
07:45its one and only shot still made its mark on the galaxy far, far away.
07:503. Force Dash Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
07:53Force users have regularly been seen displaying some rather impressive feats of athleticism
07:59throughout the Skywalker saga and various Star Wars TV offerings over the years. Yet while incredible
08:04force jumps and mesmerizing reflexes have been showcased on countless occasions, the ability to
08:09suddenly get out of dodge at a frightening pace has only ever happened on screen on one occasion in
08:15canon. As Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi look to have been cornered by a set of droidekas on a
08:20Trade Federation ship early on in The Phantom Menace, the two decide to abandon the standoff via
08:25Force Dash. It's remarkably effective, even if it did drain the Force wielder of their energy when
08:30overused. That's what makes the fact it doesn't show up again at any point in the movie so damn bizarre.
08:35The closest thing fans got to this sort of Force Dash reappearing in the prequels came when Darth
08:41Sidious fired himself at the Jedi Masters trying to arrest him in Revenge of the Sith. And outside
08:45of Mace Windu also famously using this power move during the original Star Wars Clone Wars animation
08:51that eventually wasn't classed as part of the new canon, this awesome Force skill was never really
08:56seen being used by a Jedi on screen again after The Phantom Menace.
09:002. The Holdo Maneuver Episode 8 – The Last Jedi
09:04As the final two entries on this list will demonstrate, suddenly blasting off into hyperspace
09:09is quite the power move indeed. Perhaps the most high profile of these high-speed collisions slash
09:14maneuvers came during The Last Jedi, with Vice Admiral Amelin Holdo pulling off a Resistance saving
09:20feat whilst aboard the Raddus. In an attempt to keep the First Order fleet from attacking the Resistance
09:25members trying to fleet a crate, Holdo decided to face down the Supremacy megaclass star Dreadnought,
09:30which is also the coolest sounding ship of all time. And after firing up the Raddus'
09:35hyperdrive and lining up her target, Holdo managed to execute a move that saw the cruiser split
09:40straight through the Supremacy just before it would have moved from real space to hyperspace.
09:44An eternally gorgeous visual of First Order destruction.
09:48On top of the Supremacy being ripped in two before the bad guys could react to the masterful attack,
09:52a further 20 Star Destroyers close by were also shredded by the maneuver. It is worth noting
09:58that another Star Destroyer was seemingly destroyed via this sort of move above Endor in The Rise of
10:03Skywalker. But The Last Jedi still possesses the only official occasion fans have actually witnessed
10:08the beautifully explosive moment of Holdo maneuver impact.
10:121. Purgle Blasting a Star Destroyer Off a Planet
10:15Star Wars Rebels
10:16If you didn't catch the four-season chunk of joy that was Star Wars Rebels, you've likely found yourself
10:22wondering what the hell happened to the Grand Admiral Thrawn everyone has been banging on about
10:26in The Mandalorian. Throughout that aforementioned animated series, the mighty Chiss Imperial Officer
10:31routinely got the better of the likes of Ezra Bridger and his pals and seemed to be a near-unstoppable
10:36force. His ruthlessness eventually saw him bombard Lothal in the final episode of the series,
10:42a move that left Ezra Bridger with no choice but to surrender to the Blue Menace.
10:46But this lad had a plan just in case things looked somewhat bleak. With the Jedi being shown to
10:51possess the ability to communicate with creatures during the series, Bridger had his rebel pals send
10:56out a signal on Frequency Zero, which would bring the space whale beast known as the Purgle into the
11:02fight. And when the massive living beings, along with a few Purgle Ultras, eventually showed up to
11:07take out Thrawn's blockade, Bridger's bold final move took a hold of his longtime enemy. Using the force to
11:13harness the Purgle's ability to naturally blast themselves off into hyperspace, the Freedom
11:17Fighter managed to save his homeworld and his friends from Thrawn, his Chimera Star Destroyer,
11:23and the rest of his forces. Though he was also dragged into hyperspace during this heroic act.
11:28But it looks like Ezra's awesome one-off power move only managed to temporarily save the galaxy
11:33from this formidable leader, with both Bridger and Thrawn's returns finally set to go down in the
11:38upcoming Ahsoka series.
11:39And that's our list, nor of any other Star Wars power moves we've only seen once. Well let us
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11:56one this video is based on. I've been Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars, cheers for stopping on by
12:00today. Be sure to do it again sometime, but more importantly have yourself the best of days.
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