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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,
00:05far 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 The most formidable force of evil in the galaxy
01:23didn't half of a few tricks up his droopy sleeves. And one of the many one-time showcases of his
01:29unlimited power actually went down in the middle of Ezra Bridges' trip into the World Between Worlds.
01:35With Kanan Jarrus' Padawan and Ahsoka Tano trying to navigate this mystical plane during Rebel Season 4's
01:41A World Between Worlds episode, the two are soon joined by Darth Sidious himself. That portal arrival
01:47was made possible through Sith sorcery. But Palps was not done there. Whilst using a Sith ritual altar,
01:52the Emperor was actually able to manipulate and conjure up fire energy. With said ability
01:57looking rather similar to the pyrokinesis seen in Star Wars Legends stories. This blue fire wasn't
02:03simply a hot way to dispose of one's enemies either. As seen during the episode, Palpatine was actually
02:08able to seize hold of Bridger via this energy. And that connection then allowed the Dark Lord of the
02:13Sith to enter the Virgin Scatter. Tano was ultimately able to briefly block the flames and sever said
02:19connection with her lightsabers in the end. But for a minute there,
02:22this one-off ability looked like it could spell real trouble for our Force-sensitive heroes.
02:278. The Prototype B-6 Starfighter's Cruiser-Killing 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
02:43or
02:43Sith 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 Shantipul 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
03:15sky thanks 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 Ibar
03:25off guard. But rather than use this cruiser-killing piece of weaponry again in the wake of helping
03:30get supplies to the people of Ibar, the B-6's composite beam laser was never actually seen at
03:34any other point in the series. What a waste!
03:387. 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
03:56the ability to completely drain a Force user of their power. Not long after uniting to take
04:01down the sinister Big Bad, Sidious grips both Rey and Ben Solo before realizing that the life force of
04:07the pair'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
04:27manoeuvre still not being able to keep Palpatine from being horrifically obliterated by his own
04:32force lightning in the end. And speaking of which…
04:356. Force Storm Episode 9 – The Rise of Skywalker
04:39Fresh 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,
05:00rather than just a few flickers of painful electricity shooting out of his mitts, an
05:04entire lightning storm erupts from his hands, with this ridiculous show of power taking out numerous
05:10ships fighting in the Exegol Sky. And while this force storm had been used by the likes of Darth
05:15Bane and Revan in Legends continuity, Sidious' Episode 9 Tempest, one which disabled 14,000
05:21resistance ships with apparent ease, still sits as the only ever big-screen example of such a
05:27terrific display of lightning carnage. There's going out with a bang, and then there's Darth
05:31Sidious' ridiculously explosive last hurrah, an end boasting not one, but two one-time only
05:37showcases of typically outrageous power. 5. Dropping the Electro Proton Bomb – The Clone Wars
05:44Another example of staggering power only ever seen during a single episode of animated Star Wars goodness,
05:50the Republic's decision to proceed with deploying their power move by the name of the Electro Proton Bomb,
05:55in their attempts to acquire the fuel found on Malastare during the Clone Wars, had some rather
06:00disastrous consequences. As the likes of Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker watched their clone
06:05forces and the Dugs struggled to overcome the Separatist forces on Malastare, the decision was
06:09made to drop said powerful weapon on their enemy. The Electro Proton Bomb wouldn't harm any living beings,
06:15only emitting an electromagnetic field that would take down droids in its vicinity. And that's exactly what
06:21went down when it was finally dropped in the Xylo Beast Season 2 episode. But as that title suggests,
06:26it also just so happened to disturb the planet's ecosystem and wake up a destructive beast that the
06:31Dugs had believed was extinct, the Xylo Beast. So while the Electro Proton Bomb certainly achieved
06:37what it was designed to do, the fact it also took out the Republic's electrical equipment and woke up a
06:42near-indestructible creature are probably just a few of the reasons this particular power move wasn't used
06:48again going forward. 4. The Starkiller Base Blast
06:52Episode 7 The Force Awakens
06:54Time and time again, the Empire showcased the ability to completely wipe out cities or even entire
06:59planets with their trusty Death Star kyber crystal powered super laser. But the First Order took
07:04things to a whole new level during the events of The Force Awakens. After building a pretty impressive
07:09base on the ice planet of Ilum, it was eventually revealed that said world came equipped with the
07:14mother of all super weapons. This particular super laser was charged up by the base consuming an
07:20entire sun. And in the first and only ever test of its firepower, General Armitage Hux ordered the
07:26weapon to be fired on the entire Hosnian system. What came next is up there as one of the most
07:31devastating attacks in Star Wars history, as the laser shot across the galaxy and completely destroyed
07:36a large chunk of the New Republic. Thankfully, the mega weapon and the base itself were blown to pieces
07:42before it could fire on the resistance base planet of Dakar. But its one and only shot still made its
07:47mark 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 throughout
07:59the 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
08:20a
08:20Trade Federation ship early on in The Phantom Menace, the two decide to abandon the standoff via Force
08:25Dash. It's remarkably effective, even if it did drain the Force wielder of their energy when overused.
08:31That'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
08:40Sidious 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
08:55seen 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
09:14slash manoeuvres came during The Last Jedi, with Vice Admiral Amelin Holdo pulling off a
09:19Resistance-saving feat whilst aboard the Raddus. In an attempt to keep the First Order fleet from
09:24attacking the Resistance members trying to fleet a crate, Holdo decided to face down the Supremacy
09:29Mega Class Star Dreadnought, which is also the coolest sounding ship of all time. And after
09:33firing up the Raddus' hyperdrive and lining up her target, Holdo managed to execute a move that saw
09:39the cruiser split straight through the Supremacy just before it would have moved from real space
09:43to hyperspace. An eternally gorgeous visual of First Order destruction. On top of the Supremacy being
09:49ripped in two before the bad guys could react to the masterful attack, a further 20 Star Destroyers
09:54close by were also shredded by the manoeuvre. It is worth noting that another Star Destroyer was
09:59seemingly destroyed via this sort of move above Endor in The Rise of Skywalker. But The Last Jedi
10:04still possesses the only official occasion fans have actually witnessed the beautifully explosive
10:09moment of Holdo manoeuvre impact. 1. Purgle Blasting a Star Destroyer
10:14Off a Planet – Star Wars Rebels If you didn't catch the four-season
10:18chunk of joy that was Star Wars Rebels, you've likely found yourself wondering what the hell happened to
10:23the Grand Admiral Throne everyone has been banging on about in The Mandalorian.
10:27Throughout that aforementioned animated series, the mighty Chiss Imperial Officer routinely got the
10:32better of the likes of Ezra Bridger and his pals and seemed to be a near-unstoppable force.
10:37His 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
10:56send out a signal on frequency zero, which would bring the space whale beast known as the Purgle
11:01into the fight. And when the massive living beings, along with a few Purgle Ultras,
11:06eventually showed up to take out Thrawn's blockade, Bridger's bold final move took a hold of his long-time
11:11enemy. Using the force to harness the Purgle's ability to naturally blast themselves off into hyperspace,
11:17the freedom fighter managed to save his homeworld and his friends from Thrawn, his Chimera Star
11:22Destroyer and the rest of his forces. Though he was also dragged into hyperspace during this heroic
11:27act. But it looks like Ezra's awesome one-off power move only managed to temporarily save the
11:32galaxy from this formidable leader, with both Bridger and Thrawn's returns finally set to go
11:37down in the upcoming Ahsoka series. And that's our list, know of any other Star Wars power moves we've
11:43only seen once? Well, let us know all about them in the comments section right down below,
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11:57I've been Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars, cheers for stopping on by today.
12:01Be sure to do it again sometime, but more importantly, have yourself the best of days. See you later!
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