“The power to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.”

When Darth Vader uttered this now iconic line, not a whole lot was known about the mythical essence that binds the Star Wars universe together. They were still hauntingly chilling then and even more so once fans learned more about what Jedi Knights and Sith Lords were able to accomplish when they channeled the Force.

There actually wasn’t a lot of Jedi action in the original trilogy. In the sixteen years between Return Of The Jedi and The Phantom Menace, all kinds of Jedi were introduced both on the Light Side and the Dark. Children of Han and Leia; clones of Luke Skywalker; and all kinds of non-related Skywalker Jedi were introduced. Obviously, that number has only increased with the prequels and sequels, and all kinds of side stories and video games.

Since Disney bought the whole franchise, they’ve split all of the Star Wars universe into two columns – Canon and Legends. Canon are the films, along with the Rebels and Clone Wars stories, and anything released after Lucasfilm was purchased. Anything else, like the beloved Dark Horse Comics or Thrawn storylines, for example, are now considered Legends. No matter what the storyline, the Jedi have done some incredible feats over the years. Here are 25 Crazy Superpowers Jedi's Have (But Won't Use).

Yoda Heads To The Dark Side

Anakin Skywalker wasn’t the only Jedi to fall to the Dark Side. He was just the one who did it so famously. There were plenty of others. His predecessor, Darth Tyrannus, aka Count Dooku, was once an esteemed Jedi Knight. He even trained Qui-Gon Jinn.

Even Yoda has exerted such powers on several occasions. While facing off against Dooku, the Sith Lord marveled at how much Yoda looked like Darth Sidious. On another, he literally fought a manifestation of himself had he turned to the Dark Side. All just to see what the fuss was about.

Alter Environments

Obi-Wan and Vader have one of the most epic lightsaber duels in Star Wars history. They fought to a standstill on the lava planet of Mustafar until Obi-Wan had the high ground. For all their strength and skills, somehow neither of them thought it would be a good idea to freeze over the lava and fight on safer terrain?

Some Jedi over the years have been able to not only control the elements around them on a planet but alter them as well. Master Plo Koon, for example, had been known to create powerful whirlwinds and use his knowledge of the terrain to change it.

Take Down Ships

While no longer canon, the video game series The Force Unleashed told a pretty cool story of Vader’s apprentice, Starkiller. He was tasked with taking out whatever Jedi survived Order 66. In the first game, the Dark apprentice takes out a Star Destroyer with the Force.

A. Star. Destroyer. Ripped from the sky! There are Jedi flinging around silly battle droids for funsies and this guy is using his power to take down massive space vessels. It might have been, nay, would have been, really cool to see this power in the movies.

Force Fear

If fear leads to anger and anger leads to hate and so forth on the path to the Dark Side, then why don’t we see a lot more Sith Lords utilize fear to their advantage? Or even the Jedi? In the years before the Skywalker saga, Sith lords would use either Force Fear, Horror, or Insanity to cast doubts into their opponents and drive them insane.

Even Luke had this power in the books. He once used it on Coruscant on a pack of animals to protect himself and his friends.

Force Travel

There are abilities and powers that the Force allow the Sith and Jedi to do some incredible things. For every Force Push or Jedi Mind Trick, there are ridiculously powerful feats of strength and shows of power. But seldom few have been used and then both sides of the Force have decided it’s probably not a good idea to rip through the Galaxy just to pull off a trick or two.

One such ability was Force Travel. A would be able to rip through space from point A to point B. To perform such a move though corrupts the galaxy by breaking the normal rules of science (at least for Star Wars), and immediately pushed a Jedi to the Dark Side.

Midi-Chlorian Manipulation

The Revenge Of The Sith is the best of the prequels. Mostly because it’s Ian McDiarmid’s show. Watching the slow reveal of him fully becoming the Emperor is crazy to watch. His story he tells Anakin at the Opera House about Darth Plagueis has sealed Vader’s fate before he even realized it.

Plagueis was able to utilize the Midi-Chlorians that bind the Force to not just prolong and preserve life but create it as well. Thanks to this, Anakin was born from the sheer will of the Force.

Combustion

In The Last Jedi, we saw a Force Ghost cause a tree to catch fire. If an apparition haunting Luke can do it - then why didn’t see a lot of fierier Jedi-Sith duels throughout the prequels? The Jedi Yarael Poof was able to pull this off, although

Throughout the Legends, plenty of Jedi and Sith have been able to make objects and sometimes people explode through combustion or Flamusfracta. Perhaps the two sides of the Force didn’t use it in the movies because then they’d both be too busy fighting fires instead of each other.

Vader Has Force Lighting

Before all of the Expanded Universe truly began with Timothy Zahn’s Heir To The Empire, fans had to settle for the novel that took place between Episodes IV and V, Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye.

The book has Luke and Leia in search of the Kalibur Crystal. But they also have to face off with a Vader who knows a thing or two about Force Lightning. Since using Lightning would short out the Dark Lord’s suit, he instead uses the similar Kinetite. He wasn’t the only one, either. Master Shaak Ti has been known to use the ability as well.

Force Destruction

 If only these mystical fighters had Tony Stark’s engineering skill. Then they’d be able to create huge concussive blasts ala Iron Man without exerting themselves too much. Several Force practitioners over the years have been able to channel a tremendous amount of energy into a destructive force – Force Destruction.

Several Sith and Dark Jedi have used this concussive blast but Darth Vader himself is actually the most famous . He pulled off this skill as part of his move set in the video game, Soul Caliber IV. But he also utilizes it to decimate Galen Marek in The Force Unleashed.

Force Clones

Most fans know full well that Star Wars science is about as mumbo-jumbo as the Force itself. Don’t look for deep scientific discovery in the space saga. That’s what Star Trek is for. In the physics of Star Wars, if the Force is everywhere, then it can even be tapped into by soulless clones.

Luke fought one of these, a clone made from the remnants of his severed hand – Luke Skywalker. The two dueled during The Last Command, where the clone was revealed to be Joruus C’baoth.