Force Maelstrom, also known as Force Bombard, was a devastating combination of the powers Protection bubble, Telekinesis, and Force lightning. First, the user would form a Force Bubble around their body, concealing and protecting them inside. Then, any loose objects/persons around the user would swirl around the bubble, through telekinesis. Finally, the user would devastate the objects by blasting them away with a shock wave of energy accompanied by a surge of Force lightning.
Darth Malgus was proficient in this ability, using it to devastating effect on the unprepared enemy. Millennia later, Darth Sidious mastered this ability, using it as a stepping stone to achieve mastery of the much more powerful Force storm in his later years.[1] Members of Emperor Palpatine's black cloaked Shadow Guard also used this power, as did the Sith apprentice Galen Marek.[2]
Behind the scenes
It was also an ability granted to a person with the Jedi profession in Star Wars Galaxies, where it was a cone of Force lightning generated around a Jedi that damaged all close by. Force Maelstrom was an ability featured in the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, as well as the Duel Mode of the PSP version.