A Force punch was an application of the Force where the user would augment their striking strength, in the form of a punch or blow in close hand to hand combat. Vestara Khai while fighting the red-haired female assistant of High Lord Ivaar Workan; grabbed her by the chin and used a Force punch to the throat to kill her in 44 ABY, and later Saba Sebatyne delivered a Force-enhanced double punch to an avatar of Abeloth, striking her in the mouth and through both sets of her fangs shortly before killing her. Mace Windu was a master of this ability, using lightning fast jabs to decimate an army of Battle droids during the Battle of Dantooine.[3] Darth Plagueis during his fight against Maladian assassins used Force-enhanced blows to snap necks, smash skulls and windpipes, and plunge his fists through armored torsos in blinding motion.[4]
Cade Skywalker used this power in 138 ABY against a Zabrak thug.[5]
Appearances
- Dawn of the Jedi: Into the Void (and audiobook)
- Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan 5
- Darth Plagueis (and audiobook)
Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 12" (First appearance)- The Clone Wars: Deadly Hands of Shon-Ju
- Obsession 4
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization (and unabridged audiobook)
- Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
- The New Jedi Order: Star by Star
- Legacy of the Force: Inferno
- Legacy of the Force: Invincible
- Riptide
- Fate of the Jedi: Abyss (and audiobook)
- Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse (and audiobook) (First identified as Force punch)
- Legacy (2006) 39
- Legacy (2006) 43
