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Was there anyone who was force "immune"? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by ramble81@lemm.ee to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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Basically what the title says. There’s always discussions about someone being force sensitive and how they could use the force or not sensitive to it at all, but has anyone ever been completely immune to it? Like if Vader was doing a force choke and the person was just like “why are you holding your hand up like that? What are you trying to do?”

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[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everybody talks about Legends canon but in the main canon Toydarians are not force immune but force resistant. There's the line in ep 1 where Qui Gon is trying to convince Watto to take credits and Watto is all like "get the fuck outta here with that bullshit, it doesn't work on us".

[–] ADHDefy@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Jabba resists Jedi mind tricks, too, doesn't he? Idk if that's just being strong-minded or a biological condition for Hutts.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

The Yuuzhan Vong aren't completely immune to force attacks but they are "outside" the force and can't be sensed by force users

[–] Kerb@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

i vaguely remember that (in legends) there where some creatures ~~on dagobah~~ that created a kind of force void.

i think those where weaponized as anti force backpacks or something.

edit: their called Ysalamir and i was wrong about them steming from dagobah

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thawn used those in the books against Luke. They were pretty effective.

[–] Royal_Bitch_Pudding@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Friggin' Reverse Flash jumping across IPs

[–] jedibob5@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like you're thinking of the ysalamiri.

Additionally, also only in Legends canon, there are also the Yuuzhan Vong, a species from outside the Galaxy that was entirely unconnected to the Force. They could not be sensed through the Force and were immune to most Force abilities that directly targeted them, though they could be affected by some abilities, i.e. telekinetically thrown objects or Force Lightning.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’d like to see someone be immune to telekentically manipulated objects…. Rock bounces off someone “sorry, you used the force to do that”.

[–] paper_clip@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I’d like to see someone be immune to telekentically manipulated objects

"I'm a ghost!"

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

They are a major plot point in the Thrawn books. They act as Thrawn’s ace in the hole to try and defeat Luke, and they are a precaution for the insane Jeedi master he has recruited.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

I don't know about individuals but some species were immune to at least parts of the force. Watto was immune to mind tricks in TPM and said his entire species was as well.

[–] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Flying blue guy in phantom menace comes to mind.

[–] sarge@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Watto!

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody mentions how dense the atmospheric air pressure on Tatooine must have been for those tiny wings on him to be enough to give him flight. The speed of Luke's T-16 must have been fairly slow so it wouldn't have burst into flames from just friction with that dense air.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There was a multiplayer mode in Jedi Knight II, Capture the Ysalamiri. Like capture the flag, but when you captured it you couldn't use any of your Force abilities.
Fuck I loved those games.