youwillburn Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Why can't they just lift themselves up with the force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordMerrick Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 I have often wondered this myself. They can make extraordinary leaps that clearly are the result of telekinetic power lifting their body weight through the air. The only realistic answer i can think of is.......the author just didnt want them to fly. Maybe he thought it was too much/too silly? Alternative option is that they can only focus for short periods at a time. But flying wouldnt forgive a break in concentration...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threid Posted January 3, 2012 Share Posted January 3, 2012 Perhaps the reason Jedi cannot fly is similar to the reason that we cannot literally lift ourselves up by our own bootstraps. I always perceived their acrobatics as Force pushing off the ground/pulling themselves toward other objects. (This may be because I've read the Mistborn series.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelousWang Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) They can, Yoda, Dooku and Sidious have been known to levitate on occasion. As does Revan during his training. The thing is the Force kind works like the Matrix, If you believe something is impossible or cannot imagine doing it, you cannot do it ("Do or do not, there is no try"). These type of mental blocks are very hard to break once they have been formed. Luke didn't believe it was possible to move X-Wing, so he could not. Then Yoda did it because he knew he could. Most Force users do not believe flying is possible so they cannot do it. Which why the Jedi start training new recruits as young as possible, before there minds develop to conclusions that things such as flying are impossible. Edited January 4, 2012 by AngelousWang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediKnightMat Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Flying would probably be extremely tiring. If you get too tired when your flying a few hundred metres up you would have a long way too fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youwillburn Posted January 4, 2012 Author Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) You cloud also get 2 jedi to lift each other if you can't lift yourself. Like force pull and force push each other around. I'm just wondering if this has been touched in the EU Edited January 4, 2012 by youwillburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffers Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Use of the force in that matter would mean that he can imagen him self fly and force leap/jump is a push from the feets like jetpack boots but no energi from fire. Edited January 4, 2012 by Hoffers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skatehead Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 I've thought of this in depth on my own before, and I've come to the conclusion, as the above poster has stated, that the force is pushing/pulling the person towards the object, and not effecting him/her directly. Side note, with this in mind, the Force could be used in different ways, such as softening a long fall or helping do more acrobatic moves, which I find a better explanation then people training to be that strong/acrobatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiledRodian Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 It takes too much concentration to sustain flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krowwe Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 There are key examples of jedi "flight" even into the movies themselves. If you watch the "new" movies, when Yoda is talking with Windu, and they are walking along the corridor, a lot seem to assume the "seat" Yoda was moving on was a hoverchair. If you actually go deeper into the EU, Yoda used to levitate himself around on a normal cushin. That type of slow, steady, sustained hover is possible, but as above posters said, the power and concentration for true flight is beyond the reach of somewhere around 99.9% of Jedi or Sith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) The trick of flying is actually to NOT aknowledge you are doing it. The sudden realization you float some hundred miles above the surface and the realization you cant actually chat gravity, will end invariably badly. As Yoda himself would say: Think of it not! Succeed in flight you will! Edited January 4, 2012 by bliapis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krowwe Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 The trick of flying is actually to NOT aknowledge you are doing it. The sudden realization you float some hundred miles above the surface and the realization you cant actually chat gravity, will end invariably badly. As Yoda himself would say: Think of it not! Succeed in flight you will! DOH! And here I thought the true secret was not to fly, but just to fall... then forget to hit the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 DOH! And here I thought the true secret was not to fly, but just to fall... then forget to hit the ground. thats part of the teachings, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smackyhead Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 DOH! And here I thought the true secret was not to fly, but just to fall... then forget to hit the ground. There is no spoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 There is no spoon there is a towel tho... the towel is most important! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bliapis Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 there is a towel tho... the towel is most important! wont catch me going nowhere without a towel sir! Its priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxex Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 wont catch me going nowhere without a towel sir! Its priceless! You've learned well from Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy, indeed! Wait, wrong setting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neorandomjedi Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 vortegens, the ornriest meanest worst shots in the galaxy. hope you brought a really good towel, you gonna need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizWax Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 wont catch me going nowhere without a towel sir! Its priceless! you needn't have it on you, you merely need to know where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkingDinosaur Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 It's not like you can just use the force willingly without straining your body because it requires an immense amount of concentration. So having to concentrate while flying would be hard after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddballEasyEight Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 It's not like you can just use the force willingly without straining your body because it requires an immense amount of concentration. So having to concentrate while flying would be hard after a while. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... did you just bring the thread back on topic? shame on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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