Revenge Of The Sith: Why Anakin Didn't Use Force Healing On Padmé
Anakin Skywalker’s desperation to save Padmé in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith led him to embrace the dark side of the Force, but viewers may wonder why he couldn’t use Force healing to save his wife. Force healing has been featured throughout Legends-era non-movie material, as well as canon’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While Force healing could have saved Padmé, material from both continuities explains why Anakin couldn’t use it.
The Force is a fundamental omnipresent energy that can be used as “powers” by those who are trained to tap into it. One such power is healing oneself or another at an enhanced speed. In Legends, a Force-user would draw upon the Force for this ability, sending its healing energy into another or themselves. In canon, Force healing is shown as transferring one’s life force into another, coming with far more serious implications. The dark side, a corruption of the natural Force, has a sinister equivalent to Force healing, in which a dark side user heals themselves by draining the life force of another being.
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Anakin had prophetic nightmares of Padmé dying in childbirth, and pledged himself to the Sith Order, feeling desperate to save his wife and that the Jedi Order was holding him back from his true potential and the power to keep her alive. Force healing would have been the ideal power to keep Padmé alive and healthy, yet Anakin never considered using it in Revenge of the Sith, despite its prominence in the franchise even in 2005. The reason why Anakin couldn’t use it was that it was a highly specialized discipline that only Jedi Masters and specially-trained
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