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Force Kick was a Force power that enabled the practitioner to perform a kick towards a target and thereby interrupt their actions through the Force, even if they were several meters apart. Some Jedi Knights were skilled in the ability.[1] Luke Skywalker once used this ability against one of Jabba the Hutt's henchmen during the Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon.[2]

Behind the scenes[]

"How could anyone possibly be bothered by my widely celebrated, perfectly executed Force-Kick?!"
Mark Hamill, via Twitter[3]
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The "Force kick" in Return of the Jedi

The term "Force kick" originated as a joke referring to a fight sequence within the "Battle of the Great Pit of Carkoon" scene of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi,[source?] in which Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker kicks one of Jabba the Hutt's henchmen in the head, causing him to fall into the sarlacc pit while Boba Fett is flying helplessly by in the background.[2]

The choreography blooper consists of the stuntman reacting to the impact of the kick too late, when Hamill is already lowering his leg. The shooting 'flaw' consists of the camera being placed at an angle making it obvious that the kick did not actually hit the stuntman. The sequence is referred to as the "Force kick", which jokingly speculates that Luke uses Force telekinesis to make the henchman fall into the sarlacc pit rather than the physical impact of the kick.

Several similar occurrences[source?] happened in Revenge of the Sith. The first example took place during the two-on-one fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker against Count Dooku on the observation deck of General Grievous' ship. The scene takes place when Count Dooku uses Force Lift and Force Choke on Kenobi, and kicks his leg backwards at Anakin. Dooku's backwards kick appears to send Skywalker flying[4] with significant force[source?] across the platform and into a nearby wall.[4] Another Force kick blooper[source?] occurred in that movie during the Mustafar fight scene. When Vader drop-kicked Kenobi on the tabletop,[4] his feet did not impact Kenobi. Another similar blooper happened a short time later,[source?] where Kenobi returns the kick to Vader.[4] In that instance, Vader is not only pushed back before being kicked by Kenobi, but the kick hit the Sith Lord's lower waist and yet seemed to focus the force of the impact on Vader's torso, thereby sending his body into a backwards vertical spin.

The Force kick sequence sparked off a minor fad within the Star Wars-oriented part of the YTMND community, in which the term might have originated.

The Force kick was mentioned in Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel, albeit as a joke,[5] and appears in Star Wars: The Old Republic as a Jedi Knight ability.[1]

The original "Force kick" sequence[]

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