Can Dark Jedi make people's heads explode?

Panzer Grenadier · Post by **Panzer Grenadier** » 2004-11-21 12:45pm

I was wondering if it was possible for Dark Jedi to make someones head explode. For example, Jedi are able to move stuff with their mind and even compress someones trachea to choke them. So I was wondering if a trained Dark Jedi could create sufficent pressure to explode a human skull. It seems like such a like such a better way to make an example of those incompeten admirals who come out of hyperspace to close to a rebel stronghold.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2004-11-21 01:27pm

In the Courtship of Princess Leia a force witch was able to make the blood vessels in Lukes head pop. It wouldn't be a stretch for a fully trained sith to do this to a greater degree.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2004-11-21 01:45pm

Well just look at the kind of accelerations battle droids and such achieve in the films when given a Force push - and these probably mass greatly more than their apparent volume in industrial steel.

Apply the same force to human arm, leg, head, &c. and watch the results.

For more direct examples, former syndicate kingpin Jorj Car'das recalled a pre-Clone Wars-era incident with the infamous Bpfasshi dark Jedi Master (the selfsame dark Jedi was defeated by Master Yoda and was pursued by the original Jorus C'boath). He hijacked Car'das' spacecraft to make an escape, and although he left Car'das alone (presumably to be terrified and awed by his power), he absorbed another crewman into his own will (akin to C'boath assimilation with General Covell and Palpatine's subsumation of his "Dark Jedi" and other adepts) and another crewman he simply physically tore apart with the dark side of the Force.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » 2004-11-21 06:09pm

In ESB, Yoda raised a ~30 ton(same as an F14 mass) starfighter ~3 meters. The energy required to raise an X-wing(30,000kg*(9.8m/s²)*3m=882,000J) would be enough to propel a 3.6 kilogram head at over twice the speed of sound. So, common sense would tell you that a Dark Jedi probably has the energy to make someone's head explode readily available.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2004-11-21 06:17pm

IIRC, in one of the Tales of the Jedi comics, Aleema Keto, using Sith magic-- actually an application of Dark-side force-- to explode her former tutor's entire body. So, yes, I don't believe it would be too difficult-- just raise the blood pressure or the temperature of the head to waaaaayyy too high levels, and boom... you've got "Scanners" all over again...

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-11-22 02:30pm

considering that uber powerful dark jedi can make stars go boom, i don't see any reason heads would be any different.