Force Grip

Force Grip, sometimes called The Grip, was a technique by which a user of the Force used telekinesis to forcefully crush parts of a target victim's body, killing them or rendering them unconscious. It is a less devastating form of the more sophisticated and complex Force Crush. While similar to Force Choke, the primary purpose of Grip was to immobilize or control a target's movement; there were many occasions when choking the victim to death was secondary.

Rather than simply "shoving" the target, (or using Force Push), this was a sustained application of telekinesis, focused more specifically and usually with greater effect. It was not exclusively a dark side ability, although most applications of it were violent, and it was especially favored by members of the Sith.

A crushing application of the Force, the Force Grip was an advanced level of Force Choke and could be used to levitate and strangle a target's internal organs. The target could be seized with great strength and subsequently lifted off their feet and suspended in air, by a powerful user. It was possible to simply break the victim's neck, or to strangle them.

Those most experienced with Force Grip needed only a live visual of their victim in order to perform the technique. Some used this provision as an advantage to escape the Grip's clutches: Jedi could implement Force Persuasion or Force Blinding to obscure a Grip-user's vision, or some could immediately leap to escape it (with mixed results in either case, depending on the user's knowledge of the Force). Boba Fett was known to have been able to escape a Force Grip by firing his jetpack, utilizing the external propulsion to fly safely out of the Grip-user's line of sight.

If one could not escape the sight of a Grip-user, the next best method was to disrupt the user's concentration. Jedi in the time of the New Republic could commonly do this by simply pushing their enemy with the Force, and others were known to have broken a Grip by blasting the user with a weapon. These solutions were both limited, however; those most powerful in the use of the technique could maintain concentration during a Force Push, and even more could control the Grip so well that the choked target would not be able to even draw his or her weapon.

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