Can Vader Force Lightning?

Darth Vader can not use force lighting, because of his severed arms. Robotic hands can't summon the force lighting. However Darth Vader can still use other forms of the force, such as force choke.
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Why is Vader's suit weak to lightning?

Vader had to change his lightsaber style to compensate for the weight, bulk and inflexibility of his armor. The electronics of the suit were sensitive to electrical discharges. Vader later added a limited amount of insulation to the suit after discovering this vulnerability.
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Can Jedis use Force lightning?

Despite being equally as strong in the Force, one innately Sith ability that Jedi in the Star Wars franchise do not wield is Force lightning. First introduced when Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine) electrocuted Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Force lightning is a powerful weapon for Sith.
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Is Vader vulnerable lightning?

Force lightning would kill Darth Vader

The real reason we never see him use this power in person is due to his condition and general health. For all intents and purposes, Darth Vader is barely alive, kept on this side of the mortal coil through a combination of the Force and his trademark life-support system suit.
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Who has the most powerful Force lightning?

While Palpatine's lightning is by far the most powerful thing seen in the Star Wars movies, the Son's red lightning is certainly more dangerous. It's only been used by one other character in Star Wars canon, and that character was none other than Darth Vader.
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Which Sith can use lightning?

In Revenge of the Sith, after having been bested by Mace Windu, Darth Sidious uses Force lightning against the Jedi Master, who repels it with his lightsaber, deflecting it onto Sidious and disfiguring and scarring the Sith Lord's body.
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Can Yoda shoot lightning?

Grandmaster Yoda himself was capable of summoning force lightning in the form of Emerald Lightning. Galen Marek was an extremely skilled user of this Force power, even after his conversion to the light side, rivaling Darth Sidious.
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Could Kylo Ren use Force lightning?

From what we learned from the Marvel Comics story on Kylo Ren and his upbringing, along with the information explained and even alluded to in the sequel trilogy — it's entirely likely that Kylo never completely learned how to harness Force lightning.
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Can maul use Force lightning?

Despite being a powerful user of the dark side of the Force, Darth Maul never used Force lightning in any of the Star Wars films or shows. Despite so many dark side characters using Force lightning in Star Wars, Maul never used it any of his appearances on the small or big screens.
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Can Luke use Force lightning?

Luke was the only other Jedi aside from Yoda, that was able to repulse force lightning. Until that time, it was considerd to be impossible for any light side user to deflect force lightning using just the force itself.
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What is the rarest color of lightsaber?

Yellow lightsabers are some of the rarest blades to be wielded by a member of the Jedi Order. Jedi Master Plo Koon, Ahsoka Tano, and Rey Skywalker have been known to utilize them on occasion, but they are primarily the blade color of the Jedi Sentinel.
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How do Sith use lightning?

Force lightning is a dark side ability used to torture, disfigure, and even kill one's victims. Blue in color, Sith shoot Force lightning from their hands by calling on their hatred and aggressive feelings. However, while a deadly weapon, it is not unstoppable.
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Why is KYLO Ren's lightsaber so unstable?

In The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, it's confirmed that Kylo Ren's lightsaber contains a “cracked kyber crystal that is the cause of [the] ragged, unstable appearance” of the central blade and the two smaller blades that comprise the crossguard.
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Why does Darth Vader breathe so heavy?

When Vader breathes out, the suit is at a low pressure, and when he breathes in the interior atmosphere is at a higher pressure. This difference would effectively force (haha) air into and out of his lungs.
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Can Jedi use red lightsabers?

In both canon and Legends, Jedi will sometimes use red-bladed lightsabers in emergencies where they're missing their lightsabers and a Sith weapon is the only one available. Some Jedi are explicitly shown using red lightsabers in Legends, however.
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Was savage force-sensitive?

Opress and his brother Feral became tribal leaders within the Nightbrother village. A Force-sensitive Dathomirian Zabrak male, Savage Opress was born to Kycina, a Nightsister of the planet Dathomir, prior to the year 54 BBY.
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Can Plo Koon use Force lightning?

Plo Koon was one of the few Jedi to use Force lightning in Star Wars Legends, which could impact the dark side power rules in canon. Plo Koon was a skilled Jedi Master and respected General during the Clone Wars.
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Why does Rey have Sith lightning?

As previously noted, this was Palpatine's most famous power, so she may have inherited a natural talent for it. Rey using Force Lightning could have been foreshadowing for the reveal that Palpatine is Rey's grandfather. Regardless, this was just one of several Force powers Rey showed off in The Rise of Skywalker.
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Which Jedi can use Force Judgement?

Force Judgement (also called electric judgement) was an uncommon Jedi ability that acted similarly to Force Lightning. This attack was used most notably by the Jedi Plo Koon.
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Can Rey still use the force?

Rey is highly Force-sensitive, which is revealed when she is presented with the lightsaber first owned by Anakin Skywalker, then his son Luke. Without training, she is able to use the Force and defeat the powerful (albeit injured) Kylo Ren in a duel.
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What is Red Force lightning?

Red Lightning was a rare Force Power created by Darth Rayze during New Jedi Order Era. It was thought to be a powerful variation of Force Lightning and was sometimes known to leave the victim devoid of the Force. Darth Rayze is the only confirmed user of Red Lightning.
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Can Jedi Force choke?

So, all Force users had the inherent ability to use the power. Yes, that meant that Jedi could use the Force choke too. In fact, it only took two movies for that very thing to happen. At the beginning of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker Force choked Jabba the Hutt's Gamorrean guards.
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Who is the strongest Jedi?

Of course, Yoda is the most powerful Jedi of them all. He was the head of the Jedi Order in the prequels, the mystic recluse in the originals, and he even made a token appearance in one of the sequels.
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