Why can't Vader use 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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Can Vader produce Force lightning?

Vader's variant

He could summon Force lightning from directly above an opponent, and then directing it from a storm he generates with the Force.
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Is Vader weak to Force lightning?

19 Weakness: Electricity

Darth Vader possessed the skill to use Force lightning, but the limitations of his suit prevented this. A lot of the systems that were keeping Darth Vader alive were maintained by electricity, which is why Force lightning was so destructive towards him.
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Why does Darth Maul not use Force lightning?

Because of that upbringing, Maul seemed to prioritize his lightsaber as a tool in combat, one that befitted his fighting style, over Force powers. Instead, he viewed the Force more as a complement to his combat style rather than a direct tool to be utilized.
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Why didn't Palpatine stop using lightning?

Palpatine was purposefully continuing to shot his lightning in order to turn Anakin. Him getting injured by it reflecting back at him is what made Anakin fearful and thus lashing out at Mace Windu.
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Why does Kylo Ren not use Force lightning?

Using Force lightning could short circuit his life support systems, which is why Palpatine's lightning in "Return of the Jedi" ultimately kills him.
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Can Yoda use lightning?

Both Palpatine and Yoda use lightning

In the first, Yoda uses lightning to the Island of Ahch-To in The Last Jedi. In the second picture, Palpatine tries to breathe life into the Sith by sending lighting up into the sky. Yoda succeeded in saving the Jedi order, while Palpatine failed to revitalize the Sith.
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Why are Siths eyes yellow?

According to Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, “Eyes reflect the emotions harnessed by the Sith. When rage and anger seethe inside a dark side user, their eyes may burn yellow with a fiery-red rim.” Simply put, a Sith's emotions and strong connections to the dark side are usually the reason behind their yellow eyes.
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Is Vader more powerful than Count Dooku?

It's not even up for debate that Darth Vader is stronger than Count Dooku. Even before he was at full power, Anakin Skywalker was able to overpower Dooku simply based on his lightsaber training.
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Why didn't Darth Vader get better suit?

He just chooses not to change it, because doing so might remove Vader from his private cloister of brooding and meditation. This connection to the Dark Side, and not the physical armor he wears, makes Vader one of the most dangerous threats in the galaxy.
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Can all Sith use lightning?

Sith who have used Force lightning

The only other Sith we've seen using Force lightning in the movies is Count Dooku, otherwise known as Darth Tyranus. He used the power against Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Master Yoda in Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
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Why is Vader weaker than Palpatine?

I think that the main reason why Vader just couldn't match up to Palpatine is his mental state. He literally said that he doesn't want to serve Sidious but he has to because it's too late for him to change. To cope with this Anakin convinced himself that he's not himself, that he's "Vader" now.
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Can Darth Vader beat Sidious?

A new comic has revealed that Darth Vader knew he could singlehandedly defeat Palpatine, before Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. In a new comic it has been revealed that Darth Vader knew he could singlehandedly defeat Emperor Palpatine prior to Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
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Is Canon Vader stronger than Palpatine?

Darth Vader used a type of Force Lightning way stronger than Palpatine's. The only reason he didn't use it more was that it would've killed him. Darth Vader is one of the most powerful and insidious villains in Star Wars canon. Fewer antagonists are more memorable than this wheezing, fallen Jedi.
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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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How did Palpatine hide his Sith eyes?

Description. Palpatine utilizing Force clouding while speaking with members of the Jedi Council Force clouding was a cloaking technique employed by the Sith to conceal their true nature from the Jedi and other users of the Force.
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Why does grievous have a cough?

During the encounter, Windu used the Force to crush the chest plates of Grievous, severely injuring his lungs, and causing his now distinctive cough, which made its way into Revenge of the Sith. As we have come to expect with Star Wars though, it was never that simple.
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How do Sith bleed their crystals?

Description. Bleeding was accomplished by pouring rage, hate, fear and pain into a kyber crystal by means of the dark side of the Force, until the crystal changed, resulting in the crimson-bladed lightsabers associated almost exclusively with dark side adepts.
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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 lightsaber deflect Force lightning?

Force lightning can be deflected and absorbed by a lightsaber, and select Jedi have proved able to neutralize the technique through the power of the light side.
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Who is the strongest Sith?

1. Darth Sidious (Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace) Truly, the most powerful Sith Lord was Darth Sidious, better known in his public persona of Chancellor (later Emperor) Palpatine. Through cunning and manipulation, Sidious killed his master to claim the mantle of Dark Lord of the Sith.
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Can a Jedi use force lightning?

Instead, Jedi refrain from using Force lightning because it not only requires calling upon the dark side of the Force, but also because it is often seen as immoral. One reason that Jedi do not use Force lightning is that a Force user must draw upon the dark side and their negative emotions to create it.
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Is snoke a Sith?

Snoke Is Not a Sith Lord

He was never given one because he isn't technically a Sith Lord. But the fact that he's a bio-engineered being created by Palpatine explains why his training of Kylo Ren followed the Sith mold so closely, since all along Palpatine was trying to manipulate Ren.
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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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