Why does Vader not 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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Why could Vader not use Force lightning?

Force lightning required a living conduit for the energy to be channeled; thus Darth Vader, despite being an immensely powerful Sith Lord, was never able to properly employ this ability, as any attempt to generate it carried the risk of shorting out his life support systems.
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Has Vader used Force lightning?

While Darth Vader doesn't use Force Lightning in the Star Wars films, the power played a key role in his story in the comics. Despite being considered one of the strongest wielders of the Dark Side of the Force, Darth Vader never uses Force Lightning in any of the films.
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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 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 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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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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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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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 Vader not recognize c3po?

Perhaps, Darth Vader just figures that this is another protocol droid and not C-3PO. Obviously, C-3PO does not recognize Vader because his memory was wiped at the end of Revenge of the Sith. What are your possible explanations for this hole in the Star Wars plot?
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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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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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Can Darth Vader beat Yoda?

There are certainly scenarios where Darth Vader would have the upper hand in a duel with Yoda, but in most cases, Yoda would be the more likely victor. Vader wields absurd levels of Force power during his dark side prime that would certainly rival Yoda's own abilities, but likely not exceed them.
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Why couldnt Vader heal himself?

He didn't heal him either because, even though he probably could with the darkside powers and abilities, he wanted him to miserable in the suit so he could be a more better Sith Lord. Probably he feared his sith apprentice rising up against him and betraying him, so he decided to make him less powerful.
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Who was most powerful Sith?

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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Why is Anakin so whiny?

As to Anakin, he got really whiny in the middle of his arc. It's more due to frustration with the Jedi Order because of Palpatine's manipulations and Anakin being old enough to have preconceptions about what Jedi should be vs what they really are.
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Why does Force lightning age Palpatine?

It's the intensity of reflected lightning and the channelling of such raw dark side power that are the catalysts for Palpatine's transformation. Perhaps the face that boils up to the surface is shaped by his dark side corruption, but the lightning is definitely the cause.”
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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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Why did Rey bury the lightsabers?

Terrio describes Rey's journey to Tatooine as a pilgrimage honoring the Skywalker family heritage, saying: “Rey brings the sabers there to honor the Skywalker twins by laying them to rest—together, finally—where it all began.
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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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Is the Darksaber a lightsaber?

Description. The Darksaber was a unique black-bladed lightsaber. The Darksaber was an ancient black-bladed lightsaber. It had a unique blade that was shorter than that of most lightsabers, and shaped like a traditional sword.
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Who could beat Sidious in a lightsaber duel?

In canon, no one is known to have defeated Darth Sidious in a lightsaber duel. Presumably, Sidious' master Darth Plagueis defeated him during training, although this might not be considered a duel in the true sense of the word.
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Who is stronger than Darth Vader?

Darth Sidious was always stronger than Vader, which is why he ruled over him for almost 20 years and turned him into the Sith Lord he was. Yet, Vader (Anakin) was always tactically gifted.
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