The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many unnatural abilities, and the fearsome Count Dooku once harnessed one of these powers in Star Wars Legends. Generally speaking, many of the Force powers in Star Wars Canon are much weaker than their Legends counterparts. When most people utilize the Force in Canon, they perform simple telekinesis, like pushing or pulling objects and enemies. Of course, Canon Star Wars occasionally features rarer Force powers like psychometry, which Quinlan Vos and Cal Kestis excel at, or even astral projection, which Luke Skywalker uses against Kylo Ren in the final moments of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Star Wars Legends boasts many Force powers far more complicated than simple telekinesis. For example, some Jedi were able to move through solid walls using Force Phase. Others could use Force Cloak to make themselves invisible. In rare cases, there were some who used Force Light to forcefully purge an enemy of the dark side, effectively winning a battle before it ever began. In any case, Count Dooku was a masterful Force wielder for his time in both Canon and Legends, but it appears Palpatine taught Dooku even more unique Force powers in Legends.
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Star Wars Legends Gave Dooku The Power Of Flight
In “Chapter 6” of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars pilot series, Count Dooku meets Asajj Ventress for the first time and observes as she defeats a group of bounty hunters. After her triumph, Dooku floats straight off a balcony and gracefully lands on the floor below, evidently displaying the Legends Force power of Force Flight. Technically, Force Flight was simply an offshoot of telekinesis. It involved pushing against the ground or another immovable object with the Force, allowing the user to levitate for a short while.
Since Force Flight is simply a modification of telekinesis, there isn’t really a good reason why no one uses it in Star Wars Canon. There are a few abilities in Canon that are somewhat similiar to Force Flight, but not the same. In Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka, Ezra Bridger has a fellow Force user propel him further through the air, effectively allowing him to double jump. In Star Wars: The Clone Wars, some Jedi are able to briefly hold others in midair with the Force. And in The Last Jedi Leia propels herself through space using the Force. Neverthless, no one in Canon seems to be able to fly.
Dooku Uses This Force Power In Revenge Of The Sith’s Novelization
In Matthew Stover’s Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization, Dooku actually displays Force Flight in a similar way to his Legends feat. But because the book was published in 2005, it was declared non-canon by Disney in 2014. And since Cal Kestis’ abilitiy to jump multiple times in the air using different Force powers isn’t exactly flying, Force Flight isn’t currently possible in Star Wars Canon. The best explanation available for why flight isn’t possible is that it requires too much exertion to be practical for the average Force-user in Star Wars to use.
