That means when multiple people use the Force simultaneously, we counted the time only once. To arrive at a figure for total on-screen Force time, we decided to measure cumulatively, by scene.

So we limited this exercise to clear and observable uses. We recognize that a case can be made that some Force practitioners are using the Force in some unobservable way at all times, and we don’t even want to talk about midi-chlorians at all. “Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back,” with its lengthy training sequences involving Yoda and Luke Skywalker, is the most Force-heavy film overall. Spoiler alert: Nearly every Jedi knight is murdered in this film, even a classroom of Force-sensitive school children, and the emergence of Darth Vader is announced with a “Nooooo” scream heard ‘round the galaxy. The light and dark sides are used simultaneously for less than a minute.ĭepictions of the light side receive more generous time than those of the dark side in each film except “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” arguably the gloomiest chapter. The light side, domain of the noble Jedi warriors, accounts for the majority of Force screen time, in large part because there are more good guys and greater focus is placed on their actions. Only 4 percent of the 805-minute Star Wars film canon, stretching from Episodes I through VI, involves clearly discernible Force use.

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