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{{Quote|One Jedi cannot conquer the dark side alone&hellip; I guess we've proved that. ''Together'', we were a Jedi fire that outshone his evil.''"<br />"''Two are more powerful than one&hellip; ''three'' are more powerful than two.|Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo|audio=ForceHarmony-DE.ogg|<ref name="Audio">[[Dark Empire (audio)|''Dark Empire'' audio drama]]</ref>}}
'''Force harmony''' was a [[Light side of the Force/Legends|light side]] [[Force power/Legends|Force power]] that allowed several [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-users]] to join their [[The Force/Legends|Force]] energies together in a pure and powerful manifestation of the light side. Bathing them in light side energies, the ability protected users from [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] powers and could [[Sever Force/Legends|sever]] opponents from the dark side entirely. [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]], [[Leia Organa Solo]], and the unborn [[Anakin Solo]] used this ability to separate the [[Cloning/Legends|reborn]] [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] from the dark side, causing the [[Force storm (wormhole)|Force storm]] he had summoned to go out of control, consuming him.

==Description==
{{Dialogue|Leia Organa|Luke! I feel the Force.|Palpatine|No!|Luke Skywalker|Yes. It's surrounding the Emperor, cutting him off from all the power he poured into the storm.|attr=Leia Organa Solo and Luke Skywalker cut Palpatine off from the dark side|audio=LukeLeiaForceHarmony-DE.ogg|src=<ref name="Audio" />}}
[[File:WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Palpatine is severed from the dark side.]]
Force harmony was a [[Force power/Legends|Force ability]] designated in the families [[Control]], [[Sense]], and [[Alter]] that allowed several willing [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-users]] to manifest the power of the [[Light side of the Force/Legends|light side]]. Once in effect, it bathed the users in the illumination of the light side and could act as a shield against [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] powers. The power could be kept up almost indefinitely, although a slight strain was put on whoever initiated the technique.<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> For the duration that the ability was in use, the users would be united by [[The Force/Legends|the Force]] in all its intensity. The energies of the light side would flow through them in waves and give them complete clarity in the Force.<ref name="Endnotes">{{Shortstory|sformatted=The Full Power of the Dark Side|story=Dark Empire endnotes|book=Dark Empire 6}}</ref>

The initiator could only link as many other Force-users to the chain as their Force energy allowed. The power could not cancel out the dark side, but it could distract its practitioners and make their actions more difficult to perform,<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> and in some cases, [[Sever Force/Legends|cut them off]] from the dark side completely.<ref name="DE6">[[Dark Empire 6|''Dark Empire'' 6]]</ref> Force harmony could also interrupt dark side abilities already in use by engulfing their users in waves of light side energy;<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> those powers inherently difficult to control, such as [[Force storm (wormhole)|Force storm]], were especially susceptible to this interference.<ref name="DE6" />

The proximity between users in the chain, strength in the Force, and [[Blood/Legends|blood]] relation were all factors that could affect the intensity of this ability. In order to begin Force harmony, the initiator had to be adept in [[Life Sense]] and [[Telepathy/Legends|telepathy]].<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> Relatively powerful [[Derriphan (creature)|Derriphans]], creatures of the dark side, could be defeated by a group of Force-users in a Force harmony chain by transferring light side Force energy to the creature.<ref name="WHSV 87">''[[Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy]]''</ref>

==Applications==
{{Quote|&hellip;A Jedi-killer wants to tame her. Now the dark side comes to claim her. She must join with her brother to combat this thief, before the Jedi come to grief.|The second half of Bodo Baas' prophecy|audio=BaasProphecyPart2-DE.ogg|<ref name="Audio" />}}
[[File:ForceStormEclipse2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sidious is consumed by his own storm.]]
After [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|Emperor]] [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]] resurrected himself in a [[Cloning/Legends|clone]] body<ref name="DE6" /> in [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]],<ref name="SWTCC">''[[Star Wars: The Comics Companion]]''</ref> he brought the [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]] to the dark side and trained him as his [[Sith apprentice/Legends|apprentice]]. Skywalker's [[Twin/Legends|twin]] sister, [[Leia Organa Solo]], traveled to Palpatine's [[Flagship/Legends|flagship]], the [[Eclipse (Eclipse-class)|''Eclipse'']], and brought her brother back to the light side.<ref name="DE6" />

Once Palpatine summoned an incredibly destructive Force storm to [[Battle of Pinnacle Base|annihilate]] the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] at [[Pinnacle Base]], Skywalker and Organa Solo brought their Force energies together and enveloped Palpatine in a wave of light side energy. Augmented by their [[Force bond|twin bond]] and the strength of Organa Solo's [[Anakin Solo|third child]], who was still in the [[Womb/Legends|womb]], the twins were easily able to cut Palpatine off from the dark side, causing him to lose control of his storm. The storm consumed Palpatine and the ''Eclipse'', but not before Skywalker and Organa Solo escaped the doomed [[Starship/Legends|ship]] unharmed.<ref name="DE6" />

==Users==
{{Quote|<nowiki />''We'' can do it. That's what the holocron meant. Let ''me'' add my power to ''yours''.|Leia Organa Solo, to Luke Skywalker|audio=LeiaPowerOfHeart-DE.ogg|<ref name="Audio" />}}
Several [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] Knights and [[Jedi Master/Legends|Masters]] of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Old Jedi Order]], such as [[Ood Bnar]],<ref name="TotJC 27, 20" /> [[Arca Jeth]],<ref name="TotJC 27, 20" /> [[Thon]],<ref name="JATM 109">''[[Jedi Academy Training Manual]]''</ref> [[Vima-Da-Boda]],<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> [[Taj Junak]],<ref name="LotE GG 71">''[[Lords of the Expanse]]''</ref> and [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]], possessed the ability to initiate Force harmony.<ref name="MTSB 99">''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]''</ref> Additionally, the ancient [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] [[Freedon Nadd]], a master of both Jedi and [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] abilities, could conduct Force harmony.<ref name="TotJC 70">''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' states that [[Freedon Nadd]] knew every [[Force power/Legends|Force power]] included therein, among them being Force harmony.</ref> Elite members of the [[Emperor's Shadow Guard]] led by [[Inquisitorius/Legends|Inquisitor]] [[Valin Draco]] were also known to possess the ability.<ref name="Jaws 22">{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign|text=Jaws of the Sarlacc|int=Jaws of the Sarlacc|archivedate=20100118064618}}</ref>

Leia Organa Solo first learned of the ability from the [[Tedryn Holocron]]. The [[Holocron/Legends|holocron's]] [[gatekeeper]], [[Bodo Baas]], told her of a [[Force vision/Legends|prophecy]] related to him by his [[Bodo Baas's Master|Master]] almost a [[Millennium/Legends|thousand]] [[Standard year/Legends|years]] ago, which predicted that Skywalker and Organa Solo would defeat Palpatine together.<ref name="DE6" /> Organa Solo realized the meaning behind the prophecy after confronting Palpatine on the ''Eclipse'',<ref name="Audio" /> and joined her Force energy with Skywalker's. Skywalker, too, realized that the only way to combat Palpatine's dark side energies was through pure light and joined his sister. Combining their powers with Organa Solo's unborn child, Anakin Solo, the twins were able to vanquish Palpatine.<ref name="DE6" />

==Behind the scenes==
Force harmony first appeared in the [[Dark Empire 6|sixth issue]] of the ''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]'' [[Star Wars comic books|comic book]] series, written by [[Tom Veitch]], illustrated by [[Cam Kennedy]],<ref name="DE6" /> and published by [[Dark Horse Comics]] on [[October 20]], [[1992]].<ref name="Marvel">{{Marvel|comics/issue/54062/star_wars_dark_empire_1991_6|Star Wars: Dark Empire (1991) #6|archivedate=20211020191313}}</ref> It was also referenced in the issue's [[Dark Empire endnotes|endnotes]].<ref name="Endnotes" /> It was later named and given an expansion in [[Michael Allen Horne]]'s ''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''<ref name="DESB 70-71, 62" /> and made an appearance in the [[Dark Empire (audio)|audio adaptation]] of ''Dark Empire''.<ref name="Audio" />

''[[The Official Star Wars Fact File 125]]'' incorrectly describes this ability as a "storm of light-side energy," mistaking it for the Force storm that destroys the ''Eclipse''.<ref name="FF125">{{FFCite|125|ECL2, ''Eclipse-Class Super Star Destroyer''}}</ref>

==Appearances==
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign|text=Jaws of the Sarlacc|int=Jaws of the Sarlacc|archivedate=20100118064618}} {{Mo}}
*[[Dark Empire 6|''Dark Empire'' 6]] {{1st}}
*[[Dark Empire (audio)|''Dark Empire'' audio drama]]
*[[Dark Empire II 1|''Dark Empire II'' 1]] {{C|Mentioned in [[opening crawl]]}}

==Sources==
*{{Shortstory|sformatted=The Full Power of the Dark Side|story=Dark Empire endnotes|book=Dark Empire 6}} <!-- October 20, 1992 -->
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]'' {{1stID}} <!-- June 15, 1993 -->
*''[[The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook]]'' <!-- September, 1993 -->
*[[Star Wars Sourcebook (Second Edition)|''Star Wars Sourcebook'', Second Edition]] <!-- June 1994 -->
*''[[The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]'' <!-- March 19, 1996 -->
*''[[The Jedi Academy Sourcebook]]'' <!-- April 1996 -->
*[[Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back (Second Edition)|''Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back'', Second Edition]] <!-- July 1996 -->
*''[[Tales of the Jedi Companion]]'' <!-- August 1, 1996 -->
*''[[Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised]]'' <!-- December 1996 -->
*''[[Wretched Hives of Scum & Villainy]]'' <!-- May 12, 1997 -->
*''[[Lords of the Expanse]]'' <!-- July 28, 1997 -->
*''[[Star Wars Trilogy Sourcebook, Special Edition]]'' <!-- October 1997 -->
*''[[The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons]]'' <!-- July 21, 1998 -->
*{{InQuestCite|50|Star Wars Episode VII: Rise of the New Republic}} {{Ncm}} <!-- June 1999 -->
*[[The Essential Chronology (real-world book)|''The Essential Chronology'']] <!-- April 4, 2000 -->
*''[[Star Wars Handbook 3: Dark Empire]]'' <!-- April 5, 2000 -->
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Characters]]'' <!-- April 23, 2002 -->
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]'' <!-- September 30, 2003 -->
*{{FFCite|125|ECL2, ''Eclipse-Class Super Star Destroyer''}} <!-- May 19, 2004 -->
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' <!-- October 25, 2005 -->
*''[[Jedi Academy Training Manual]]'' <!-- May 19, 2009 -->
*{{InsiderCite|130|A Certain Point of View (Star Wars Insider)|A Certain Point of View}} <!-- December 13, 2011 -->

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Alter powers|Harmony]]
[[Category:Control powers|Harmony]]
[[Category:Light side powers|Harmony]]
[[Category:Sense powers|Harmony]]