Why didn't Vader use any lightning???

It would have been awesome to see Vader use lightning, like for instace the killing of the seperatists. Why didn't Vader use ligthning. I know the theory that is right arm was robotic, but he could just use his left hand to use Sith lightning...



Thoughts???

 

He had not yet developed that technique

kthnxbi

 

He never learned it from Palpatine...

 

I agree with you both. He just turned to the Dark Side you don't expect him to be all powerful in one movie.

 

Well R4 and he learned how to force choke from Palpatine, Sidious doesn't teach Anakin crap, just to not have any mercy... Also the Darkside is the quick and easy path and not much needs learned anyways...

 

there was no time in the movie for him to learn. after He turned, Order66 happened really fast . and he was sent to Mustafar right away. when would he have had a chance to learn it?. there was no time.

 

It is debatable whether force choke is a dark side power or not.

And what do you mean Sidious doesn't teach Anakin anything, no one yet knows all that happens between the PT and the OT.

He had just turned to the dark side so he had not been taught the ways of lightninh yet

EOS

 

there is a thread similiar to this
http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=19358706&start=19378705&search=lightning

 

good point halfwits. fair is fair.

 

Well R4 and he learned how to force choke from Palpatine, Sidious doesn't teach Anakin crap, just to not have any mercy...
Well you didn't read Star Wars Republic Either...
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If I were a lawyer, I'd make a good one.

 

Because he had no arms, he could never generate Sith lightning - that's the official line...

You could say Obi rendered him 'armless.

 

I think there are aspects of the Force, even the dark side, that one must study and practice before it's but to effective use. With the strength of Anakin's potential in the Force, and his with his turn, he could have used it. It wasn't that he never learned the techinque on how to use Sith lightning. I think in order for one to use dark side lightning, one must be strong enough with the dark side. And Anakin wasn't just yet.

 

Because he was made of metal. Anyone who uses lightning needs a conduit for the power. Vader couldnt use his amrs as they were metal and it would kill him. He diddnt learn it earlier (before the suit) because he had barely began his training.

Palpatine: Do I have the ultimate apprentice who can fire lightning from his fingers?

Droid: Not. We couldnt find a way of allowing the technique to work.

Palpatine: I just had one simple request - and thats was to have a Sith apprentice who could fire fricken lightning from his fingertips...what do we have instead?

Droid: A half man half machine in a clumsy black suit.

Palpatine: Riiiiight.

Droid: He's a mutated half man half machine.

Palpatine: Its a start.

 

Did any of you even read this before posting your replies??

He's asking why he didn't use lightning BEFORE the suit

 

I did

 

"Force powers can used by a Jedi for any reason. It can be both good or evil. It's how you use them." Kyle Katarn.

Force Choke is in fact a Dark Side power.

 

I must confess - I didn't read it.

But that was because I didn't presume anyone would ever ask why he couldn't do it within the timeframe of the movie.

Apologies.
I stand corrected.
In that case, he couldn't do it because the Jedi never taught him how to do it - for rather obvious reasons...

 

Force choke is just telekinesis. If Dooku was strong enough to use lightning then Anakin was too. He never had the time to learn it, and by the time he did, he was a cyborg, so there no was no point.

 

Don't quote that KK bollocks here mate

 

This is Anakin pre suit thats why I put it in the Revenge of the Sith forum. Vader says like 10 words in this movie and just walks about 20 feet or something. And if any of you have played the Revenge of the Sith Video game Anakin uses lightning with his LEFT hand with ease...

 

Anakin wasnt taught it and after his fight with Obi he lost any chance of using it. In the novel Palps says he needs natural body parts to use the lightning.

 

Yah.. Dark Side skill. He'd been a Dark Side user for like hours at that point. No time to learn it. Then Lucas has said that when Vader lost his hands he lost the ability to use the force lightning, as well as other things. He never reached the potential Palpatine expected before the duel on Mustafar. Palpatine saw in Luke what he saw in Anakin before he was burned and wanted Luke to take his place.

 

"As you can see, my knowledge of the Force is far beyond yours. Now, back down"

The way Dooku boasts about his ability to use Force Lightning is enough to tell you it's not something you just 'do', but something that requires great mastery of the Force and probably takes a long time to learn.

 

I agree with the general consensus that he just didn't have time to learn the skill. And for those asking why he knew force choke and not lightning, as someone above mentioned force choke is just telekinesis. Force choke is simply using the force to close off the windpipe of an energy. In terms of performing it, it is really no different than using the force to push someone or pull something to yourself. Same basic skill, that he learned from the Jedi, but different application. Force lightning, on the other hand, is something entirely different from everything else Anakin had learned, and so he would have to somehow learn that skill, which he didn't have time to do during ROTS.

 

I say Palps never taught it to Vader b/c he was fearful of Vader's potential - he didn't want to let his ambitious apprentice to know all the tricks in his bag.

Vader probably didn't mind either - he had Force Choke, which, in my opinion is way sexier than lightning anyway.