| rdfs:comment | - According to the Jedi tradition, death was a part of life, and it meant becoming one with the Force. In death, sentients lost their ability to communicate with the living and move on to the afterlife. In order to interact with the living, the spirits must enter the Netherworld and learn the mastery of certain paths. During the era of the Old Republic, ancient Jedi, such as Arca Jeth, learned the secret on how their essence could live on in death. However, the knowledge was somehow lost for a few thousand years.
- Force Ghosts were deceased force sensitives that were able to interact with the living (which includes Jedi), albeit not physically. It is possible that others who were not Force-sensitive, were able to connect themselves to the Force, even some clones and a few sentient droids.
- A Force ghost was the remains of a Force-sensitive being's spirit that lingered before passing into the realm of death. This could happen either on purpose or on accident, or if the being's spirit was not at ease.
- In its "normal" state, a Force Spirit could only interact with other noncorporeal entities. In order to be heard or seen by the living, the Spirit had to manifest itself. There were different types of manifestation. On a basic level, a Force ghost could appear as a floating, milky gray mass of energy that lacked distinctive features. But it could also manifest itself as the exact image of the dead being during their lifetime, only transparent and emitting a bluish glow. While it could appear to anyone it wished, a spirit could not choose to become audible or visible to only some beings and not the others, since the ability to perceive the manifestation depended on the beholder's strength in the Force. While many Force ghosts could appear as a vision of their former selves unmarked by injur
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| abstract | - According to the Jedi tradition, death was a part of life, and it meant becoming one with the Force. In death, sentients lost their ability to communicate with the living and move on to the afterlife. In order to interact with the living, the spirits must enter the Netherworld and learn the mastery of certain paths. During the era of the Old Republic, ancient Jedi, such as Arca Jeth, learned the secret on how their essence could live on in death. However, the knowledge was somehow lost for a few thousand years.
- Force Ghosts were deceased force sensitives that were able to interact with the living (which includes Jedi), albeit not physically. It is possible that others who were not Force-sensitive, were able to connect themselves to the Force, even some clones and a few sentient droids.
- A Force ghost was the remains of a Force-sensitive being's spirit that lingered before passing into the realm of death. This could happen either on purpose or on accident, or if the being's spirit was not at ease.
- In its "normal" state, a Force Spirit could only interact with other noncorporeal entities. In order to be heard or seen by the living, the Spirit had to manifest itself. There were different types of manifestation. On a basic level, a Force ghost could appear as a floating, milky gray mass of energy that lacked distinctive features. But it could also manifest itself as the exact image of the dead being during their lifetime, only transparent and emitting a bluish glow. While it could appear to anyone it wished, a spirit could not choose to become audible or visible to only some beings and not the others, since the ability to perceive the manifestation depended on the beholder's strength in the Force. While many Force ghosts could appear as a vision of their former selves unmarked by injury or disease, others still bore the marks of what killed them. The ghost of Aidan Bok wore tattered robes and had gaping wounds in its body, the marks left by a lightsaber. Sometimes, a particular Force ghost would bind itself to a Force-sensitive as a guardian spirit for the purpose of providing wisdom, continuing training, and offering aid. In theory, Force spirits could neither harm or be harmed by physical entities, due to their spiritual nature. For the same reason, they could pass through solid matter effortlessly and were never hampered in their movements. While some spirits would simulate the walk of the living beings, subject to gravity, others would hover and drift above ground level. However, in some cases, a spirit could acquire temporary solidity by drawing on a living creature's link with the Force, which allowed it to actually touch that creature. Notably, the ghost of Aidan Bok could make itself solid enough to shove Tash Arranda through a doorway. A manifested spirit could wield Force powers, although not all of them. It also had the ability to travel instantaneously to any point in the galaxy by force of will. That power, however, required that the spirit be familiar with the destination. The presence of the Force at the place of arrival was also necessary for that ability to work, since it acted as a beacon.
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