Force Wind was a dark side Force power. The user was able to manipulate and channel air currents, allowing them to create destructive tornadoes.
During their duel on Cloud City, Darth Vader, to gain an advantage over Luke Skywalker and demonstrate his superior command of the Force, summoned a wind that pulled his opponent into one of the city's reactor shafts.
The ability to manipulate winds using the Force first appeared in The Empire Strikes Back novelization and then in (1980) during Luke and Vader's duel on Cloud City. However, its appearance was ambiguous; it was not indicated whether the wind occurred naturally or had been summoned by Vader. The Empire Strikes Back radio drama (1983) first specified that Vader had summoned the wind in the same way that he had unleashed a series of telekinetic attacks during the same scene. The Jedi Academy Sourcebook (1996) defined Force Wind as a Dark Side power for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game.
- The Jedi Academy Sourcebook
- Tales of the Jedi Companion