A Force power was, generally speaking, any ability that could be used by a Force-sensitive individual using the power of the Force. Some such abilities, such as enhanced reflexes and minor acts of precognition, could be accessed without conscious application. Others, such as telekinesis or mind tricks, required acts of will, though with training could be made to seem effortless. In certain cases, attempting to act consciously could actually hinder one’s ability to draw upon the Force. Some abilities could only be accessed through the light side of the Force, while others were only accessed through the dark side.

Certain abilities, such as Force barriers, were neutral and could be used by any trained Force-sensitive. Aside from specific abilities that usually could only be accessed by the dark side, such as many forms Force lightning, or the light side, such the most common means of becoming a Force spirit, there existed neutral Force powers could be aligned to the light or the dark depending on how they were used, such as Mind tricks.