Did Obi-Wan Kenobi Use The Force To Fly During His Duel With Darth Maul?

Did Obi-Wan Kenobi Use The Force To Fly During His Duel With Darth Maul?

Whether or not force users can fly is a heavily debated topic within the star wars fan base. Force users regularly use force jump while others such as Mother Talzin levitate, leading many to wonder why force users don't simply fly about all the time. So could Jedi fly and did Kenobi use this ability to propel himself out of the reactor shaft in the phantom menace. As already mentioned, force users could levitate.
However, this was incredibly tiring and also required a huge amount of concentration, hence why it was rarely seen in combat situations. Propelling oneself through the air like superman would require an immensely strong connection to the force that not even Anakin or Luke Skywalker possessed. Although some such as Star Wars Theory have suggested that Jedi can fly, pointing towards this scene in the phantom menace as evidence, I would argue that this is more akin to a force jump or push, but let me know what you think down below.

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[VadersFortress]

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[hunterkiller]

I heard "Did Obi Wan used his balls to fly...", I need to lay off the Death sticks.

[CorruptPianist]

I like the argument from Bee Movie.
"If flying is faster than walking, why don't you just fly everywhere?"
"Running is faster than walking, why don't you humans sprint everywhere?"

[thcenturynormie]

I always assumed it was force jump with his hands

[childishisnotachild]

How could he, he disobeys the laws of the high ground.

[Mediados]

The Sisters of the Night are a different story, that's not "The Force" as we understand it, but rather Dark Side sorcery.

[aamirrazak]

I think he did a force assisted jump as others have said. I mean he always had the high ground after all

[TheKyle]

Look at the scene with grogu and Luke, when he teaches him how to jump through feeling the force just as you push,
I'd argue it's just a Hench moment from obi wan, it's a force pull up.

[gefan]

I love how you included Star Wars Theory’s opinion, especially since I watch both of your videos!

[noahfrost]

When the shot is in slow motion you can see how he pushes off of the wall with his feet and pulls himself up with his hands. He's probably using jump and a bit of levitate since he had a chance to concentrate.
I do think force users can fly, but there's just never a time it's worth the effort

[starlightequestrian]

Always thought he used the force to kick off the wall and up. Like a force jump, but off a wall instead of the ground.

[SFG]

"Floating is hard to do" lol that mary sue in the new movies could do it just fine with very little practice 🤭🤣

[Kirusei]

Clearly it's just Obi-wan's natural ability to always have the high ground

[dannyvestal]

Im sure it was the same similar move that Grogu did when he flew into Mandos arms at the end Of Book of Boba..more or less an awesome leap/jump

[DaddyJokarr]

In legends it's regularly implied that Force Jump isn't always Telekinesis, but sometimes a simple flowing of Force Energies through the body, bolstering the muscle to impossible levels. Without TK a practitioner would easily be able to leap incredibly high.

I personally always believed it was that, done here. Obi-Wan used the Force in his muscles to allow him to pull himself upward with a catapult like strength.

[wannabecryptid]

When i was young, my headcanon was that they couldn't have good enough control of the force to move themselves without accidentally crushing, twisting, or snapping a body part, which was why it was fine on objects and enemies

[whitecat]

"Huge amount of concentration"

Disney Rey: "You sure about that!?"

[nagatouzumaki]

I love that he mentioned Star Wars Theory.

[lordcurze]

Makes sense. Obi Wan definetly had to gear up for that jump though

[threeforthsstudios]

Considering his master just died, he is next, the adrenaline running through him, a sudden force levitate + jump is super likely.