Star Wars is packed with characters that can make incredible use of the Force. However, it is quite difficult to catalog the power of each of them. If we stick only to the canon, these are the 5 most powerful characters in the Star Wars universe :
Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
Palpatine is one of those characters that continues to wreak havoc even after death . Because… whether we like the last trilogy of the saga or not, the truth is that the emperor had not said the last word until then.
Palpatine’s main victim is his own master, Darth Plagueis. He drops it himself at the opera while luring Anakin to the Dark Side. Soon after, revealing his true face, Darth Sidious would take down three Jedi Masters in one sitting . He also demonstrated his power by shooting lightning bolts from his hands, as well as his ability with a lightsaber.
Objectively speaking, Palpatine is much more powerful than Darth Vader . In fact, according to George Lucas himself, Vader could never be stronger than Palpatine because of his amputations. This does not mean that, in a moment of weakness, Vader finished him off. We could say that he made the same mistake as his teacher.
Luke Skywalker
Despite not having had Force training at as young an age as his father, Luke did prove in the original trilogy to have power beyond Darth Vader . First, because he manages to avoid falling to the Dark Side. And on the other, because not only does he manage to defeat him, but he also convinces him to come out of the darkness .
In the modern trilogy, Luke’s powers are in another dimension. You can even fight on a front, being thousands of light years away, on a different planet. Some of his power ends up developing the moment he dies, when he becomes a Force spirit.
Yoda
This adorable old man not only had impressive abilities with the force, but also knew how to use it to train generations and generations of new Jedi .
In Episode III, Yoda is the first to go after Palpatine to stop him. In fact, his wisdom is more than enough to read all the plans of the future emperor. Yoda even refers to him at the time as Darth Sidious.
Although Yoda was not at that time in a formidable physical form, the great teacher faces the Sith and does not make it easy for him. The confrontation is in tables: Palpatine disappears and Yoda gets into the electricity pipes to warn the rest of the Jedi.
Tenebrae / Darth Vitiate
He had mastered the Force since he was a child. In fact, for him, it was like a toy. At age ten, he was able to wrest the power of the Force from his own father . Once turned into Darth Tenebrae, this Sith could use others as if they were puppets. For that reason, he went on to become a Sith Emperor of the Old Republic.
The father
This character was further developed in Star Wars: The Clone Wars . He was a descendant of the Celestials, and his mission was to balance the Light Side and the Dark Side of the Force .
The Father can freely teleport around the galaxy. He can strip his children of their bodies, erase memories, and even stop a lightsaber with his bare hands.