Jedi mind trickery

And he didn’t use mind tricks even once

I shall apply this logic and test it. “Voldemort never takes a dump once in all of Harry Potter. We never see him on the toilet and he never talks about a bathroom break. Voldemort literally doesn’t have enough impurity in him to need to expel waste...” nah. Doesn’t check out. Perhaps.... we simply never SEE him use Jedi Mind tricks, just as we never see him give it to his girl (we assume he did because... babies... but it’s not shown, hinted to or mentioned...) We also never see him brush his teeth or any number of things. I suppose it just wasn’t relevant to the plot or mood. There’s also the fact that the guy uses the force like a hammer and in all his appearances is as subtle and skillful as a bull in a china shop. Could Darth Vader not mind trick? He threatens and strangled people instead. Many ways to use the force- Anakin seems to favor blunt or brutal force and intimidation over subversion.

Actually there is a theory about Darth Vader in the comics that he constantly used mind tricks. Darth Vader is said to be the greatest Jedi killer, since after order 66 he truly did kill the remaining Jedi faithful to the order single handedly, just tons of Jedi. Apparently he uses the power of the dark side to invade the Jedi's minds and undermine their connection to the force by, for lack of a better term, intimidating them and causing them to feel fear. The Jedi experiences anger, confusion, and doubt which subtly severs their connection to the force, since the Jedi's are taught to use the force by positive emotions and concentration or something, leaving them significantly weaker. At least that's what I understand.

In the show clone wars he combines his might with obi wan and mace windu to force Cade bane to give up information (he had it coming) but you would never want to go through what he did. I'm surprised in all honesty he walked away sane

Well, yes... BUT, he murdered them of his own free will.