Editing Action Points (section)

==Saga Edition==
[[Star Wars D20|Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition]] call these Force Points. These represent destiny tugging a bit to favor you even if you aren't able to channel the force (even droids get them). These can also be expended to increase die rolls by 1d6, but since death is permanent in Star Wars, they're best saved for increasing defenses or on shrugging off the darkside. Each time a character levels up their Force Point total is set to 5 + (level/2), losing unspent points. Some abilities can be enhanced by or (less usefully) require spending Force Points.

Jedi Knights get access to the ability Force Point Recovery, which effectively gives them a free Force Point per encounter. The Clone Wars book has a feat that gives you a temporary Force Point one per encounter if an ally hits you with a force power. While on it's own this would be nifty if you were allied with a buffing force user, in the d20 system you are your own ally so it's one of the best feats in the game since you can trigger it yourself. These two abilities make abilities that require force points actually useful. A few other ways of getting temporary force points exist, but they aren't as reliable. 

Force Points have a big brother in Destiny Points. These are more powerful allowing you to automatically score a critical hit or force an attack to miss among other options. You only get one each level, though they are cumulative. You lose them when you fulfill your destiny, though they may be given to other PCs when you do.