He is able to exit Hyperspace between the Starkiller’s shields and the planet’s crust, a feat lifted from an early script of TPM where only Anakin’s Force ability was able to manage such a thing.
You’re telling me the ST crew actually bothered looking at scripts for the Prequels?
And no, the Force has always consistently been something that anyone can learn, but that some have a natural affinity for. That hasn’t changed.