Fun fact regarding force powers:
There has not been a single episode, which has not introduced or teased a new force ability in some way or another.Really? From my memory Force powers remained mostly stagnant during the prequels. Aside from Force running, which was only used for one scene, there really weren’t any new Force powers in those movies.
I’ve heard people use that argument as a justification for the sequels using the Force as an excuse, but aside from some major changes in ESB and ROTJ there weren’t many new Force powers in the Lucas saga.
TPM: better reflexes and the infamous force-running
AOTC: absorbing force lightning
ROTS: creating life
Technically these were new additions, but I got to agree that apart from “creating life”, which was only mentioned to manipulate Anakin, they felt much more familiar than freezing lasers, force projection or healing and were not highlighted that much like in TLJ or ROS.