I thought someone might bring up the super speed ability. Sure it might open up plot holes, but if you really think about it, there are a million other plot holes as is. Why pick on this particular one? For example, last night it occurred to me why Darth Maul didn’t just use a force push when Obi-Wan was hanging by a thread near the end. And why didn’t Yoda and the rest of the council join Obi-Wan and Qui-gon to face the possible Sith? The first Sith lord in who knows how long comes around, and they send two jedi while the rest sit around the council twiddling their thumbs. Wouldn’t they want to send their best? My only point here being that I don’t think every single potential plot hole needs to be dealt with. I’d rather just the cringe scenes be removed (and they have been). Besides that, haven’t you seen this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3dI-ghYimg
The fan base has come up with explanations for all of these, including the Force speed, admittedly:
- Darth Maul didn’t use a Force push because he’s being arrogant and gloating in his victory; Sithy stuff.
- Yoda and the rest of the council don’t join them because, yet again, they’re blinded by their arrogance. They don’t believe the Sith could have returned without any of them knowing about it first.
- Obi-Wan doesn’t use Force speed because it would exhaust him too much and prevent him from being able to fight effectively. I.e. in video game terms, it would use too much of his Force meter 😉
I think the reason why I’d ultimately prefer the Force speed thing gone is because it’s never used again throughout the entire saga or the entire expanded media. It also feels like something the movie is purposely showing us that Jedi can do, such as the multiple times Qui-Gon uses the mindtrick, because it will become important to the plot later on. It’s like the failed Chekov’s Gun of Force powers.
For what it’s worth, somebody else stated previously in this thread that the way the teleport is edited made it feel like a mistake/error with the movie when they watched it the first time.