Yeah, why didn’t Vader do this on the Blockade Runner either?
Kylo Ren could freeze that blaster bolt since that was the only threat to him and he could focus just on that. A Force user trying to do impressive stuff with many things going on leaves them vulnerable to being attacked from multiple sides. Imagine Yoda trying to stop a whole fleet of Star Destroyers while laser bombardment rained on his location. I don’t think he could do it with so much chaos.
And, well, that’s how we wound up with this:
I thought I was being nice enough not to bring up the PT when the discussion was driven primarily with the OT.
Yes, the PT is inherently contradictory.