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- #892491
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- What didn't you like about TFA? <em>SPOILERS</em>
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Smoking Lizard said:
Like I said earlier, it’s a “Sharknado” moment. Any time you get into the, “But then why couldn’t…” moment, you’ve created something contrived. That is, if Ren can freeze blaster bolts in midair, why couldn’t Vader have frozen the blaster bolts fired by the crew of the Blockade Runner in the first movie?
Yeah, why didn’t Vader do this on the Blockade Runner either?
Anyway, in my mind, the reason why Force users can pull off impressive feats with the Force for one situation and not the other is because it depends on how vulnerable they are. Yoda has a calm environment/mind and can focus intensely on the X-Wing. Luke on Hoth could pull his lightsaber out of the snow since there was only one known threat in his presence and he could separate it in his mind. Vader stopped Han’s blaster shots because Vader only had to focus on that alone since nothing else was threatening him.
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.