Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Originally Posted by Superturtle

It's already been blown wide open by the Holdo maneuver. At the very least in at least one of those situations Vader let them go with an ulterior motives in mind. If you REALLY need something to explain it away Vader is probably at or near his strongest point in the dark side during that moment due to his hatred of Obi Wan. Got fatigued once and couldn't do it again.

No in neither case was he letting them go. The only time he let them go was in ANH when they left the death star as a way to find the rebel base. When he was chasing Leia, he continued chasing her & took her ship moments later. On Hoth he was so desperate to catch them he chased them into an asteroid field.

And I would prefer I not have to use a silly justification like "he's only strong enough to do it because of his hatred for Obi Wan" I'd prefer they just quit putting it into plots. It didn't really add anything IMO & quite frankly felt to me like something they felt they had to do in order to establish that Rey wasn't more powerful than Vader.