Question
The originals and the prequels of world-famous Star Wars both portray the immense amount of power possessed by Darth Vader. He could choke people on their breath with his Force.
Then why come he didn't try stopping the rebel shuttle from flying away with the Death Star plans at the end of Rogue One. The ship had just been detached from the Star Destroyer and was gaining speed. Darth Vader could have used his force to stop the ship or crush them probably.
The reason why the question popped in my mind is because Kylo Ren and Rey both were trying their best to let the First Order ship go and stop it from flying away respectively, as portrayed in the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. They were using the Force to control objects. Even Darth Vader had that kind of power. Hence the doubt.
Answer
To first address the crux of the OP's curiosity:
The reason why the question popped in my mind is because Kylo Ren and Rey both were trying their best to let the First Order ship go and stop it from flying away respectively, as portrayed in the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. They were using the Force to control objects. Even Darth Vader had that kind of power. Hence the doubt.
The ship that was stopped by Rey in Rise of Skywalker was a First Order transport, equipped with just four ion engines. In comparison, the ship Leia was on (i.e., the ship that had the Death Star plans) was the Tantive IV -- a CR90 Corellian Corvette with eleven turbine ion engines. Additionally, the First Order transport was well within that planet's gravitational pull, however, the Tantive IV was in outer space, unencumbered by gravity.
Given this, IMO, Vader probably didn't have the Force strength to stop a ship with that kind of power.
And then, additionally...
Darth Vader could have used his force to stop the ship or crush them probably.
Vader wanted to recover the Death Star plans, not simply destroy/kill the rebels that had it. If Vader had just destroyed the ship then, in theory, it would have been a lot more effort to sift through all the wreckage than to just assault and board the ship and then interrogate/torture the passengers until they surrendered the plans. In that regard, at least, Vader was successful (minus the whole droid escape pod thing, you know).
Answered By - Charles
