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Originally Posted by sleepingmoose
I assumed it was because Obi-Wan had closed himself off to the force when on Tatooine (similar to Luke in TLJ) - but after he used the force to save Leia’s fall from the roof, he was exposed when in the ships hanger.
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Yes. From that scene I got the impression that he was struggling to re-connect with the Force or at least struggling to quickly reconnect.
Not only did Luke do it in the sequels, but the idea has been talked about in the Legends EU several times.