Is it just plot armor or is there some sort of force sense that allows them to know when a bolt is coming from directly behind them?
Is it just plot armor or is there some sort of force sense that allows them to know when a bolt is coming from directly behind them?
Correct, there is force speed! (If George Lucas’s intentions are to be taken as canon.) It’s shown in the 2002-3 Clone Wars cartoon, a deleted scene in Revenge of the Sith (it looks really goofy) and is arguably shown in how some force users like Yoda and Sidious leap around so fast.