Why didn't Vader Force Pull the Death Star plans into his hand on the Rebel flagship?

Question

At the end of Rogue One, Darth Vader boards the Rebel flagship Profundity and pursues a group of rebel troopers carrying the disk with the Death Star plans. At one point he uses the Force to yank several of the troopers' blasters from their hands (similar to how he pulled Han Solo's blaster into his hand on Cloud City).

Why didn't Vader just Force Pull the disk with the Death Star plans into his hand? Or why not yank the trooper carrying the disk away from the partially closed, jammed door? Vader was practically on top of the trooper carrying the disk up until the moment the trooper was able to pass the disk to another trooper on the other side of the door. The jammed door then delayed Vader and bought the rebels just enough time to escape with the disk.

(It's difficult to find clips of the scene since Rogue One just came out, but for reference this video has the scene in an inset. Also, this video is a LEGO re-creation of the scene which seems accurate.)

The novelization suggests that Vader did see the disk with the plans. Is there an explanation for why he did not Force Pull the disk into his hands if he saw it?

Answer 1

In the film, it's not clear that he saw the tapes at all. I discuss this in greater detail in my answer to Why was Vader talking about "Rebel transmissions" in Episode IV when he saw the data tape being passed in Rogue One?; there's some ambiguity over it. The most likely answer is that he simply didn't see the tapes, and the novelization is incorrect.

Alexander Freed, however, evidently had the same concerns as you; in the novelization, Vader does try to grab the data tape with the Force. Unfortunately, he's just a smidge too late:

The security door opened a mere crack and rebel hands shoved the tape through. Vader reached through life and matter and air and by will alone he pulled. He fueled his will with rage and fear and need. It was enough to tear the rebel from the door and drop him at Vader's feet.

But it was not enough to claim the tape.

^{Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Official Novelization Epilogue}