They need to give the "stims restore force power" earlier too so you don't have to compromise strong attacks with slows and pushes.
Edit: or the ground pound dash attack combo which is way more fun than trying to parry for 5 minutes lol
Yea you are so extremely limited in what you can and can't do in the this game till much later on. By the time you start feeling good with your gameplay options, the game is nearing the end. The stamina thing is a huge thing, you have all these special moves you can do but you can barely use them in the game until you upgrade a ton.
They needed to give players more abilities/moves earlier to let us have more fun, cause the game just gets more fun with options. But you are so incredibly limited for so long in this.