To quote Master Oogway, 'there are no accidents.'
Alternate phrasing, 'something, something, Will of the Force.'
I think the whole pulling a ship out of orbit thing was a bit over the top as it was presented, but it could fit in with the broader themes of the Force in a better written narrative.
There's a thread that runs through Star Wars that the Force can do almost anything if you have the ability to conceive of doing it. The main hurdle to Luke lifting his X-wing or Savage lifting obelisks is psychological, they don't think it's possible so it isn't. The idea that a Sith could be so arrogant that they fully believe they can pull a ship from orbit or a Jedi being so detached that they can conceive of the problem as no more significant than lifting a pebble isn't all that out there among the feats of Force Wielders in the EU.
It's a rather flashy use of the Force, but stuff like the 'battle meditation across the whole imperial navy' thing attributed to Palpatine is probably more conceptually out there. Or Nihilus eating the life force of worlds.