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Flame throwers also have no - little kinetic force to them. A jedi could quite easily just use telekinesis to part the air, and render any heat - energy transmission weapon completely ineffective by making a vaccum
This assumes we're talking about typical liquid spraying flamethrowers. What about plasma flamethrowers? Hell, current day tech already has tools such as welders that can work in a vacuum, it wouldn't be the biggest stretch of the imagination to apply that to millitary technology, which Star Wars apparently has.
Plus this also assumes that Jedi can actually create such a vacuum in a hurry. Wookieepedia states: "Flamethrowers had advantages against lightsaber wielding adversaries such as Jedi because the fiery spray was not as easily (if at all) blocked as blaster fire." Add to this the psychological element of using FIRE that a Jedi would have to be a walking well of calm in the middle of a panic-inducing firefight to even perform such a counter to a relatively simple mechanical weapon, which could ultimately leave him exposed to another threat such as the humble blaster or slugthrower while he's making said vacuum.
Either way, it's just a silly sci-fantasy universe in the end.