Considering Rey is a scavenger, it's appropriate that her homeworld would be a deserted planet.
A former Stormtrooper that turns against his own faction and crash lands on Rey's planet after stealing a TIE fighter. Yup, that definitely happened in A New Hope.
That wasn't when she realized her powers. So that's a fail.
So now a character with internal conflict is strictly ANH-like story telling? You're reaching.
No. Rey was captured and Finn used the attack as a way to be able to save her. They land themselves on the base itself to lay down demolitions, which lead to Poe, who was originally a Resistance pilot, to destroying it. It doesn't look similar to the Death Star, which was even shown in the film.
A little different? I'm not sure you've watched the film, in all honesty.
What are you talking about the same power balance? Do you know anything about Star Wars? Seriously, more reaching. Luke and team toppled the Empire, after his pupil turned to the Dark Side, Luke into exile while the First Order created itself out of the ashes on the Empire and used it as inspiration. We've known about the inclusion of Leia, Han, Luke, and other characters from the original trilogy and that there would be several tie-ins. Why would it be explained in the 1st film? There was hardly any explanation to the Empire's dominance in ANH, so why the complaints?
Doesn't look the same as it's built inside a planet and is 10x the same of the Death Star. Not to mention it doesn't take out single planets with a beam, it uses the energy of it's star to destroy entire star systems, which was mentioned in the film. Once again, since you're not the brightest... The First Order idolizes the Empire and Vader. They improved their ideas.
There is plenty of original material in this film but you basically use 20% of the plot to make it seem as if it's a reboot.
