I think the movie should do that, not the opening text.
Too late for that I guess.
I agree it should do that, but alas it does not very well.
You kind of need the crawl to explain why the republic does not view the first order as a threat. I mean … It’s the “new” empire, why would they NOT be weary of them? I kind of feel like there needs to be something that mentions the republics either denial or inability to confront the first order.
That was my view the first time watching it … why would the republic NOT be wigging out about the First Order?