Dre, you state “there is no doubt the First Order control the galaxy.”
I, and others claim that there is ‘some’ doubt!
The second sentence of the crawl says ‘now deploy’ meaning present to the events of TLJ. Plus barely any time has passed since the destruction of the Hosnian system.
But most pertinently we don’t see the FO controlling anything. They don’t have a presence on any planet. The Empire had troops stationed on a total backwater like Tatooine but the FO aren’t on any of the planets we see, so yes there is ‘some doubt’ over your “total control of the galaxy” claim.
Obviously the First Order doesn’t have military control of the galaxy yet, that’s explicitly stated in the crawl! The point is that the first words in the crawl are “The First Order reigns”. What does that mean? That means they’re in charge! Even if they aren’t in military control of anything yet, as Rey says it’s only a matter of weeks before they do.
I think that one of the big weaknesses of this new trilogy is that we don’t get to see the big picture, so we have to rely on things like exposition and character dialogue. But this dialogue is quite clear.