As blatant as
"LOOK GUYS IT’S THE CHESS BOARD"
“LOOK GUYS IT’S THE TRAINING DROID”
"LOOK GUYS IT’S THE PARSEC LINE AGAIN"
No, not really, at least not on that level.
Yes, as bad as:
“LOOK GUYS IT’S THE YOU JUST WATCH YOURSELF GUY AND HIS PAL BUTTFACE PASSING THROUGH”
“LOOK GUYS IT’S JIMMY SMITS JUST STANDING THERE BUT AT LEAST HE WAS IN THAT ONE OTHER MOVIE”
“LOOK GUYS IT’S IMPERIAL WALKERS JUST BLOWING UP THEIR OWN BASE FOR NO GOOD REASON”
“LOOK GUYS IT’S A DROID TELLING US ABOUT THE ODDS AGAIN”
“LOOK GUYS THERE’S A SHOT THAT LOOKS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE ONE FROM DAGOBAH”
“LOOK GUYS THERE’S C3PO and R2D2 WHO DO NOTHING IN THE WHOLE MOVIE EXCEPT SAY HI WE’RE HERE”
Both TFA and R1 are guilty of all this nonsense rubbish. It’s not either/or.