Except RJ ignored most of the setups in TFA to do his own thing. So, in this case he did the folding, before drawing the next piece.
But he didn’t ignore them, he expanded on them and brought some of them to a conclusion. It’s not as if he didn’t acknowledge them or anything.
Luke: went looking for the first Jedi Temple, because he wanted to die.
First Jedi Temple: doesn’t really serve a purpose. Most of what happens there could have happened on any island.
Snoke: becomes a plot device.
Kylo: after being exposed as sort of a poser in TFA, get’s handed control of the FO by his dim witted master, and without completing his training is now the big bad of the ST.
Rey: mysteriously having all these powers that normally takes years to learn and control, who has visions of her past, and lightsaber calling to her, turns out be a nobody, but without proper training is on the fast track for Jedi Knighthood. She did her first Jedi mind trick on SKB, and by the end of TLJ, which can be at most a few days in real time, can move tons of rocks with her mind.