The reed is maybe the best/most important joke in the movie from a character/story perspective.
Close second is the lightsaber toss.
I agree it’s funny, but important from a character/story perspective? You mean showing Reys naivety? I’m not sure what else you could mean, but I’d be interested to hear what you think.
With the light saber toss, this one fits the character at that time and the story, but I just didn’t like the choice. If he had simply dropped it, or even not taken it at all and just walked by her I would have preferred that. Throwing over his shoulder just didn’t work for me. So much so that I don’t even know if it’s supposed to be funny? People laughed in my theatre so I presume so but I just found it really jarring.
It’s amazing how specific people’s complaints are sometimes.
It is the fanedit thread so we try to be specific. Make sure you remember where you are.