My last attempt at a crawl failed to mention the Starkiller Base. Hopefully this solves the problem:

The galaxy is in crisis.
Luke Skywalker, last
of the Jedi Knights,
has vanished.

In his absence, an evil
FIRST ORDER has
emerged from a hidden
Imperial stronghold.
Armed with a weapon
of unspeakable power,
it moves to destroy the
allies of the Jedi once
and for all.

Desperate to prevent
another galactic war,
the New Republic funds
a covert RESISTANCE,
and tasks its leader with
finding their long-lost
defender among the
countless stars…

I’ve tried to cast the New Republic in a favorable light. Now it sounds like they’re the body pushing for this Resistance while still keeping the plausible deniability implied in the movie. Also, referring to the ‘allies of the Jedi’ as the First Order’s enemy explains both why the First Order is so antagonistic to the villagers and Maz’s establishment, and also why the Republic would want to keep the problem at arm’s length.