I don’t know why people puts the force awakens up on such a high pedestal. Name me one damn thing in it that’s actually original?
Uh, well there’s Rey’s spee- oh wait, no, if you put it on its side, its just Luke’s. Wow, it amazes me how far they went to avoid having anything remotely original in that film. That said, Finn, Kylo, Poe, and Phasma are all new characters not based on any old ones, although Phasma does admittedly end up in the same category as Boba Fett, and the Prequel villains.