I liked the saber being tossed.
It seemed like such a silly moment in The Force Awakens… Lightsabers were never treated as being holy like that before. AotC had Obi-Wan saying “this weapon is [a Jedi’s] Life”, but that part of Luke’s life was cut off from him and he didn’t mourn it when he built his green one.
But Sad/Grumpy Luke and Han being a smuggler again were both decisions Abrams made.