That’s correct. It’s a tough line to walk, and takes up a lot of space in a crawl that needs every line.

Anyway, although the idea of the Resistance infiltrating First Order space to look for Luke is fun, it doesn’t really fit with the film as Eddie said, and it also feels a bit to bold of the timid Republic to do this. In thinking about how to structure this some more, perhaps discussing Luke’s students could serve as a bridge between the first and second paragraphs. This would also track with the events of the movies:

EPISODE VII
THE FORCE AWAKENS

It is a time of darkness.
Luke Skywalker, striving
to restore the legendary
Jedi Order, has vanished.

With his former students
fleeing into the depths of
Imperial space, several in
the New Republic Senate
have secretly authorized
a daring task force to
resist the rising threat
of the evil FIRST ORDER,
heir to the fallen Empire.

Desperate for any clue to
Luke’s whereabouts, this
brave RESISTANCE has
sent its finest pilot to the
distant world of Jakku,
unaware that the shadow
of evil now darkens even
the farthest stars…