Erikstormtrooper said:
As for my nitpicks, the only real weakness for me is the whole Starkiller subplot. I’m still not sure what the weapon was destroying with its multiple beams. Was that one system with multiple planets? Was it supposed to be planets from different systems?

Those planets were the capitals of the New Republic in the system called the Hosnian system. During the movie, someone mentions that now all of the Republic fleets are wiped out.

To be honest, I was expecting Starkiller base to have a completely different primary power based on its name: destroying a sun. In the trailers you heard Ren talking about “showing them the darkness”. I figured the First Order would bring about a different kind of terror - the terror of a world and its inhabitants freezing to death in the dark, or maybe the sun exploding and taking out its whole system.

Well, it is a “star” or “sun” killer. It literally drains the star’s energy for its weapon capabilities.

But despite this flaw, I think the movie still works, and it’s filled with plenty of wonderful moments. My personal favorite was the Falcon’s introduction as “garbage”.

I 100% agree there! There were many great moments in this film, but that one sequence stole the show for me! It really caught me off guard as I didn’t pick up on the garbage reference since the Falcon is referred to as “junk” rather than “garbage”. Writers did a brilliant job!