TheWanderingNomad said:
In Star Wars, we had a set up of how important the Death Star was – the stolen plans, the destruction of Alderaan – and the political state of the galaxy – Obi Wan talking about the destruction of the Jedi and the Imperial officers on the Death Star discussing the disbanding of the Imperial Senate. In contrast, the Starkiller base was just there – there was no sense that the Resistance was trying to find it. You cared about the destruction of Alderaan because it was Leia’s home planet. Why should we care about the never-before-mentioned Hosnian system? (And how did they see the destruction from Maz’s castle?)
…That shot with the planets destruction being visible from Maz’s castle established beyond any reasonable doubt that Takodana is in the Hosnian system.
Apparently, it is a quarter of the way across the galaxy from the Hosnian system.