They did introduce new characters and there was no way they were making a sequel trilogy that omitted all the characters from the OT. Why even bother making an episode VII if it isn’t going to have any relation to the previous installments?
I can only imagine the complaints in this thread if there were no old characters.
Agreed…I was most pleased at their appearances…one of the few things I actually enjoyed… 😉
I only enjoyed hearing the opening score and Luke’s theme again in a Cinema, all be it the latter supporting the wrong character? Surely it would have been a better finish to the film if we had heard Luke’s theme when he was finally shown on screen and had him do some pensive stare over the cliffs with rey stood behind, not her holding out the light sabre for ten minutes.
It is here that I humbly admit to clearly not being a terribly observant SW fan…as until recently I had not even considered certain music to be associated with particular characters…<sigh>