Yeah, I didn’t find the Starkiller assault all that good either. It felt like a weak background element that made me go, “oh yeah, there’s people flying around huh”
Plus, while it’s partially my fault, I think the trailers did indeed give away the only cool bits of the X Wing scenes. Never ever felt Poe was in danger either.
Thankfully, I was much more invested in whatever was going on with Finn, Rey, Han, Chewie, and Kylo during the last remaining parts of the film.