Hardcore Legend said:
The film would have been much better if they had cut to credits as Rey makes the jump to lightspeed.How? The entire movie would have felt like a waste if we didn’t see Luke. Secondly, the scene wasn’t even that long so I’m confused as to how such a brief scene effects the rest of film.
The film isn’t about Luke Skywalker. It is about the search for Luke Skywalker. Nothing says they have to actually meet Luke Skywalker once they discover where he is. They have an entire trilogy to flesh out that storyline. It would be like ending ESB with the entire gang landing on Tatooine and walking up to Jabba’s palace.
The focus of the story was Rey, much like getting the Death Star plans to Obi Wan/the Rebellion wasn’t the focus of ANH. I just feel like it was tacked on at the end to please fans who wanted to see Luke as a
Jedi. The initial viewing, it seems cool to see it however in subsequent viewings it seems like that walk up the stairs and meeting would have been better placed in the next film.