It was the most awkward/out of place scene to open with. That exchange wouldn't have mattered so much if it were in the middle of the film but directly following the space crawl when excitement is peaking, you want to follow that up with a scene that reinforces "this is going to be awesome".
I was somewhat in disbelief that that's how they opened a main saga film. I get that Disney's iteration of star wars wants to get away from taking itself so seriously, as the PT did, but your mom jokes are on the same level as jar jar antics.
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