But that's the problem - the characters didn't keep the changes from the original trilogy - they were reset. When we left ROTJ Han had become a military leader and general, Luke was going to restore the Jedi Order, Leia was going to help him and build the new republic. in TFA - Han is back to being a loser smuggler,…

Invest the same amount of money in capital ships. Probably more combined firepower (lets face it - does it matter if you destroy the planet or just completely scorch the surface!) and way more difficult to destroy, as well as being able to split up to handle multiple threats.

Or a tiny starfighter that can destroys suns. You could call it the Sun Crusher.

So they decided to put the marketing people in charge instead of actual creative people. Got it.

What an arrogant piece of pompous bullshit. It boils down to "if you don't agree with me your a sexist, even if you don't know it - so shut up". Authoritarian elitist leftist snobbery and hubris.