The Mandalorian did this with an AT-ST walker before (and also a TIE Fighter), but it's nice to see this sort of thing again.
By the Force, Abrams is such a fucking hack.
Not every threat should be both over the top and background trivial just because Glup Shitto has a Midi-Chlorian count of over 9000. 
ACTUALLY there was a star wars for kid's book about a small living planet that tried to eat these space kids that somehow got on it, waaaay more interesting than the pew pew star.
Yeah, those Galaxy of Fear books were pretty cool