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. 
This is a well known phenomena in Narrativology.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConservationOfNinjutsu
One ninja is a threat.
A thousand ninjas is a statistic.