Good write-up, TCTTS. I agree with lot of your points about too many coincidences, especially the Falcon being on Jakku and Han and Chewie finding them right away.
That said, I have to disagree with you on Maz. I thought she was great in her small role. I found her funny/interesting, and I thought the CGI looked great. And I think she has a much larger role to play in this story. As I mentioned earlier in this thread, after watching the movie twice, I'm fairly sure that the lightsaber "calling out" to Rey was caused by Maz. This happens immediately after Maz asks Han "Who's the girl?", and it cuts away. This says to me that both Han and Maz know who she is.
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And if Rey really does turn out to be a Kenobi, all the better (I'm sorry, but there's no way she's Luke's daughter).
I'm curious why you feel this way? Is it just because it's way too obvious? (I would agree.) But I wouldn't discount it completely just cause of that, honestly. I thought Kylo Ren being a Solo/Skywalker was a little too obvious too, but we know what happened there.