you missed the story because your eyes were filled with tears. point me to the places in ANH where:

- the entire impetus of the movie is the search for a lost jedi

- a bad guy defects and helps out the good guys

- the main villain is fleshed out in any way whatsoever besides just being a scary guy in a dark suit

- the hero is suffering from some sort of amnesia which gradually fades thanks to a vision from a lightsaber and an interrogation by the villain

- the film ends on a melancholy cliffhanger instead of a triumphant medal ceremony

- or literally the hundred other things in TFA that we didn't see in ANH

yes, the two movies have similarities. yes, there are similar overarching themes (group of nobodies work together to save the galaxy). yes, starkiller base is a clear and direct homage to the death star, and yes it gets blown up too, but in an attack that just so happens to be background noise of the main battle taking place between finn, rey, and ren-- a battle for which there is no parallel in ANH. just like there's no parallel in ANH for the vast majority of stuff that happens in TFA, including the entire impetus of the movie: find luke skywalker.

how about this? next time you watch it, wipe the tears from your eyes so you don't miss the movie they made.