It really doesn't matter to me. I was able to spend £10, sit on my arse in the dark and be entertained for a little over two hours. That's what I wanted from TLJ and that's what I got.
I'm not sure it was anything too integral to future films to be honest.
We'd just had Luke's line about how he's not the last Jedi; obviously we're then shown Rey immediately after but I got the impression that the shot of the kid with the broom (which felt very Fantasia to me) was just telling...