Sure, there are many tropes in SW that were overused, so he wanted to break all of them in SW.
Snoke? He's just Snoke and will die soon.
Luke? Ok he's not gonna train you, and he once had dark thought.
Disobey the order and become a hero? No thanks.
Rey's parents? Just random people.
However he failed to create anything new and good. I'm not a purist, I like the prequel and think Luke should pass the torch unlike in the old EU, but I really dislike his take.