The new canyon is really stellar! Terrific consistency! But what I do miss from the original sequence, and what I think is largely contributing to the problems others are perceiving here (i.e. an apparent loss of kinetic motion), is the swooping camera movement behind the Falcon and TIEs prior to collision. A simple dolly-in has replaced the deft, soaring camera which follows the trajectory of the pursuing ships around the valley and tracks left, into the explosion. Likewise, after the TIEs collide, the camera again sweeps up and leftwards, away from the destruction, matching the Falcon's path as it flies out from the ravine towards camera. Once more, a dolly-out has been used in place.

I think subtracting this visceral cinematography is a great loss; the replacement dolly shots render this set piece decidedly more static. They create, also, a cinematographic inconsistency with the last shot, in which the Falcon flies away from camera before looping down into the "cave" (as more of this balletic camera work features here, following on from that which came before).

Given the superior craft which has distinguished this edit (and which is, in fact, exemplified by this remade canyon segment), offering up such critiques can seem almost too harsh. Ultimately, I agree with what Alonzo Mosely posted earlier - ESB:R will come to redefine people's very notion of a "fan edit". But if it's not too late, I'd hope that the original cinematography for this section could be replicated.