The ordering of scenes I proposed, in my opinion, won’t completely kill the pacing, especially if you remove - or dramatically shorten - the Obi-Wan scene. I think it also helps to streamline the convoluted rescue attempt plot. It would be a slightly slower opening for a SW movie, but I think it might work. I’m considering doing a quick and dirty edit using that structure myself just to see how it works pacing-wise.

I do not, however, know what to do with the briefing scene if Luke doesn’t take a detour to Dagobah after Tatooine. That will take some thinking and might not be doable.

Overall, while I like the idea of restructuring the beginning, I recognize that it isn’t perfect and may not be feasible with existing footage. A revised crawl like nhoj3 proposed might be a better solution.