That would be extremely difficult, since there are two scenes where actors are immersed in holograms that would need to be changed. There’s also the bigger problem of just what the First Order is looking for, since it’s implied that they already have the large map from the records of the Empire (which is where R2 originally got the map according to the writers). So the First Order would be searching for a map that they already have, a movie-killing mistake. And in this edit, since the First Order is apparently unconcerned with destroying the Resistance to eliminate BB8, their quest to find Luke would be dropped entirely for a ‘Destroy the Republic’ plan instead.
I did try and think of a way to fix your points but, like you said, theres actors walking in, around and through the maps. Although that may be a very big problem, I think that might be the only one however, as we only know that the First Order has a part of the map due to a line from Kylo when he is interrogating Rey, which can be cut.
The Resistance dont know that the map isn’t complete until they receive it from BB8 (Han: “Maps not complete…” and 3PO: “I am afraid that this map is only partially complete.”). The Resistance would obviously not tell the first order that it isn’t complete which is why they continue to search for the droid and grab Rey. Once Kylo can’t get the map (still thinking its a complete one) they decide to destroy the Rebublic in an attempt at slowing them down. Even with dialogue cuts to try and support this, Im not sure if the rest of the narrative would be able to support this enough for the audience to fully understand.
I’ll drop it now though. This doesnt have anything to do with Hal’s topic.