Imperial Conference was already cut. Great minds think alike?

By putting Ben’s Hut before the dinner scene, I assume you mean that R2 doesn’t run off, right? I like it. Edit: It didn’t turn out so well, having Luke get called off, then wipe to Ben’s hut feels really awkward.

Han & Greedo was something I was on the fence for, but I think I’ll go with it.

Alderaan Destruction scene being removed isn’t something I thought of, and I like the idea. I feel like it might be kind of a surprise, which I prefer to dramatic irony. The only problem is that Tarkin says “It’s time we demonstrate the full power of this Battle Station”, which I can’t really figure out how to edit around while still leaving the scene in, which you’d need so Alderaan doesn’t come out of nowhere. Will it still work? Edit: Jumping from the hyperspace scene to the chess scene doesn’t look so good.

Trash Compactor is also a good idea. Will be done.

The “You’re braver than I thought” to fight cut was already in there, too.

I like the Wampa cut. Good idea.

I’m also cutting out the Asteroid field like you said, which has caused a ripple effect and a lot of other scenes are going with it. Chapter 2’s starting the be structurally different to Empire, too.

I don’t wanna cut out the throwing things bit, I’ve always liked it and it’s less than a minute long, so cutting it won’t do much good.

The “there is another line” and everything on Dagobah in RotJ were both already cut. Dagobah scenes from RotJ are covered in the narration before Chapter 3.

Leia’s scene with Wicket and C3PO’s bedtime story have been cut already, too.

With all of this, it’s down to ~4h30, and I haven’t even gotten to trimming the Battles of Endor and Hoth.