I’m not super concerned about small things or moments of humor, except perhaps BB-8’s AT-ST antics. My idea for editing this right now is to remove the evacuation of the Resistance base entirely, and make a crawl that implies that the First Order already has the Resistance on the run. Start the movie with Rey on the island, and spend the opening scenes there and with her communications with Kylo. Then bring in Canto Bight as a re-introduction of the Resistance, and only after this do we meet up with Leia and Poe.

I’ll be seeing the movie again tomorrow, so I’ll be looking to see if this is at all feasible.