I’ve seen a few of the deleted scenes, though it doesn’t look like they are available in full anywhere yet. So far, as long as the quality is as presentable as it seems it will be, I’d like to include Rey’s third lesson and BB8 showing Finn his recording of the end of TFA.
Noodle_flinger is at it again, already posting a rough cut on Reddit. I took a look, and there’s a few good ideas I’ll likely use for this project. The best one is trimming down Finn’s suicide run; it’s amazing how this helps subvert RJ’s subversion of expectations somewhat, and keep the hypothetical first-time audience from getting to the point where they are fully invested in saying goodbye to Finn in that moment.
I cannot begin editing TLJ until the BluRay is released, for obvious reasons involving linear cause and effect throughout the progression of time in one direction. But, I won’t begin work until I’m 100% finished getting the prequel trilogy output, vetted, and distributed.
You can view all of them here (for now):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6g86t4?
And yes! The two you called out are the two that felt like the film really needed added back in.