I would recommend the following changes:
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After Hux says, “We have them tied on the end of a string,” cut to Kylo entering the throne room and Snoke saying “Tied on a string indeed.”
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Move the deleted scene of Luke mourning Han’s death to right after he says, “Where’s Han”
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Cut the Tie Fighters shooting the bridge and Leia blasting into space and flying back
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Cut Finn and Rose’s subplot and Poe and Holdo’s subplot
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Reinstate the caretaker scenes and Luke’s third lesson
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Replace Holdo with Admiral Ackbar in the hyperspace Kamikaze attack (borrowing shots from Ivan Ortega)
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Re-edit Finn’s sacrifice so that an AT-AT shoots down Rose, Finn tries to sacrifice himself, then an AT-AT shoots him down.