I agree that adding “Lower the shields” back might be a good idea for the sake of context. It’s harder for us to notice sometimes because we’ve seen it so much. You can’t see him say it in the theatrical cut anyway (I think it it was added in post for that very reason). I had noticed that when I originally had the idea of cutting the shield plot entirely. But that’s a good point, Zig.

Regarding the klaxons, I had the same thought, but I assumed that either 1) it felt disruptive during the extra dialogue Nev reinserted, or 2) Nev wanted Kylo to be able react to the klaxons starting in the next scene, so he decided to hold off on it in the previous scene. If it is 2, I think audience could just assume those two moments happened simultaneously, or the klaxons take time to activate throughout the base. If it is reason 1, I think that is pretty fair, but might be worth trying out just to see how distracting it is (I’m sure he has already!)