New ideas I’m adding to this:

Kylo goes to rebuild his helmet at the end of TLJ before he goes to Exogol
Take out C3PO R2D2 moment. Not needed if you don’t have the memory wipe
I agree with the idea of using freeze frames and digital slow mo to lengthen shots and pacing
Remove the dagger lining up with the death star ruins bit. There’s enough footage to show that she just went into it and was pulled to the right place
Give Ben a line of dialogue after he turns good. I think I’m gonna take either the “fight it” of his “don’t fight it” or “I feel it too” and have him communicate that to Rey through the Force before she teleports the saber to him
Remove destruction of Kijimi and Planet killers. We see a massive fleet, that’s enough.
Gonna try cutting out the control tower business altogether
Remove like from end of TLJ where Leia says her son is gone. She still has to believe in him for the sequence in TROS to work
Add Leia’s like from TFA to TROS where she says “there’s still good in him” change “him” to “you”. Also add “I [have to] believe that”. I might add a shot of Leia smiling from earlier in the film here after “Ben”. Perhaps she’s projecting herself there like Like did and that effort is part of what kills her.