This is kind of radical, and probably cuts too much from the film, but could the entire Kylo’s Ship sequence be cut outright? Cut Chewie getting captured and blown up before they leave Pasaana. So Rey destroys Kylo’s ship, leaving Kylo theoretically stranded in the desert. Replace Ochi’s ship with the Falcon in the wide shots, and have them take that ship to Kijimi. They slip away before the FO finds them, and head to Endor. (You could cut Kijimi too by just having 3PO give up the translation immediately, but that’s almost definitely cutting too much.)

If Chewie isn’t captured, they’ll already have the knife and they won’t need to get it back from Kylo. You can then skip over the Kylo’s Quarters fight and the hangar scene entirely. After that, the only references are Luke’s “Because you’re a Palptine” on Ahch-To, and a few references to “my granddaughter” on Exegol.

Sure, you’d lose the “Poe and Finn are immediately captured, immediately sent to be executed, and immediately saved by Super-Spy Hux,” but I consider that a positive, honestly.