Reading up on the ideas you’ve proposed in this thread and I get a sense this edit might not be for me. Imo, cutting out the Luke and Yoda scene is tantamount to cutting out the still-beating heart of the movie. That scene is like the movie’s thesis statement. I also wouldn’t want to lose the initial evacuation, as I feel it’s neccesary to set up Poe’s arc for this film and his dynamic with Leia. As it is, I feel like Rekindled and Legendary both cut a bit too much and I would be interested in an edit that focuses on restructring and refining things so that beats land even better rather than excising whole swaths of the movie.
Still interested to see what you come up with.