There’s some really great edit ideas here! I love what you did with Vader in the conference room, giving him more authority by having him not be undermined by Tarkin and giving him the last word at the end of the scene, though I much prefer “I find your lack of faith disturbing” to the new line you gave him when he force chokes Motti. I also love the addition of the death troopers.

Also removing “ancient” is another good change. People blame the prequels for it not making sense but it never made sense even in the original trilogy context, because it’s said that Vader was the one that eradicated the Jedi, but it’s not like the Jedi could’ve been eradicated more then 19 years ago since Vader would’ve had to have been alive to contribute his part to Luke’s birth (who was born 19 years ago) and I highly doubt the original trilogy intended to imply that Vader got laid and conceived Luke when he had already turned to the dark side.

One suggestion I’d give is to remove all of the times Luke crushes on Leia. With the knowledge that they’re twins it’s… uncomfortable.

I will say though that removing the torture droid is just weird and the scene doesn’t make any sense without it. You’d have to heavily alter the way it’s paced in order for it to work and end it with a new shot of Vader reaching his hand out or force choking or something otherwise nobody is going to have any idea what’s happening.