I was slightly disappointed by the loss of the extended battle, but honestly, a battle with redone lasers, the orange Yavin planet in the background (which makes it look much more visually interesting IMO), Luke actually having an appropriate reaction to the death of his friend and Vader’s helmet fixed is pretty great and satisfactory to me.
Don’t forget “Blast it Wedge, where are you!?!” and adding appropriate wing numbers to X-wings.