And that’s movie 4’s release version rendering now too. I’m very pleased with this set of improvements. What I’ve done with this pass is shifted some of the content around to better pace the opening so time passes more naturally. Anywhere there’s an implied passage of time (such as Bix getting caught the morning after Maarva gets sick, or the Imperials making progress with their plans from scene to scene), or where there are indicators for the time of day changing on Coruscant (like window shots, or Imperials taking off their outdoor jackets), I’ve made sure to pad that with an appropriate scene - usually long Mon Mothma ones. I think this flow really works.

This has had a neutral-to-beneficial effect on Vel’s story, putting her a bit more in focus in what I think is an interesting way:

She’s on Ferrix, implicitly already looking for Cassian but dissatisfied about it.
She goes to talk to Luthen, is annoyed to meet Kleya instead, and is told ‘you’d better get in the game and kill Andor’.
While on Coruscant, she visits Mon, who’s pimping out her daughter. Now, she was already frustrated, and now she’s emotionally compromised. She turns her blame to Luthen.
She goes to Luthen’s shop to confront him - but he’s away again. She doesn’t follow protocol and acts up - though ultimately still concedes that she’ll head back to Ferrix, since Cinta’s told her that Maarva died.
This is only a slight reordering to Vel’s original story, and it doesn’t fundamentally change anything. I think it just puts her frustration with Luthen in a bit more focus.

NFB, I used exactly your suggested structure for the early Vel-Kleya scene, it gave the best dialogue flow. Not a major change at all, but hopefully my most major change.