Ok, so I watched the 2nd cut and … I think it’s really good.

Since the opening crawl and end credits are still in-progress, I won’t mention those.

When it comes to the rest of it, it’s really well edited. The editing is as great as it can be, and the transitions make it really feel like watching a full-lenght Star Wars.

I was very sceptical when you mentioned you’d keep Hera in the second act after all, but in the end it, I must admit it flows well actually. It doesn’t feel superfluous filler like in the series.

And I’m very happy you decided to keep Anakin’s hologram 😉

There are two things I’d personally cut (but it’s more like my personal preference):
-the first scene with Ahsoka, I think the entire sequence could be cut and you could start with her approaching the NR base and meeting Hera
-Ezra’s return - I’d leave it ambiguous what happened to him after he made that jump, or, I’d make it a post-credit scene instead 😉

In general, the final product is a very well paced, coherent 3h movie. It’s definitely way more enjoyable and “digestible” than the source material.

PS
I know u don’t like to watch other faneditors’ work, but I ll send you a PM anyway one thing that other faneditor on this forum did to trim a bit the first scene with Bylon and Shin. It could save you a minute or two, without loosing the best part of this scene.