So I decided to watch the first 15 minutes of Rise of Skywalker and then straight after your’s, and I would say that the opening should still be extended by like a minute or two. How? I have absolutely no idea. But the theatrical opening of the film is so bad, fast and rapid it loses all sense of importance and calm.

Just wanted to add that… i don’t recall much of what else happens in the film, but perhaps something could be added to the opening with Kylo before he attacks the forest planet / flies to Palpatine to give the film’s opening some needed breathing space and calm.

As for cutting out Kylo touching Vader’s mask in the Rey training sequence; beautiful! The original cut is so jarring and bad! This is how it should be. Perhaps add Kylo talking to the mask before the forest sequence? I don’t know how you use this scene later, but the opening of the film really stand out. It just doesn’t work!