Why not leave the 1st movie at 2:45 length and the other 2 can be ~2 hrs long? Is there a reason why they should all conform to a specific predetermined length? Sounds like a self imposed rule that only has a real practical purpose for tv broadcasting. Even the actual Andor episodes vary in length since they’re made for streaming.
My personal view is why not go for leaving in as much character development and narative building as possible while cutting all the not strictly necesary ‘fat’ as possible, and not worrying about a fixed run time of the individual movies (as long as they’re around 3 hrs at most).
Great work btw. Thanks for the effort and enthusiasm! 😃