WOW! Just watched this, and it’s an extremely impressive edit. Technically flawless (well, could you turn up the initial Sith voices a bit?), but absolutely every narrative change landed for me - you’ve demonstrated an extremely deft hand for making the right calls on a huge volume of changes. Removing and smoothing loads of weird and unnecessary C-plots gave a lot more space for the (much improved) B-plots to shine. And your work on the A-plots (the fleet being the known threat, the Palpatine reveal, the Rey-Kylo relationship) gave the movie a far, far stronger spine. Major highlights were the Leia plot, the early Rey-Kylo conflicts, the rise of citizens against the First/Final Order, and the way less messy ending. Amazing job.

I was always a Rey Palpatine purist, because I figured Disney won’t let us ignore that canon forever, but until the Mouse forces my hand, this is my new primary version. Excellent work.