Hey Possessed.
Had a chance to really look at this and loved it. What an emotional build-up this all has before we even get to Jabba. Now that Jabba scene is going to feel so much more meaningful. This is so much more a movie about Luke.
I did notice a lot of editing in the Yoda and Ben scenes, but did not recognize the esb source. I was thrown by the edits myself, so I screened the clip for my wife who is an editor that doesn't really know Star Wars shot-for-shot like the rest of us. She was less thrown, but still had a couple issues. The biggest issues were that Yoda seems off when he "confirms" that Luke is a Jedi and that the transition to Tatooine seems too abrupt.
She was first going to suggest cutting out the matte of the ships because she couldn't really see the x-wing so it got confusing when we cut from the Falcon to R2. She asked, "so was that not R2 with Luke?" and I had to show her that Luke's x-wing was in that long shot.
The solution we ended up liking was to suggest you extend the timing of the two transition shots and cross-fades as much as possible while "aiming" your zoom on the matte shot at Luke's x-wing and (most important of all) using Luke's musical cue (the main Star Wars phrase) to really bring the transition home. That music more than anything would tell us "Luke is now on Tatooine".
As for fixing the Yoda beat, I beg you to put back Yoda's original reaction and instruction that Luke must face Vader first.
Though my wife was not bothered, I was thrown by Yoda's reference to Luke's "Father's Fate" BEFORE Luke asked about his father. It could work, theoretically if Yoda is referring to the lie Ben told of Vader killing Luke's father as Luke's "Father's Fate" but that's pretty extreme. We haven't heard that story for two movies now, so to reference it in a throw away line seems confusing.
I also found the re-edited Ben scene to be hard to follow, but my wife didn't complain. I didn't see the need for the re-edits, but maybe you'll say what you were really going for?
Anyway, those are all the complaints. I have to say that seeing the two DS2 scenes so close together really worked for my wife and I think it's a key to really completing the set up of this whole movie. Seeing the Emperor for the first time, seeing how much he has planned for Luke-- it's a suspense building technique that pays off big here. Now we know Yoda and Ben are right-- Luke is in grave danger and has no idea of just how much.