That_OT_Ruler said:
With that said, it’s my edit, and I’m happy with the changes I’m making.

I hope you are.

I would like to thank you for reading, and I can’t wait to share what I’m going to put together.

“Share but not discuss” would be more accurate.

Anyway, good luck, I’m not sure it’s possible to remove an entire soundtrack without creating jarring sound effets.

If I may, I also disagree with the following:

Color correction (Yellow finalized tint)
[the movie looks good]
Removal of Poe’s other stupid line, “You need a pilot?”
[this line is in fact quite funny and is the beginning of a friendship]
Cut down Rey’s fight in marketplace
[you need to see her in danger and able to fight back, otherwise the saber duel she wins at the end would seem very unlikely]
Removal of entire Rathtar squid scene. It just cuts from Han talking to Lord Snoke
[I don’t like the scene but if you remove it there is going to be a continuity issue I reckon]
Remove the reactions of the people watching the planets getting blown up (So unrealistic)
[I don’t get this one]
Remove Maz’s awful line, “A good question, for another time.” (Basically, the writers acknowledging they wrote a shitty script)
[I agree but the question needs to be asked]
Trim down and cut out shots and parts of the raid on Maz’s castle
[the theatrical version is already too short]
Re-insert X-Wings hovering over water shot from the trailer
[Are you sure it’s not in the final cut ?]
Cut down Kylo chasing Rey in the forest and put in music from EA’s Battlefront
[don’t like Daisy’s performance but the scene is already short, and Kylo Ren looks great in it]
Cut out the interrogation sequence between Rey and Kylo (There’s no point to it)
[it’s only the most important scene of the movie regarding Rey’s character]
Finn’s fight with Kylo is much shorter, and downright pathetic. Finn lasts less than 40 seconds
[Isn’t it already quite short ?]

The rest of your ideas seem cool, but if you remove one very important narrative scene you edit is gonna fall apart.