I thought the alt opening was interesting, but preferred the one we got. I was stunned at how much longer and involved the Fathier chase was. That could have been cut even more, and should have been, really. The village scene was nice, some weird SW that had a goofy vibe, but didn't add anything else really that we didn't have. Good cut. It did crystallize though something Johnson said in one of the BTS features, which is Luke's exile on the island is him choosing to not interfere in events as he did on Bespin. I inferred that, but I think a more direct scene, more direct than the village one, would have helped with some of the conversation about why is he there.