Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi: Legendary

While this is a technically flawless edit, as usual, it just doesn't go far enough for me in a few areas. Leia's spacewalk is the big one, as is the absurdly video-gamey Finn/Phasma duel.

If you mostly liked TLJ as is and want a very light edit, this is 100% what you should go for, but if you disliked or especially hated the movie, this isn't going to be the edit for you.

But don't take that as a slight against Hal as an editor - TFA Restructured is still the best TFA I've seen, and his prequels are top-notch! He just liked TLJ more than I did, that's all.

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi: Legendary is a slight improvement of the original film.
As stated by Hal, this particular edit isn't intended to be nearly as cut down or rearranged or reimagined as his previous edits, and thus from an editing standpoint once again he knocks it out of the park. The pacing is a lot better, sequences that were truncated really needed the truncation, the execution was seamless, and in the long run slightly improved Episode VIII. However, I felt there was a lot of room for improvement by going even further when it came to the humor and dialogue in the movie that is left in.
Now comes my personal feelings. I never liked this movie, it was the first Star Wars movie I've seen where the credits rolled and left me feeling angry. Aside from all the "It's not what you expected, was it?" scenes in the movie, I just found the rest of the story beats as a whole to be so uninteresting that for the first time I was bored watching Star Wars. This movie thrives in concept but failed in execution.
If you're someone who liked The Last Jedi, you'll probably love this edit of the film. If you didn't like The Last Jedi, you'll recognize the great tweaks and improvements in this specific edit, but probably won't find yourself having a 180° in opinion when the credits roll.

The details have already been covered well. For me the biggest help has been the big trims, mainly the Finn/Rose storyline and the casino. Those distracted and dragged the whole movie down. Now pacing is great; things move along and it's an enjoyable storyline. I'm not sure how to resolve Leia's spacewalk, and that's really the only weird hitch in the move for me now.

There isn't much I can add to what others have said. The editing, both video and sound, are topnotch with neither having any obvious cuts/transitions. PQ and SQ are excellent, and the pacing of the edit works well. Hal is right that this is a fairly conservative edit, but I do wish he'd taken a few more liberties. I realize moments in films are subjective, but the big four that bother me that remain: Luke milking that large alien, flying Leia, Rose kissing fin, and the final scene of the boy going to clean the hanger. If these had been removed I would have easily given this edit a 10 out of 10.

I made a new review about V2. Look at that one.