As for the PodRace, I would actually like them to add the deleted lap 2 scene to the race. The Race looks really nice with a wide screen and the volume turned up.
Pretty much adding all the deleted scenes to Episode 1 and Episode 2 would be a good thing for Lucas to do in the final edit. (Episode 3 should not be touched, I have seen pictures of the Deleted scenes and they do the movie no justic and make it less dark)
As for Mitichlorions, Why not have them? They are never defined as the Force it self. They were Qui Gons way of explaining living matter in a way a 9 year old could comprehend much easier. Sidious took advantage of this, he could create matter...but he could not create the force. Nobody can define how powerful the force can become in a person, The sith could only create...it was a gamble, the Force took tis chance and was with Anakin very strongly.
HC Was a great person to replace Jake. If you se Jake at the end of episode 1 with his hair cut, he looks just like HC does in Episode 2.
The actor of Obi Wan in Episodes 1 - 3 is the perfct choice and his acting in Episode 3 really makes you believe he will become Alec Guiness (I believe this, as well as many other fans I have spoken with INOHO)
As for the R2D2 Thing, the man was reading it off the paper and it was bringing out character and emotion in the mans voice. If you have seen any war movis, you will notice at ceremonys that when they read off a heros name...It annouced slowly to the minister/king/ etc. etc.
I think that if Episodes 1 - 3 came out in 1977 - 1983 and Episodes 4 - 6 came out from 1999 - 2005 than evrybody would be hating on Episodes 4 - 6. Most STAR WARS Fans try to make the movies into something they are not, and that is why the lose the magic of the films. When the FINAL 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDIT comes out, do your self a favor as a STAR WARS fan. Watch Episodes 1 - 6 the way George Lucas suggest people watch them. Have a week to do this, then on the 7th day fo the week, think about the movies and come to the conclusion of what you just watch. I am sure that if you are a STAR WARS Fan, that would be 1 week that would be the best week in STAR WARS Movis you could have.
This is all in my honest opinion.
As for the Anakin ghost thing, the whole point of being redeemed is that when you die as a Sith reborn Jedi, you go back to the physical form representing the JEDI you were before you took the Sith transformation. If Anakin was played by a young actor in 1983 then I am sure none of you would have this problem. I think it is just a mentality thing most STAR WARS Fans have because they grew up on this, like I said before. We need to stop being greedy ourselves and claiming the series as our own, it is everybodys film and if Lucas wants to alter the images of Episodes 4 - 6 Because he wants the new generation and generations to come to enjoy it, then let him. He in no way alters the story, only in your mind does he do it and that is why the hardcore fans should have their mental capacity checked out by a professional psychiatrist.
Also it is not our choice to say what the generations to come will enjoy, it is the movie creators. I am a young Film director my self who will be attending UCLA next semister, I do not think George Lucas is ruining STAR WARS. The man clearly has issues, but when it comes to STAR WARS, It is his creation and as long as he does not change the stories, just the way it is presented, then I support him 110% of the way as a Fan, and a fellow Movie Goer/creator.