Anyway, thank you again so so so much for taking the time to do this critique, and I hope you appreciate my responses and get a little more insight into what I was thinking!
No worries, and thanks for the detailed response. It definitely helps me better understand your reasons for putting things together the way you did. Thanks again for all your great work on this edit.
FWIW My brother and I have been watching the Despecialized Editions in Machete Order over the last few days, with AGB swapped in for the full prequels. AGB works really well when viewed after Empire, I’ve actually enjoyed it more than the on first watch. My brother said he kept bracing himself for cringy bits and then being pleasantly surprised when they just weren’t there 😉