"Shroud of the Dark Side" it is, then. I rather like your suggestion of giving Episode 1 no subtitle; in this case it would actually make sense to title the first film of the series "Star Wars," as opposed to the fourth. More input on this from others would be welcome.
And I really do wish you could have the crawl redone just once more. It is one of most effective ways of altering fan edits, and establishing Padme's Queen/Senator relationship would go a long way. Your "deadline" isn't until Christmas, so surely something could be worked out.
I've been meaning to ask you about releasing a trailer for SotDS, and what you've suggested is along those lines, but more of rough behind-the-scenes stuff if you will. As MTHaslett said, anything not up to par will be ripe for ridicule. My suggestion would be to wait until you have enough finished product and put together an offical looking trailer if it wouldn't be too much trouble. THAT would be awesome.