The Palpatine Contact scene is really well done (all those versions are), but I feel mixed about incorporating it into the edit.

If it’s going to be incorporated into the project, it needs to be perceptually perfect. It still feels obvious to me that it’s a manipulated still image, when it shows the waveform of Palpatine’s voice on the screen. Improving this beyond how it already is would involve creating an entirely new CGI shot, which might be interesting as its own project (I would totally be willing to experiment with that since I’ve worked with computer animation, but I already have enough projects on my plate).
Some have complained that the Palpatine reveal in TROS would have been better if it were kept a secret and not revealed until during the action of the film itself. This edit seems to almost do the opposite. But at the same time it’s also sorta neat to have a subtle and obscure hint at Palpatine’s existence.