You have nothing to apologize, for, Hal!
Thanks to your prequel edits and Adywan’s Revisited project I first found out about fan-edits being a thing, and inspired me to actively thinking about how to improve a flawed movie (and take upon myself to do small scale micro-edits for some films). It says so much that your “swan song” project is becoming a truly collaborative effort between talented fans. Remember when most of us believed this movie’s issues were a lost cause at first? Look how far we’ve come. After all you’ve done for the fan-editing community you’ve got a more than deserved retirement!