Unbelievable!
There are a few cuts/changes that you made that I probably wouldn't have touched (Stormtrooper bangin' his head and all), but all the FX fixes and Han shooting first more than make up for it. It's soooo nice to have the clock actually match up with the announced countdown time for the attack on the moon.
I'm a big stickler on the soundtracks and was wondering if you tried to re-incorporate the 'imperial stormtrooper theme' back into the introduction of the Sandtroopers on Tatooine? (this cue can be heard in both the original theatrical version as well as the SE re-releases after the wipe from the Sandcrawler) It's just gone as is. Also the music doesn't quite keep the beat after the deletion of the Ronto/Jawa scene, did you tinker with this further?
Just nit-picks, but this is certainly going to be my preferred way of watching A New Hope!
savage.