One thing, though, that hasn't really been mentioned about the preview clip you put up: lightsabers. Overall, they're all right, but there's something about them -- particularly the clip of Obi-Wan in the Cantina -- that is bothering me. Now, it may be the compression -- you've mentioned that that has distorted some other things, as well, and that once we see them at full DVD resolution, we'll be satisfied. However, I was noticing that the glows seemed a little grainy/painted on, as opposed to really glow-y. I ended up taking a frame that I thought showed what I meant (here) and brought it into Photoshop to see what I could do. Turns out that it's a little harder than I thought to get this frame to look right (I ended up not doing as good a job as I would have liked, especially since I'm a little out of practice, it turns out. You can see what I tried here though -- yours is left untouched in the middle, and the ones on the right and left are mine, each attempting a different look with color, glow size, etc.) -- and I'm thinking that a big part of it had to do with the compression. Once I was examining the frame up-close, the minute problems I had seen appeared to be pixelizations and other artifacts that I'm guessing came from the compression.
Anyhoo, the main reason that I'm bringing this up is because I just want to ensure that the things I'm seeing are indeed from the compression, and not because of the way you are re-doing the lightsaber glows. Would it be possible to post some full-resolution frames (I'm guessing that others might want some of those, from some of the other sections of the film that have been already discussed) to check, or at least an assurance from you? The thing is, if it is your rotoscoping method, then it's something that can be tweaked before the release (either by you, or by someone else doing it -- I might be able to give it a shot, for example, if you wanted me to). But if it's just the compression, then there's nothing to worry about.
As I said, I've loved the things you've been doing with this film. And as lightsabers are something from the films that are close to my heart, I want to make sure they're as perfect as possible (unlike the 2004 DVDs, unfortunately -- some frames were beautiful, and the rest . . . well, you guys know all about that already, I'm sure).
What do you all think?
Take care,
Sojourn
P.S. For example, that shot (of Obi-Wan in the cantina) in the 2004 DVDs was all right, lightsaber-wise. They went for a more Episode III-ish glow, but it wasn't washed out like some of the others in the 2004 set. But do you see how -- in the frame of Luke practicing with the remote, from your first post in this thread -- the blue doesn't look as much like a glow as it looks like it was painted on?
P.P.S. Again, just some thoughts. Please don't take this as an attack in any way, Adywan -- as I said, I'm absolutely loving what you're doing here. Your work is really to be commended. All the best!