It appears darker because of the lower bit rate, and there are a few sound effects that somehow didn't make it into the final mix, like at the end when Palps gets knocked down you're supposed to hear him hitting the floor and his lightsaber switching off....and also the wind was more powerful when the window got shattered...we'll fix it later.
But when you consider that everything past Palps igniting his lightsaber was absolute silence, I think it turned out pretty well.
The whole goal was to change the music and quicken the pace. I think it's about as good as one of the saga's crappiest duels can get without re-filming the actors....
The music is from War of the Worlds, by the way.
Of course, you guys won't be seeing Jedi for a while, but we thought it would be fun to release a somewhat completed sequence for you to argue over.
