Yeah but it looks dumb. The viewer doesn't have time to worry about that, all they see is this blob coming out of the sleeve and are like "huh" (kind of like a softened version of the "huh" moment when Greedo shoots in the '97 version). Unless they know the character well or were paying close attention to his hands (instead of to his face like you naturally would), it's going to just be a strange shot.

To fix the problem, just view it from the side instead of from the top and it's easier to tell it's a hand (mitten shaped, rather than appearing like a ball).

This is honest criticism... I'm sure he wanted feedback. Anyway, that was the one downside of this release for me.

PS: Here is what it looked like originally (pre-1977):

http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/61.jpg

Tilt it a little more to the side and you'll have what I'm getting at. It's just a little too round and undefined like a blob, currently.