Well, I just finished downloading the torrent overnight and burned it this morning. I'll keep seeding the torrent until it hits a 5:1 ratio or until there's no more peers, whatever comes first.

Before I go pop this into my DVD player and enjoy the movie in its entirety, I just wanted to chime in on a few things.

First and formost, Ponda Baba's arm...
I just want to say I think the shot looks absolutely fantastic Ady! The lighting, the angle, and the texture all look incredible, and the shot looks just as I hoped it would; the whole thing looks totally natural to my eye. This is one of the fixes I was looking forward to most in this edit, and you pulled it off beautifully. I must disagree with those who think it looks out of place; if I were seeing this for the first time, I'd think that shot had always been there.

Furthermore, unlike Fuser said, the hand couldn’t be the human’s because the sleeve is that of Ponda Baba's jacket. Also, both Ponda Baba abd Dr. Evazan can be seen falling over before the camera cuts to the next shot, so I don't see any problem with regards to whose arm did or didn't get severed either.

Just to show how close you got this shot to my expectations, Ady, here's an image I posted awhile back about what I thought the shot might look like. The top image is the original, the next is my attempt, and the bottom is Ady's finished version.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7348/pic10ajq0.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3795/adywansarmshotev1.jpg

As you can see, Ady got the shot even better than I could have hoped. So, in short... KEEP THE SHOT!

That being said, I'd really like to thank everyone in this forum for helping make this vid available so quickly. I was worried that I wouldn't get to see it for weeks or *gasp* months, not being familiar with usenet and all, so I was amazed to see everyone pitch in and help make this available to so many people in so many ways so quickly. Again, thank you; this community truly rocks.

One quick question before ending this post: Ady, will the DVD versions be anamorphic? The thought just occured to me as I realized the XviD is not.

Thanks again, Ady, for this... you've made many people very happy.

And by the way...

Originally posted by: adywan
I knew that the changes i made wouldn't please everyone but this was originally just for me and it's exactly the way i wanted it . Oh my god i have turned into George Lucas.

Hilarious

MTFBWY

P.S. Thank you, too, for the mention in the credits... very cool.