It truly is wonderfully crafted and brilliantly done.
I got tears in my eyes as the deathstar was literally shooting at Yavin IV and then exploded... I... wow...
As far as other things, I seem to agree with everyone about the arm. Perhaps it would be easier to remove the sleeve and make it look more like the other guys sleeve... than it would be to some how convince that it's ponda's? I mean, you'd have the hand and such already... so having it as his sleeve I don't know how hard that would be but I think that it might be a better alternative.
As far as the sound mix I do really really really really enjoy it.
I think the music lacked a bit in the middle registers, but It's nothing horribly bad.
I'd like to listen to it with my 5.1 speakers too before I give a full analysis on the sound as well.
Also, let me know about the soundtrack becuase I can start getting that ready if you're still interested in using what I did for the DVD.