If it wasn't for the space battle, this might replace the SE for me. But the elegance of the Yavin battle has turned into a choatic jumble without any visual flow. For me, this will likely prevent this version from ever replacing any previous one. Having said that, this is the funnest time I've had watching ANH in a long while, if only to see a high-res version of the film with the proper coloring and without the SE stupidity, and some of the changes are marvellous. I did love the change in Bigg's death though--the effectiveness of this cannot be overstated. Seems like such a natural thing that its a wonder Lucas didn't hit upon this himself--maybe if he had a little more time to edit in 77 he would have.

Congratulations Adywan, you have a remarkable creation here. I'm still trying to figure out how you did all the stuff you did, and often I would become aware of something being different in a shot but it was so subtle that I couldn't even realise it. I don't agree with every change--not by a long shot--but seeing as you did this for yourself, thats not your problem. I think this simply underlines what should have been the original point of the SE back in 1997: its just a fun enhancement on the original, a fun modern update, but you wouldn't want it to replace the original.