Watched the edit tonight on my hdtv and surround system and for the most part I think it turned out pretty great, but there are a few things that need to be tweaked:
- a few scene transitions need to be changed
- I'm back on the fence about cutting the "Palpatine's Office" deleted scene which I had reinstated previously: it has a few interesting ideas to it (Padme's growing distrust of Palpatine, Palpatine sewing seeds of doubt in Anakin over Padme, etc.), but I feel like the scene is too much of a "slow-spot" that the film doesn't need at that point. Also, I don't know how effective the "Anakin grows suspicious of Padme" subplot is at that point of the story - he should only become suspicious/jealous/accusing at the climax where he's fully turned to the Dark Side.
(perhaps in an earlier draft of the script/film that subplot would've had more of a depth and impact to the story, but it's not present in the footage of the "official Lucas" cut of the film: another indication to me that RotS was rewritten and re-edited during production of the film)