I disagree with most of your points Mr Ghostface (though I too am not much of a fan of the electro-needle I think it's one of the few things Ady isn't really happy about).

I really prefer the restored original order of the scene in Ben's Hut, to these ears it flows more naturally and makes more narrative sense (Artoo has risked life and limb to get this message to Obi-Wan so it makes sense that he would deliver the message ASAP).

It's hard to be critical of Adywan for using a flipped element of a Star Destroyer when Lucas so liberally flips whole shots in his films.

As for praise, it's not easy to breath new life into a film that is so familiar and Ady pulled it of with such aplomb adding so much in an artform that has mostly been one of subtraction that it would be frankly daft not to applaud such a landmark.

ANH:R isnt meant to be the ultimate version of Star Wars (1977) this site was set up to try and get the best possible presentation of that film. It is a much better version of the Special Edition than the one Lucas gave us in 1997 and the slightly reworked version he gave us in 2004 and as such Ady fufilled his mission statement.

If you have any suggestions as to how ANH could be adjusted further please leave your observations on this thread http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Can-anything-else-be-done-to-ANH-after-Adywan/topic/10131/

And if you haven't already done so I suggest you check out the Purist edition which has all the clean ups but less of the editions you note an objection to.