Hey, some neat stuff there on your alternative Alderaan explosion Darth Venal. Personally I reckon it would work better without the cut to the planet surface, purely for a quicker denoument overall, which would more closely match the original speed of destruction. But that's just my own preference at the end of the day. Nice work.

Adywan's new explosion was one of the highlights of his edit for me, but my ideal version would have included just the single quick shot of the fast approaching shockwave as it engulfs Jar Jar (from his unused version), at a point between the planet being hit by the beam, and it then exploding....heh, heh. ;)