Ok, I'm done. The following are just things I wrote down as I was watching. If they have been covered before, well, I was just writing down random thoughts as I was watching anyway. They are in chronological order.
- The Nemoidian voices are good. Where are they from? Subs need to be added for them at times. (I think this has been addressed)
- Nice subtlety and volume mix with most new audio.
- Nice narration by Palpatine, but it feels odd and doesn't last very long. (I know there are limitations to what's available.)
- Why was the 'virgin birth' scene left in? I'd remove it pronto.
- Not sure of the point of having the Obi-Wan/Qui-Gonn vs. Maul fight at the beginning, then showing it again later.
- Good audio cut when Qui-Gonn dies. (could be faded quicker, though)
- Where were the opening shots of Tatooine from?
- Fox and Lucasfilm logos 24 minutes in? Felt weird...
- The Palpatine crony's tongue flapping thing was weird. I guess most editors cut that, because I can't even remember it.
- The Imperial March during Vader's intro in ANH seemed a bit much, and the transition betweem songs was a bit sudden. Maybe just use some low bass string...stuff?
- Music during R2 in canyon didn't fit for me. The woman sounded odd and it makes the Jawas a little...iffy. The music switches between 'are they evil? Whimsical? Evil?'
- Long transitions between movies can be disorienting. (this gets better to a degree later on)
- Music during Ben's hut scene a bit too loud at times.
- Bleed at part where Anakin goes to find his mother.
- I'd remove the sound effect of the laser as Anakin cuts into the hut where his mother is. (this reminds me of my last point, where I'm not sure if it's necessary to have in. Could go both ways, I guess.)
- No electro-needle! :)
- Jumping through time for the sake of parallels between cantina scenes feels odd. I get it, but it didn't feel quite right.
- Didn't like inclusion of extended Alderaan destruction. Sure, it's something different to add, but I still think it doesn't work. It's long and Jar Jar is just standing there doing nothing for what seems like 10 minutes.
- Music during the training remote scene was iffy, and kinda dark at the end. (was the darkness at the end intentional?)
- Natalie Portman sounds like a little girl sometimes. Just sayin'.
- I'd cut the silliness from the droid factory and all that '3PO's head on a battle droid's body' stuff.
- Music during the Obi-Wan/Dooku fight was kinda neat and fit with the PT feel. It blended well when switched back to the original, too.
- Music during Ben's death fit with earlier feel.
- Slow motion departure of Falcon from Death Star looks very, very strange. I know the whole scene is meant to be in slo-mo, but that part just looks weird. :p Works for people, but maybe not so much for what we know is a lightning fast machine. Dunno if I'd leave in the sound effect of the engines either, unless the movie returned to normal speed at that point, which it doesn't.
Anyway, that's all I wrote. Just some honest thoughts that came to mind. The overall feel of the edit was that the prologue felt a bit unnecessary, the opening stuff felt fresh, especially with the narration, but then after that for a long period, it felt like mostly just jumping back and forth between movies for the sake of parallels. This did get better towards the end, as the transitions were a bit quicker and we didn't have to think 'wait, what were they doing last time I saw them?' ;)
I did enjoy it for the most part, but...there's something missing to make it flow a bit better throughout. I'm not sure what I'd do about it, other than more narration (If the narration could follow through the whole thing, that would be a help, but I dunno how much more there is or if it would even fit) or title cards? (that could be weird)