With all the incredibly hard work Adywan has accomplished with both ANH-R and the completed scenes of ESB-R I've seen on Youtube - I have to say, some praise is in order, providing a little respite from all the demands.
I think Adywan has hit the right tenor and course for his edits on our favorite films of all time. He did not change them to the point of affecting pacing, story or imact. He has hit the perfect balance of correction and enhancement.
Not only do these edits look even better than when I remember seeing them in '77 and '80, all the little 'additions' and EFX of Adywan's Edits are the surprise "Ooooh's" and "ahhhhhhs" that were sadly lacking from the SE's, the exception being the digital dogfight fixes in ANH-SE. Adywan's edit completely trumps Lucas' SE's because as the love and attention is clearly evident in the work Adywan presented.
The clip of the Ion Cannon segment from his Empire Edit had me exclaim out loud 'That was awesome!'. A true surprise that completely took my expectation up and beyond what I was expecting from this edit considering out of all the films in the Saga, Empire is the one I thought needed the least amount of tinkering. The truly wonderful thing is that nothing is taken away from the pacing or overwhelming the original with stuff that so extra-curricular that it diminishes our childhood memories.
Watching the ANH-R with those who are only cursory Star Wars fans, they had no knowledge of what was actually changed and enhanced from when they saw the original and SE film - and that I believe is the hallmark of the painstaking perfection achieved with Adywan's edits.
So it's no stretch to say that I trust what Adywan is doing with his edits. He is making the saga we love reach the perfection that we all imagined in our mind's eye.
Empire is in great hands.
Jedi - well, that we know is going to be much more involved with tweaking. If I was to pester - my own fondest wish is for a more spectacular and better ending for the Executor, but given what Adywan has treated us all to already - I'm confident our beloved saga is in excellent hands.
Not too much, not too little - just right.