He's actually the one that saw a preivew of the edit, but the ending wasn't done when he saw it so he didn't know what had been changed. He liked the preview alot, and that was with no ending, crappy audio cuts, no new crawl and no Death Star shots.

EDIT: Sorry for all my musings today. As I studied screenwriting, I get pretty into all that structure/storytelling stuff. I know it isn't particularly on topic, but to be honest I don't really have any updates for you. Bob and i have been talking back and forth about the new shots, and I'm finishing up my bonus features. The bit at the end of releasing a fanedit is the worst, because you're ready to just get it out there, but can't yet haha.