adywan said:

I've had a lot of time to think about this whole scene since then and it will be staying the way it is now in the HD version. I've heard it so many times that having Obi-wan igniting first changes it from the "defensive" point of view to "the attacker", but this is not the case. Obi-Wan was never being defensive. So many have failed to notice one thing about the duel: Obi-Wan is the one that attacks Vader first and is not, as many state, taking the defensive stance. Vader doesn't even make a move before Obi-Wan lunges at him.

For me it was never about who attacked first, I always just really enjoyed the visual of vader at the end of the hallway with his saber lit....waiting. It just always looked so badass. But I can definitely live with it being changed if its coming with all the other improvements that you've made