Wow, just wow, I only recently came across this project and managed to get a hold of an .avi version; it did not disappoint!
Absolutely superb Adywan, in my opinion a definitive version of ANH. In fact your work is really what should have been done originally for the DVD releases. Fantastic to finally have the lightsabers in ANH fixed, has always bugged me, has always been the most obvious fix yet for some reason Lucas et al seem to be oblivious to it!
The Death Star space battle is also brilliant, I think I may run out of superlatives in describing the work you did in creating the new models, indeed your added stuff looks better and more realistic than the CGI X-wings Lucas added in '04!
It is a testament to your skill, hardwork and patience that you have in fact produced a superior version of the film than all of Lucas Arts put together. Not sure there is anything I would suggest or change about what I just saw, it's fantastic, really, really good job. Thanks so much for doing the films justice with a great edit, and thanks also for releasing it for the rest of us to enjoy.
I've been trying to download higher quality versions, but alas so far j-downloader and u-torrent (both installed just to get this) seem unable to download, either due to rapidshare not playing ball or their being no peers/seeds online.
Anyone have any suggestions on where I would be able to get The DVD-9 and Purist versions? (I'd love to compare the two). Thanks in advance for any help anyone maybe able to provide! If you have any direct download links please also PM me...