Although I've stayed true to the theatrical crawl, two things still bother me: The logo standing still for a few frames

Actually, that was the case in the original German textcrawl - the logo was in fact standing still on STAR WARS for a few frames. I am in favor of keeping this for nostalgic reasons.

Same is also valid for the French version: there the logo also stands still for a moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFg6iMK3ikM

I am rather displeased that the slight warping of the image (like a really tiny pillow effect) is not there.