I like the design of the Phantoms when I'm playing in EU world, but when I'm considering designs for this movie, I personally oppose, mostly because I'm familiar with its EU properties (cloaking ability).

But now that I said that, I really do like the look, and as long as we left out the cloaking ability, making them just a TIE variant, I might not oppose a few cameos.

See, these disagreements are a good thing. A "benevolent dictator" (a term coined by George Lucas) is an efficient governor. But democracy is inefficient and at times contentious. The other editors can shape the story exactly as they want. But we have more resources at our disposal, and through our various arguments we can make a better story. Remember, the reason the PT fell short is because no one had the guts to tell George, the Benevolent Dictator, that some of his ideas just plain sucked. It's good to argue a bit :)

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I'm glad you like the B-wing scenes. I agree about the length, and I do worry about them being too long, particularly the attack on the communications SD. I'm sure it can be trimmed, but everything is so fast paced in that battle that we can't really focus for more than 15 seconds on a particular skirmish or it'd feel out of place.