Hi delusions_of_grandeur, this project is going great, I just got a little burned out with everything Star Wars related coming up to christmas so I took a little break.
In the past i've found that it helps to take a few steps back and leave a project like this for a bit otherwise its easy to start going overboard with the brightness/contrast/colour adjustments and the films start to look unrecognisable.
After a little break its always a lot easier to see when you've gone too far changing things IMHO. Been working on the LOTR EEs since the new year and just finished ROTK the day before yesterday so I'm back to Star Wars all refreshed and ready to go! :)