Jan said:

Yes, the upload is still in progress, but the rar archive should be finished in about an hour with the par2 set taking about 5 hours more. You can download all complete files now and the rest of them later, that's really unproblematic.

Don't worry about takedown notices on usenet. They happen, yes, but are extremely rare. Chances are at least 99.9% the files will be available until the retention of your provider is met.

The rar files on usenet and filesharing sites are 100% the same, except that I renamed them. The par2 set however is different on usenet.

Okay, I see that they are slowly updating, thanks.

Didn't need the par2 files as the rar files were all intact and have now got them all.

Have just skimmed a few parts of the mkv and it looks absolutely gorgeous: takes me right back to when I first saw it at the cinema all those years ago (unlike the Lucas version).

Thanks so much to everyone involved for making this happen (and the middle finger to George Lucas for doing his damnedest to prevent it).