Well, it's finally finished. I am now enjoying my revamped 24fps with 2-3 pulldown Star Wars DVD. Man, is it smooooth Barring software that would allow fro frame-by-frame restoration, this is about as good as it will get.
I even had enough room to use the original digital PCM track, since I got better video quality with a lower bitrate. A big THANKS to all the homies in this thread for putting up with my questions and mistakes.