I considered keeping this in email, but wanted to open the discussion to the forum in hopes of us all learning more about both your edits and editing in general.
Per an email I sent to you yesterday, I did figure out how to rip the subtitles from your disc, more or less. I got the timecode ripped, and manually re-entered the text. I wanted to use your (brilliant) edit as a springboard for some other ideas, and hope you don't mind. In fact, I hope it flatters you that your edit has inspired me more than Lucas' own mess. Eventually I think I will make my own re-edit of the whole thing, but I liked your version so much that I'm content for now with my 24-hour crash course in subtitle editing.
Anyway, I was wondering something: If you'd be willing to put the subtitles I wrote as an optional subtitle track in your edit? I did successfully re-mux them onto the disc, but a lot of artifacting crept into the video, to my chagrin. I thought the program I was using was going to leave the video alone, but a side-by-side comparison of the source disc vs. my output proves me wrong.
This assumes you're not offended by the changes I made in the subtitles. I tried to stay to the true spirit of your original work, but made some tweaks to have dialogue match body language, time on screen, character reactions, tie up a few more plot points, and, yes, make the subtitles G-rated. (Don't hate me for that).
One more question: What font, size, and treatments did you use for your subtitles? Mine are pretty good, but not quite as elegant as yours despite my best efforts.
Thanks for giving us all "A New Hope" for the prequels.