Hello.
Heres my two cents on the project.
Overall it is a remarkable improvement upon any official releases out there, and essentially a saving grace for all those true fans who remained feeling neglected after Lucas' tampering.
Great array of technical fixes and wonderful visual improvements (To me its the little things that make the movie so much better and elevate the film quality, eg. the new death star hologram additions, improved and added ships, etc.), the restored Greedo scene, and wise removal of the extended Mos Eisley scenes, these I think remain the most important and valued changes.
Yet there are things that either bothered me or felt unnecessary, for example the changing the type of hand of Ponda Baba, (I do believe that officially there was another varient of the species had that padlike hand) was kind off unnecessary. The extended reveals also in a way, although a nice effort, do not fit in well neither does the music, and feels cringy in terms of plain old film making. Neither does the Ben's home rearrangment scene fit well for me. For this I am thankful of the purist release.
Nevertheless the above assessments are either indifferent or have been attended by Adywan himself.
Now I come to what I really wanted to address and not sound like a review rather a request. A few things that should not have been changed and were you kind off became your own "George Lucas" is Chewbacca getting the medal and Lukes reaction to Biggs' death.
Essentially these are plot elements and should not have been changed not for the sake of my opinion or what I would like but for the sake of the film. If in the story he does not get a medal, then he doesn't get a medal. Maybe its a customary thing that a slave does not get the medal or that it was reserved for the captain of the ship in getting the medal as representing the whole crew ie. Han. I don't know the reason. But thats how scene was since the original release. Same thing with Lukes reaction to Biggs death if thats how he originally reacted, then thats how he reacted, why? that can be discussed, maybe it reveals a more reserved nature in Luke tied with the moment and his relationship with Biggs. These changes, however minute, change the plot element. Just like the change in the Greedo scene changed the character of Han.
Is there anyway that these issues could possibly be addressed in a future in the Purist edition or a possible future "revisit of the revisited" :b All this might sound a bit nitpicky of a fantastic job, but it would make all the other valuable improvements made by Adywan to the movie all the more special if some things just remain untouched. :)
