I finished my Falcon tonight! I decided to go with the 'Original' antenna. Came out to about 30.5 hours of building time sunk into it. It was a terrific, fun build! The one thing that bothered me is that this is the first big LEGO set I've done where I've been missing pieces. In total, 4 were missing (3 from the same step!). I was able to work around them, and fill in one with some of the extra bits I've got around from other builds, but I was disappointed in that.
Big (and not very good quality, sorry) pictures: