There is only one thing I can think of that I'd do differently... On the background/starfield I'd set a position & scale point for the 1st frame. Then on the final frame I'd move the background over a bit to the right and scale it up just a bit.
This will give the illusion that ship is moving through space and also making a hard turn to the left. I used a similar effect in my Trek warp engine scene.
I love the AE shatter you have on it. Bonus points!
I have such a difficult time getting that effect to work that most of the time I just use a 'mesh bomb' on the model and use that for my ship explosions.
Speaking of explosions - check out
www.artbeats.com - they have some really cool explosions there too. Plus, there's a 30 day demo for 'Particle Illusion' available as well.
http://www.wondertouch.com/ I use the PI explosions along with real ones and I get some pretty solid results. PI isn't all that great on it's own but it makes a fantastic sweetener for explosions.
Since you have After Effects, I'll tell ya this much - you can never (ever) go wrong with Andrew Kramer's 'Action Essentials' and 'Action Essentials 2' available over at
http://www.videocopilot.net/ <--- they also have some excellent video tuts on AE effects.
All in all I think its nice job!
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