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So it no longer lands on  its three fins BUT on separate legs ?  somewhat like a Falcon 9R. Having to support the entire landing weight probably badly influenced the fins design and internal structure, so they took the leg job out of them and made the legs a separated thing.

So much for Tintin rocket.

Main issue I can see is less stability... although he certainly added more legs to compensate.

And the canard are moving downwards / more to the rear. Canards on the nose are pretty rare, most combat aircraft prefers having them on the cockpit sides rather than on the radome.  Looks like Starship is following the trend. Skylon is different, having such a loooooooooooong airframe.

Pretty amazing how the design still evolves as the demonstrators / prototypes are being build !!