Also, now that I've thought some more, here is an additional set of questions for you to consider:

-By what method would a collapsing ball of hydrogen carry/assemble data, for later transport via photons?
-There is no "basic" model of life that can thrive in all environments. This means that the sun or "Architect" would need a way to monitor local planetary bodies and likely places for life to coalesce. How would it determine the optimal form of life for any given location?
-Also, are you suggesting that instead of evolution, that the sun assembled new life forms on the fly, and "Trasmitted" thier encoding to the earth?