1. It was cool to hear Anakin mentioned by name. It was a call back to Luke and Obi-wan talking about Anakin in Ben's house. I would have enjoyed this line a bit more if it was in the original version before we knew Anakin would have been played by Hayden.
2. The Emperor's dialogue of 'search your feelings, you will know it to be true' is a nice bookend with Vader's confession at the end of the film.
Revil's performance wasn't bad, but it was only a vocal performance. The old woman's on scene performance was just as flat and dull as McDermid's