So, to get back to the original point of this thread, do you think that the original version of the turn was handled better than the current version? With Anakin standing there? I'm not entirely sure myself, since I don't know all the details. I can forsee a way that it could have made his turn a bit more convincing, having him already confused enough to stay with Palpatine rather than run off. But that, too, would depend on other scenes in the movie that would set up the reason why he stayed behind.