Originally posted by: Invader Jenny
I think that the original line was, "You failed, motherfucker." To which Luke jumps up and slices off the Emperor's head which lands on the ground before Luke does. But Lucas thought it would scare children.

I myself would have shit my pants laughing.

IMO Luke said "your highness" just to be kind of cocky in a very small way. He's obviously not going to show any formal respect to the enemy he has no respect for and doesn't care about. He's merely mocking The Emperor's position just as Palpatine is mocking Luke in the next line by calling him a Jedi even tho he really could care less.

It's this kind of "loaded" dialogue that is missing in the PT. Nothing is subtle there like this mocking banter between Luke and Palp. It would have been drawn out and obvious, not natural.

And again, IMO, yes something can be read into to much. This borders on my version of that but to each his own. If you've got the time and the interest a little out of the box in-depth analyzing sin't so bad. It's picking apart things that are so obviously shallow that is kinda lame....like Jar Jar.