Dammit, the emperor in RotJ is perhaps one of the best captured villain performances on film, and it is (HELL NO) not because he was cheesy... pfft. It's the opposite. He was to me anyway more badass and super powerful than any villain i've ever seen before, even vader (gasp, shock) just like Yoda warned Luke he was and remember how vader says "the emperor is not as forgiving... etc bla bla" That's really what makes him so cool. He's like the original jabba before that blob of cgi shit was put in the special-ed edition, just this unseen important character who's the reason for whatever trouble our the heros are in. So I expected someone truly evil and twisted, and yep, that's what we got. He could have been a stupidly bumbling bafoon like in Rots after Sam Jackson dies, but he wasn't. He calmly sits there and pulls the strings, yes, like the typical movie villain, but what really was special about Ian's original emperor was that he added his own attitude and vocal flourishes to the performance that made it iconic to me. That happy go lucky bastard clown in the PT was a joke. I liked him better as the slimey evil manipulator during that opera scene. Ian was brilliant, 100% emperor palpatine right there, but lucas had to fuck it up later. Good grief...

Anyway, back on topic. I'll never buy the SE's, not even to break them and send them back to Lucas in pieces, but that's hilarious what you did. It'd be a fine way to protest his endless meddling with the films.

edit: Finally back! what the heck happened to the forum for about an hour?