Johnboy3434 said:

What about Clive Revill? Not only was his entire performance cut out of the film, but he's still alive to see it. That's a much bigger insult than what happened to Shaw, and yet that's the one major change that most of the people around here seem to accept.

I have not accepted that. It is the sole reason I have refused to watch my 2004 DVDs. I watched Star Wars and didn't move onto Empire Strikes Back because I was so offended at George's tacky shit with the Emperor scene. I'd toss those shitty discs in the trash if I hadn't spent so much money on them. (Also, if you must know, I actually liked the smoother, creepier version of the Emperor in ESB over the final Emperor we got in RotJ.)

The replacement of Sebastian Shaw's Anakin force ghost is also infuriating, but mostly because Hayden Christensen is obnoxious and because it turns the repentence of Darth vader into a meaningless, hollow event. It changes the story and looks ridiculous. As a fan of Star Wars I am reduced to the position of hating the films that are out now.

Now, that said, George can make whatever kind of stupid edits he wants with Star Wars if he'd actually restore the original version of the film and offer it to us in competent, DVD quality. He can insert and refilm whatever the fuck he wants and I wouldn't care—at least not beyond the fact the fact that I once respected the man. He could take out James Earl Jone's voice if he wanted to and I'd simply say, "Oh that crazy Lucas, there he goes again" because at least I'd have what I fucking want.