DarkFather said:
I just want to be able to take the Emperor seriously. He is the prime villain after all.

Just look at Richard III (the play not the man who was by all accounts rather nice), he is both hilariously funny and bone chillingly villainous all at the same time.

Caligula in I CLAVDIVS too.

That's where Palpatine is coming from.

If you want to do an edit with a near silent slow speaking Palpatine go ahead though.

At the very least it would be interesting to see as a curio.