TML said:

Bingowings said:

George went from making the Emperor spooky but wise in ESB, a twisted evil old git in ROTJ to an insane berk in a witch mask in ROTS.

Palpatine the man was rather well handled until the mask went on then everything went out the window.

Both Yoda and The Emperor need their dignity restored.

Yeah, we needs too find a way to make the Halloween Mask Palpy more like the RotJ Palps....

I love Ian McDiarmid and he was probably one of the few good actors in the prequels (IMO) but after that halloween mask was put on, I lost all hope for our good friend Palpatine.... What was with all the laughing and the infamous "POWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR, unlimited POWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!" line, that just was terrible to watch..... Ian did a terrific job playing the Chancellor earlier, and then we got Palpatine after a few shots of whisky.....

If you just cut out most of his laughing and over the top dialogue, you'd get a Palpatine thats closer to the RotJ one

LoL ^^ I couldnt agree more. For me at the very end of RoTS when Papatine is looking at Vader finally fully suited up....that's when he's at his best and most subdued. He even looks much more like the ROTJ Palpatine. That scene plays brilliantly as though it could almost fit in ROTJ.....minus the "nooooooooooo" part which literally sucked all the credibility out. Aside from that last second hiccup Ian's performance there was spot on.

But as it's been mentioned his work also w/o the mask was pretty much fine as well. He just went waaaaaaaaaay overboard though with the Palpatine overacting. He became a friggin' cartoon. I actually felt awkward watching his scene with Mace in the theater.

Speaking of the "nooooooooo" iMo the easiest way to get rid is to just add in the french audio which is just a scream. OR perhpas JEJ has screamed in some other film he's been in and that can be tweaked and added in.