corellian77 said:

I wonder if suggestions for blinking eyes would still be made if we didn't know that Ady had used a static image for the upper portion of the Emperor's face. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss...

Actually I forgot about how the effect was constructed when I first saw the video on Facebook, so I can't agree that THAT was the reason why I had the reaction that I did. Of course, knowing the limitations of the source material and then comparing it to the crappy 2004 DVD do make Ady's clip a lot better.

However, Ady DID construct a smile "by hand" as he just recently stated. While perhaps cheek movement is difficult to accomplish on humans, clearly some lip movement can be achieved.

I'm still very curious as to Ady's thoughts on the addition of a blink.