I believe it was also hinted at in the novelization, which by the way is significantly better than the film. I know that Star Wars in general is designed to be appealing to children as well as adults and that perhaps that took things too far (heck, I don't like trashy crap in movies), but it would have made more sense in the plot for his hatred towards Obi-Wan and increasing paranoia.
Gosh, I guess we'll just have to wait till the holographic set comes out to get the remaining missing scenes and lost cut.
Part of the question I wish to make more explicit (and the reason I started this topic in this forum as opposed to the General Star Wars Discussion forum) is how might you incorporate the deleted scenes into an actual edit? I know you guys answered this somewhat, but beyond being an interesting novelty, what would you actually include?