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Clive Rivell only did the voice of the Emperor. The original emperor was an old women with chimppanze eyes. Why anyone would want a women and a chimp to be the Emperor is beyond me. Ian Mcdarmid also has a much cooler voice the Clive Rivell.
I'm well aware of how the original Emperor was brought to life, but when you compare the original scene with the 2004 version, the Rivell/Old Lady/Chimpanzee trio kick Ian's ass. Not only does the 1980 Emperor actually look more like McDiarmid than he does himself, but he just seems so out of it the entire time. And this whole fiasco begs the question: Lucas knew Palpatine was going to have to appear in-the-flesh at some point, so why did he make him such a jumble of parts in ESB? Furthermore, why wasn't Rivell cast as the Emperor in RotJ?
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If I was a kid watching all 6 films in a row. I would think WTF??
Actually that's going to happen anyway, no matter what further tweaks Lucas makes to the OT. I mean, the prequels are based on the assumed knowledge of the OT. Imagine not knowing anything about the Star Wars universe yet and sitting down to watch TPM: What the hell is a Jedi? "Be mindful of the Force", what's that? What are those lasersword things? How are those Jedi using telekinesis? The list goes on. Furthermore, when you get to the OT: Obi-Wan is such a liar! Why does this Tarkin guy get to boss around Vader? What the hell is wrong with Yoda? You see, these things just weren't thought out very well. Vintage Lucas understood this, as evidenced by Vader's physical choking of Captain Antilles in ANH. Why didn't he just use the Force as he did throughout the rest of the trilogy? The answer is simple: the Force hadn't been explained yet. So, despite Revisionist Lucas' claims that the saga is ment to be viewed in order, you simply can't do it that way.