Bingowings said:

imperialscum said:

Bingowings said:

I know Michael Pennington can act but he is comically awful in ROTJ (he looked like he was going to pee his pants all the time Vader was onscreen).

That's not awful, that was exactly what he had to act. The whole purpose of Vader's arrival was to "put him back on schedule" and Vader had a particular reputation by that time. The point of the first scene is to establish Emperor's reputation through Vader's reputation. Pennington did a great job in that scene. He acted a bit unconcerned when only Vader was in the picture, but when Vader mentioned Emperor he did almost pee himself.

The officer class have always been disdainful or cautious around Vader but never comedicaly cowardly.

That is just false. He isn't sacred of Vader. You just didn't read what I wrote? I pointed out that he did not seem to be concerned, intimidated or scared when it was just about Vader, despite the reputation Vader had. On the other hand, he only freaked out when Vader mentioned Emperor.

That is how it was supposed to be and that is how it is in the film. Unless you watched some other film. :)