Bingowings said:

The cronies in ROTJ are interesting though.

They are very old and pale like Palpatine and Anakin themselves.

Unlike a lot of the other people the EU crowd obsess over they have a lots of backstory potential.

They have clearly been around for a long time so it would have made sense that they were around in the PT.

It makes more sense than the blue chap and frosty girl.

But Tarkin should have been a major character not a stupid rubber mask worn by a good actor without any speaking lines.

Certainly, though in more of a background role. Perhaps a group of them are staunch supporters of Palpatine and are vocal in their support from their floaty senate platform. This ties in well with them being in a position of power and opulence by ROTJ, though the thought of there being enough senate scenes in an edit for this to even feature makes me shudder a bit.

I don't think they have a place as Palpatine's right hand men, but that's just my opinion.