Like to see Lucas squeeze in 3 episodes of the Siths kicking ass all over the Galaxy.
Not to mention the scene a few second later where he's holding the guy by the neck, and then even later, "tweaking" Capt. Needa's attitude. I wanted to be Vader's pal. Yeah--and you are totally correct about the morons in the Jedi councel.
These are the best and the brightest, and yet they have no idea that Palpatine was Sidious? Or that Anakin was banging Padme? They deserved being hunted down. I just wish they'd been tortured a little more. ;-)
I've said this before, I will say this again. Any planet that would elect a teenage girl as their queen deserves a little guidance. Dummies, pure and simple. The Sith were a good thing.