@zemichi  Anakin's motivations were always the weakest link, too. Obviously the angle was he was traumatized by the death of his mother, and feared losing his wife, and followed Palpatine out of desperation, but the flip to the Dark Side was just a little too quick.

"You just killed a Jedi Master to save my life. Now you're a Sith Lord. Here's your new name. Padme? Yeah, relax...we'll get to her. First I need you to kill literally a hundred people for me, though."

I would've enjoyed the tale of an idealistic young man rightfully upset at the failures of a weak and dying system, trying to build something better, his good intentions slowly sliding into a quagmire of compromises and rationalizations until the realization of the nightmare he helped create breaks him. It would've meshed so much better with the idea of him passively serving the Emperor for years, but turning on him when the opportunity for redemption was presented.