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In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin goes to Yoda about his visions of Padme dying (he doesn't tell Yoda it's Padme but he does admit it's somone close to him). He's afraid of losing Padme. Yoda says that fear of loss is a path to the dark side. He says death is a natural part of life and that you should rejoice for people who die and not mourn them and not miss them. He says that attachment leads to jealousy and that's the shadow of greed.
The message of this is that being atttached to people is bad. If you're attached to people you'll be afraid of losing them and that will lead to the dark side. The film seems to agree with Yoda's viewpoint, because Anakin turns dark as a result of his fear of Padme's death. So ROTS is effectively saying he turned evil because of love, love is bad, you shouldn't love or be attached to people.
What a screwed up message. This is Star Wars?