I recently had another idea to restructure Anakin’s fall, and my idea could be even accomplished by fanediting.
My idea is very simple.
According to George Lucas, Anakin never wanted to protect the people he loved for selfless reasons. He never wanted to prevent Padmé’s death for a selfless reason, but simply because he wanted to avoid feeling the pain of losing someone that he cared about. In other words, his fear of loss was never selfless, but was always selfish and always revolved around he himself. Although this is not entirely clear in the Prequels - and although I myself don’t think that these were Anakin’s reasons entirely - it’s still what George says, and therefore we have to take for granted that this is the official reason of why Anakin fell to the Dark Side. But… What if we completely cut out the selfishness from the equation? What if we cut out all the instances in which Anakin seems to be selfish or have selfish reasons for his fear of loss?
Maybe, we can say that he fears to lose the people he loves because he’s genuinely concerned about their well-being, and really doesn’t want them to suffer. We can turn him into the kind of person that doesn’t care about himself or his psyche, as long as the people he loves are well and safe. We can say that he’s not selfish, but really wants to do what he thinks is the best for the people he loves, and really puts their objective well-being above everything else. But he is completely blinded by his selfless desires, to the point that they ironically turn into their opposite. So, after he falls to the Dark Side and puts himself at the service of Palpatine, he basically becomes more and more corrupt until his selflessness disappears completely, and he starts to think exclusively about what he himself wants. Therefore, when we get to the dual on Mustafar he’s basically not selfless anymore, and really only cares about himself and about what he himself wants.
I think that this is perfectly accomplishable by fanediting. We just have to make him slightly less annoying, cut every instance in which he kills people before Revenge of the Sith (so he should not kill the sand people in Attack of the Clones), and cut out all the instances in which he seems to seek power and control over other people. That’s it. I personally think that this could be a great idea, and it could be a great case of “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Besides, it would show how the Dark Side corrupts people, so much so that it can turn a selfless person into a selfish person.