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1. Anakin leaving his mother
2. Anakin watching his mother die
3. Anakin wanting to prevent the death of Padme
If you want to start the movie with Anakin already a Jedi, his fall to the darkside doesn't work. It relies on the fact that he left his mother at an early age. At nine years old, he's just a kid. The world's too big for him and the only thing he's got is his mother. The separation at an early age scares the shit out of him. Flash forward 10 years. And all he has is his memories of her. When he left at 9, he was still years before teenage angst. His love for his mother was idealized. There was no one he loved more. Then when he finally visits her, she's taken from him like that. It was a huge loss. And he meets the loss with an outburst of uncontrolled anger. Had he had more time with his mother, his grief may have been more mature and more introspective. His regret at not coming sooner and not being able to save his mother drives him to want more power to save the ones he loves. And then obviously, Padme enters the picture, replaces the void left by his mother's death, and it's the same story all over again.
One of the things I like the most about Revenge of the Sith is that feeling that's in the air. While watching it, there's a mood of constant doom that you can't shake off. It's like a nightmare. You know things are going to go down a slippery slope full of unimaginable horrors, and the worst thing about it is you can't wake up. You have no choice but to be subjected to it. That's the feeling I get out of the movie. It's like a descent to hell. No matter how hard you try, you know you can't climb out again. And some of this is obviously due to the original trilogy. Without a doubt, the fact that you know what's going to happen is like a sick joke. It has shades of Macbeth and Oedipus in the whole fate vs. free will motif. You know how things are going to end and no matter how hard the characters try, they can't escape the fates that have been written for them.