I wish that original version had come out better, because it always should have been Anakin wanting more power that turned him to the dark side. The Emperor's seduction of Luke was based on the principle that once Luke tasted that power, he would have to have more of it. He would want it enough that it would seem worth it to subject himself to the Emperor and turn his back on everything he loved. But we have Anakin doing everything for love, which I never liked. I think it should have been a symptom but not the only driving force. Because after Padme is gone, he has no reason to keep serving the Empire or Palpatine. If he's not really into this and knows he's doing wrong and knows he totally screwed everything up, the logical choice of action would follow something Oedipus's route. Self-imposed exile. Maybe even suicide.

But thanks to zombie, I totally see how the two halves of the movie don't sync up, and now I understand why.

And I hate the route that Anakin is the victim. That completely rules out any semblance of tragedy. A tragic hero has to be the agent of action, not the patient of action. He has to be intelligent enough to see the ethical implications of his actions, and to be able to determine the probably outcome of those choices. Anakin just seems to be a dumbass who never considers anything and never seems to have enough intelligence to question why he's doing what he's doing.